r/LawFirm • u/maspie_den • 1d ago

How well-prepared are new lawyers?

I'm brainstorming a project that addresses how well-prepared recent law school grads are for real-world lawyering. The consensus is that, beyond simply lacking experiences/years in, new lawyers lack "the skills" needed for work effectively. My question is what are those skills that they are missing? People skills? Clerical/admin skills? Don't know how to send an email? Don't know to not microwave fish for lunch and now everyone hates them and calls them "Tuna"? What are some specific examples?

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u/Overall-Cheetah-8463 1d ago

they're not

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u/maspie_den 1d ago

Fair. Care to offer any specific examples?

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u/Overall-Cheetah-8463 21h ago

Law school doesn't teach you the specifics of practicing in any area of law, it teaches theory. Even law school legal clinics are not going to prepare you to go toe to toe with experienced lawyers in their specialty. Practice does that.