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When I started my summer internship in Brightleaf Corporation I had just survived the infamous years Lawschool 1L. I knew that Article 12 (b) (6), res ipsa Loquitor, and all the other things that 1LS success or failure of his career. But most importantly, I knew the economy is reflected in the time I graduated and I would be fine. How do I know? When I entered law school, said that 94% of his class who graduated had a job within nine months. The world needs lawyers and I was going to be one. After all, I got good grades, made the National Trial team and I was in a clinic. He had big dreams of running down a street in Manhattan with my suit on my way to a big law firm where I work my way up the ranks. There was no reason to worry, right? Incorrect.

I left my internship in a completely different frame of mind. The idea that was going to require skills that law school did not give me had never crossed my mind before that date. Do not want to be prepared for our future careers? How had never heard of the ineffectiveness of the law firms? What I do not know about the economics of business?

In attempting to answer to these questions, a teacher came to mind. 1L Property My teacher was the only one who had taken the time to talk to us about the things you need to know. In the "Last Ten Minutes" we discuss a variety of topics, from interviews with billable hours. So I went back and picked his brain after more.

He had spent years working for a law firm in DC While there, he suggested the automation of documents for signature and oversaw the implementation. Now, teaches his class how to use the system Farms to quickly documents from templates. So I asked him which classes or even law firms that never discussed? He answered with another question. What was your main degree? Where was I immediately saw with this and quietly whispered "political science." And there it was. Most lawyers have no experience in science and are not as receptive to the use of technology as a result.

He explained that it was the same basic reason why many law firms are not managed well. The skills to use as lawyers do not always translate into management skills. Does it really make sense that the lawyer for the billable hours must end exploitation the company? As much as it pains me to admit, probably not.

Lawyers and law schools need to reevaluate what is important in the legal world today. Advances in technology and changing business models are lost in most of us. If we do not attempt to catch up, we will fall hopelessly behind of the curve.

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