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If possible, can you go into more depth on how these apprenticeships work? I haven't really heard of many people doing them, which doesn't necessarily mean anyt
by Inconel 9y ago
If possible, can you go into more depth on how these apprenticeships work? I haven't really heard of many people doing them, which doesn't necessarily mean anything since I'm not in the legal field, but are they generally well regarded by other lawyers? I assume it's more difficult to find work as a lawyer without a law degree. Will the large prestigious firms hire someone like this? And are there any advantages of doing an apprenticeship vs law school?
- rayiner 9y agoThey're a continuation of how legal education used to work before the formalization of schooling. You spend 3-6 years studying in a law office, then take the bar exam. Unfortunately, due to schooling disease, it's very difficult to get a job this way. This is not so much a comment on the education, but a question of filtering. When a firm can fill its needs with Stanford Law grads, there is no need to look into statistically weaker candidate pools.
- balabaster 9y agoUnless you end up in court winning a prolific case for your client and only having ended up in such a place on the back of an apprenticeship. Brilliance is brilliance after all. So even if you're from a statistically weaker candidate pool, there are ways into large firms. It's entirely possible to make a name for yourself without being from a large firm. All you have to do is be good. Show up in court. Win cases. (Assuming of course you already passed the bar) You don't have to go through school to be brilliant, you just won't be able to easily follow the same path as law school grads.
- dilemma 9y agoSo?