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For generations, the legal profession followed a tried-and-true model for training lawyers. Law schools taught students to think like attorneys, while firms showed them how to practice. The division of labor was clear, the pipeline steady, and judgment- the quality that sets great lawyers apart- naturally developed along the way.
But that system is breaking down, and the profession still hasn’ t figured out what should take its place. aw
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A model that worked
The apprenticeship at the heart of legal training was closely associated with an approach first adopted by Cravath, Swaine & Moore in the early twentieth century. Elite firms recruited heavily from elite law schools, developed junior associates through a deliberate progression, and gradually gave them greater responsibility under partner supervision.
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