Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America 5-9-11




Federalist Society Practice Groups Podcasts show

Summary: How well do law schools today actually prepare law school students for the practice of law? Can the lineage of some of the most controversial law and policy matters be traced to the legal academic agenda? Does the ideological bent of the legal academy enhance or hinder graduates in the practice of law? Walter Olson of the Cato Institute discusses his latest book on this topic. James A. Haynes of the Professional Responsibility & Legal Ethics Practice Group Executive Committee and the Baltimore Federalist Society Lawyers Chapter moderates.