As Bad As Legal Education Is, It Could Be Worse
This former NYU law dean doesn't exactly have a rosy outlook on the future of legal education.
The MBA is closer to death than the JD, and I believe the JD is close to death as a mandatory requirement.
— John Sexton, former NYU Law dean and current president of NYU, discussing the future of legal education at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Schools. He went on to say, “The three-year graduate model of legal education linked to admission to the bar is untenable. We’ve made it untenable ourselves.” Not exactly a rosy outlook for higher education.