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Re "Make Law Schools Earn a Third Year," by Daniel B. Rodriguez and Samuel Estreicher (Op-Ed, Jan. 18), about proposed changes to law school that would allow students to take the New York State bar exam after only two years of law school:
This is not a novel concept. I am studying for the New York bar exam after completing only one year of law school. In New York, students can complete only the first year of law school, take the bar and follow it by three years of work (clerkship) in a law firm. This approach is very practical and underused.
Allowing students to take the bar after two years without the work requirement is a good idea, but the one-year plus work requirement is better: it minimizes law school debt while ensuring that students get legal experience working in a law firm, and the bonus is that presumably their jobs will be waiting for them at those law firms after they pass the bar.
This solves both problems in legal education, onerous debt and the lack of practical, real-world experience of new law school graduates.
I do not place the blame squarely on law schools. Potential law students need to take responsibility for taking on debilitating loans as well. More students should take advantage of the work-study rule, as I did.
SARAH HOWLAND
Huntington, N.Y., Jan. 22, 2013
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