Law School
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Weinberg: Second and third years of law school need massive overhaul
“And then the second and third year of law school, I think those need to be massively changed. Because the second and third year of law school you kind of take like some specialty courses and things like that. I don't think it's as relevant anymore. You need a …”
Rabois: Legal training is largely inconsistent with being an entrepreneur
“But I think most things that lawyers learn are very Inconsistent with being entrepreneur. So when you're graded as a lawyer, you learn every exam in law school virtually is issue spotting. So you get credit for identify, there's like fact patterns, identify al…”
Lawyer Employment and Law School Applications Are at Record Highs
“As far as I know, employment of lawyers is still at record highs in the last decade, and there's also record high applications for law schools right now.”
Sharma: India's three-page net neutrality policy is taught in global law schools
“That three page policy that came is taught in many law schools across the world as a very well written policy, short, but well written policy.”
Westlaw provided free access to law schools for 50 years
“And then you'd have to do what Westlaw has done for the past 50 years, which is give it free to law schools so that they teach their students before they even get out how to use Westlaw and all, you know, no problems.”
Law school serves as a finishing school for entrepreneurs
“So law school for me was really more like finishing school for entrepreneurship.”
Finkelstein says law school is a finishing school for entrepreneurs
“In fact, when people ask me if they should go to law school, like as an entrepreneur, I often say the law school can be, if you get out of it, you know, it can be The like finishing school to be an entrepreneur.”
Robinson: The LSAT selects for single-answer pickers over nuanced thinkers
“The LSAT asks you a question. It gives you five choices, and to do well on that test, you need to be able to pick an answer quickly, an answer, not argue for two choices. Which means that the LSAT self-selects For people who are really good at selecting an ans…”
Finkelstein: Law school acts as finishing school for entrepreneurs
“In many ways, I think law school was a little bit like finishing school or etiquette school for entrepreneurs. I teach you how to write really well, which of course is really important when you're running a company. It teaches you how to be articulate and teac…”