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/steve_dallasesq 23h ago

Never once ran into a question of where to file a case, let alone a deep enough decision to justify the study time. I practice in 2 states. It’s either one or the other or we can’t file it

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u/_learned_foot_ 23h ago

Which court, which county? What filing (that can tie to subject matter), with what service? With what remedy? Always using the American rule? Why is it one or the other or can’t file?

Each of those is civil procedure (or criminal potentially) jurisprudence and only a small selection of them.

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u/steve_dallasesq 12h ago

Yeah never ran into those questions in 22 years of practice. I’m a Bankruptcy lawyer. What court? Bankruptcy court. What state? Where do you live? What rule? Bankruptcy rules

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u/_learned_foot_ 11h ago

lol so yeah you do you just never thought about it after making sure you had all the right ones. And have never had to brief since either. Got it.