by Matt Lubaroff
RISK MANAGEMENT
“What We’ve Got Here Is Failure to Communicate”
Cool Hand Luke centers on the plight of
Luke Jackson’s fight against a broken system. Our current legal system may not be
as broken, but we are facing a communication barrier on the cusp of leaving large
swaths of rural America with no access to
legal services.
The most recent data about the law
school graduating class of 2013 shows
that the job market continues to be tough
for new lawyers. Not quite as dire as Paul
Newman’s character’s plight, but with only
57% of 2013 graduates being placed in
long-term, full-time positions where bar
passage was required. The news isn’t exactly uplifting.
However, we also know that over the
next ten years an estimated 400,000 attorneys will be looking to retire. Many of
them are solo attorneys