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WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? SHOW ME THE REST OF THE POST!

Apparently, we don’t want law school to be lawyer-training. We want it to be law professor training school, because this comment gives the impression that that’s all they know. I think he’s a bit defensive, but I could be wrong.

How teaching students to be lawyers will “invite alienation between law students and lawyers” is beyond me [I actually have a hard time understanding what it even means].

As Scott asks, what the fark does “legal education should appreciate the depth of legal discourse” mean. I don’t know. Sounds like a whole lot of nothing.

You know, this is exactly what I was “complaining” about in my post. To the professor who posted that comment: this isn’t an either/or scenario. There are very few people who are as privileged as you are to teach at a law school. The rest of us grunts have to actually, you know, work for our living. So why can’t we get thrown a bone or two here and there? That’s all I’m asking. Or are you telling me that when I show up in court for the first time, and am asked a question by a judge, it’ll be okay if I spend 20 minutes dissecting the question and regaling the judge with the “rich complexities” of the law?

Will the judge give me a pass if I didn’t know that I should stand while objecting because I will be able to give an oral dissertation on the real meaning behind the dormant commerce clause?

Will I get a pass when I won’t know how to pick appropriate jurors because I will enthrall them with anecdotes from the Federalist Papers?

Will it be okay? If I get fired from my menial day job, can I come work with you?

Bennett says it best:

I propose a new motto for Marquette: If you want to practice law, go somewhere else.

Maybe someone could even translate it into Latin.

And because I’m just so damn charitable, here’s a video:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hGvQtumNAY[/youtube]

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