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Feb. 7, 2018

ABA hears calls for more skills training in law schools

The support for experiential learning came during a public hearing hosted by an ABA commission.

ABA hears calls for more skills training in law schools
Samuel Chang

VANCOUVER, Canada — Law schools need to do a better job providing their students with hands-on learning opportunities and should move toward an apprenticeship model more common in other professions, a mix of speakers told an American Bar Association panel this week.

Those addressing the ABA’s Commission on the Future of Legal Education also said Sunday that training aspiring lawyers how to operate their own practices and engage with...

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