About the Young Advocates Series

• Author: John Hollander
• Pages: 5-6

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About the Young Advocates

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   to bridge the gap between law school and

law practice? It used to be that experience in both trans-

actions and courtrooms taught junior lawyers everything

that law school missed. Today, the legal system has be-

come so complex that trials are few and far between, and

those that occur take weeks or months, not days. Trans-

actions are also far more complex than they once were. It

always seems that so much is at stake — all the time.

e result of all this complexity is that senior law-

yers do not delegate responsibility to their juniors. ey

delegate tasks, not les. As a result, the junior litigator or

transactions lawyer simply does not learn as much or as

well when playing a subordinate role.

Law schools teach legal analysis. Increasingly, they

have started to teach some students entry-level practi-

calities, from trial advocacy to negotiation to alternative

dispute resolution. ey teach for success in law school,

but not yet for success in practice. is may come in the

future, but law schools are a long way from accomplish-

ing that today.