-: I know that there are pre-law curricula that
chart different paths and I think those
have been developed in concert with the law schools
and I certainly would suggest that those be followed,
but I don't think that going to law school is
necessarily limited to those.
I came out with an accounting degree
and I've had friends that obviously come out of
political science and even liberal arts.
I think what you'll see is that
law schools want a diverse student body
and ultimately that success in law
is going to come from that background.
And they need to be interesting.
Because in my firm, they're going to have
engagement with clients.
Whether it's passing in the hall and
having the ability to carry on a conversation or
whether I'm going to put them on the front line
interviewing the client to get ready for
a meeting or something to that effect.
I need them to be interesting.
I often get asked by tech students for
internships and those sorts of things.
And I have made it a specific
sort of goal of mine to do that.
And I'm proud to say that I've had students
come through my own law firm.
One is practicing law in New York.
I've got another one that's at American.
You know, I've got another one that's
in law school up in the northeast.
I'm really proud of that.
They got the interviews and ended up getting the positions
because there seems to be something
special and unique about them.
And they seem to be committed to this path.
In the corporate practice of law,
it is still significant paper chase.
Whether it's contracts or.
So, I try to bring in new attorneys
at the very edge of that to give them,
to start to help them understand how the pieces fit together
to give them some client exposure so they
get used to carrying on a conversation with a client.
When you've got to know the answer,
so you better be prepared when you go in,
and some basic filings, where you're starting to sign things
with your name and accept responsibility for that.