Thursday, October 19, 2017

Law v lawyers (contd.)

B/F  http://vswaminathan-swamilook.blogspot.in/2017/10/law-lawyers-corner.html



Oct 20
Mr. Smolik’s remark extends beyond his department’s policy on outsourcing work to young lawyers; it is an indictment of the Academy for its failure to produce practice-ready graduates with required skill sets and a swipe at law firms for their failure to more fully invest in associate training to drive client value. The GC’s comment provides context for the vast migration of work from law firms to in-house departments and service providers.  It’s one reason—together with the failure of law schools and firms to distinguish between legal ‘practice’ and ‘the business of delivering legal services’– why corporate legal departments—law’s largest consumers—are also its leading providers.
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THE RULE OF LAW IS UNDER SIEGE AROUND THE WORLD, AND LAWYERS—PRESENT AND FUTURE– MUST RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE. As a young Danish lawyer told me recently, ‘I grew up as a child of the EU taking freedom for granted; I don’t anymore. I’m glad I became a lawyer so I can fight for it.’
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