Will Generation Z Law Students Be Even Worse Than Millennials?

Kind of sounds like it...

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It’s not just that they are addicted to their phones. It affects the way they process information and attend to things. It’s just the way they work though information. They are used to getting information in little snippets, and just browsing. A lot of the problem I think we’re going to see in higher education and law school is that they haven’t learned how to critically read and deeply analyze information. Law school is heavily reading focused, and it’s not easy reading. They just don’t know the strategies for reading materials really closely.

— Professor Laura Graham, Director of Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research at Wake Forest University School of Law, commenting on incoming Generation Z law students and the accomodations they may need to succeed in law school. Graham thinks Gen Z students may benefit from a 1L semester that’s been “bulked up” with these “fundamental skills.” Graham elaborates on these thoughts in an interesting law journal article.


Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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