Comments on: More views on whether law school should last two years https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/09/views-whether-law-school-last-two-years/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 18 Sep 2013 02:51:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: prior probability https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/09/views-whether-law-school-last-two-years/comment-page-1/#comment-238233 Wed, 18 Sep 2013 02:51:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=41459#comment-238233 Where’s scamprof when you need him?

]]> By: Paul McKaskle https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/09/views-whether-law-school-last-two-years/comment-page-1/#comment-238091 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:58:48 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=41459#comment-238091 What percentage of law students actually enroll in clinical courses or programs? My impression is that it is a fairly small percentage. Obviously this will vary from school to school, Northeastern probably enrolls 100% though these are mainly placements in law firms or agencies that involve little oversight or training by law faculty. Thus they cost the law school itself relatively little money. Many law schools allow similar placements at firms or agencies–also, for the law school, a low cost operation. But only a small number of students at many (perhaps most) law schools enroll in in house (i.e., expensive) clinical programs.

Clinical programs may well have educational value beyond what is offered by classroom courses. But since many, probably most, students don’t enroll in them, they are a poor justification for requiring three years to graduate from law schools. The alternative, requiring all students to enroll in in-house clinical programs in order to graduate, would make law school even more financially prohibitive for most students.

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