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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.
Q
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.’
UQ
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