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Practice Makes Perfect: New Practitioners’ Perspectives on Trends in Legal Education

Authors: Claire Botnick (Washington University School of Law) , Cort VanOstran (Washington University School of Law)

Abstract

This Essay, by attorneys Claire Botnick and Cort VanOstran, both recent graduates of Washington University School of Law, offers a perspective on the efficacy and shortcomings of recent modal changes in legal training. Botnick and VanOstran have a point of view situated between a student’s immediate exposure but limited perspective, and the established practitioner’s measured but distant analysis. Botnick and VanOstran emphasize the importance of academic programs that prioritize a student’s interaction with the law through curricular offerings, clinical experiences, and oral advocacy training.

Keywords: law school, legal education, legal training, law students, clinical experiences, oral advocacy

How to Cite: Botnick, C. & VanOstran, C. (2017) “Practice Makes Perfect: New Practitioners’ Perspectives on Trends in Legal Education”, Washington University Journal of Law and Policy. 53(1).