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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They don't know what they're doing.  Law school teaches you virtually nothing about the actual practice of law.  That's like saying why doesn't someone graduating from med school just start doing surgery already?  It's a recipe for malpractice.  That said, there are people doing it.[/quote]

Maybe they shouldn,t go directly from undergrad to law school?  I know too many people - mostly liberal arts majors- who go to law school b/c they do not know what else to do.  My father went to law school after 13 years in the USAF.  He continued in the USAF Reserves while practicing law.  Most of his client base came from his USAF connections: airline pilots and their unions, airlines, airline machinist unions and basically anything to do with aviation.  Maybe the key is to get some real specialty in a particular industry before becoming a lawyer.[/quote]

Sure but working in aviation or military or chemistry doesn't help you navigate the legal aspects of your new craft.

Now say you were a paralegal for 6 years at a busy, robust office? Ok, now maybe we are talking. [/quote]

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