Prof. Mitch Zamoff Interviewed by Bloomberg Law About the Future of Legal Education

Professor Mitch Zamoff, Assistant Dean of Experiential Education and the J. Stewart and Mario Thomas McClendon Professor in Law and Dispute Resolution, was interviewed by Bloomberg Law about the future of legal education. While some law schools have long had clinical training, primarily in litigation, schools are evolving their offerings in areas like transactional practice, entrepreneurship, and leadership. One reason for this is the expectation of many law firms that their new hires be prepared for work on day one. In response, law schools are being called upon to train students to not just think like lawyers, but act like them, as well. To better prepare students, Prof. Zamoff said schools are trying to provide learning opportunities in areas where law graduates “have been deficient in the past.”