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To Practice Law, Apprentice First
New York Times (February, 2013)
Authors:  Farmer Jr., John J.

The ABA recently met in Dallas, Texas, to discuss the current state of legal education in the US: graduates enter an uncertain job market, tuition and student loan debt are at an all-time high, and a few law schools have been misleading in reporting their admissions and employment statistics. Contrary to popular belief, the need for legal representation has never been higher. Judges across the country report a lack of competent legal representation for criminal and civil defendants "who aren't rich individuals and corporations." This effect is partially attributable to the "economic bubbles" during the past couple of decads that established high rates for lawyers' services. Now that we've had the recession, law students are drowing with debt while they struggle to find employment, and people need legal representation more than ever.

Make Law Schools Earn a Third Year
New York Times (January, 2013)
Authors:  Rodriguez, Daniel B.; Estreicher, Samuel

Members of the legal profession in New York are trying to get the state's highest court to adopt a proposed rule change to the New York State Court of Appeals and make law school more accessible to low-income students, help law students avoid the heavy student loan debt they currently have, and lead to improvements in legal education across the country. The proposal would allow law students to take the state bar exam after their 2L year instead of waiting until after their 3L year. Students who wanted to could continue on with their 3L year as usual, but they would at least have the option to forgo it.

Law School Is Worth the Money
New York Times (November, 2012)
Authors:  Mitchell, Lawrence E.

In light of recent negative publicity toward law schools regarding the cost of tuition and the uncertain job market students enter into, this law school dean puts it all in perspective. This isn't the first time that the legal job market has been "bad" per se: the late 1990s saw similar statistics as 2011, and not all law graduates practice law. Law schools teach their students to be leaders and to be creative problem solvers, characteristics applicable in a wide variety of careers. Although law school tuition has increased, so has the tuition of almost all of professional schools, and while law students matriculate with over $100k in student loan debt, their salaries often exceed that amount early on in their careers.

Law Schools' Applications Fall as Costs Rise and Jobs Are Cut
New York Times (January, 2013)
Authors:  Bronner, Ethan

The legal profession is on the brink of a revolution in response to the effects of higher tuition and fewer employment opportunities for today's law students. Law school applications are at an all time low, law schools are accepted students they wouldn't have accepted a few years ago, and students graduating now enter into a job market full of uncertainty and growing student loan debt.

Suffering Fools Gladly
New York Times (January, 2013)
Authors:  Brooks, David

The title phrase "suggests that a person is so smart he has trouble tolerating people who are far below his own high standards. It is used to describe a person who is so passionately committed to a vital cause that he doesn’t have time for social niceties toward those idiots who stand in its way." However, it is important that this person deal with said fools with the same politeness and patience he would with any other person.