New Lawyers Believe They are Ready for the Job; Practicing Attorneys Disagree According to First-Ever State of the Legal Field Study

Legal education experts at BARBRI report these and other insights from first-annual survey of law students, law school faculty and attorneysDALLAS (March 5, 2015) – Among 3L law students, 71 percent believe they “possess sufficient practice skills.” In contrast, only 23 percent of practicing attorneys who work with recent law school graduates and 45 percent of law school faculty members think new attorneys are ready to do their jobs. That’s according to a recent study from BARBRI, the company that has helped more than 1 million U.S. lawyers pass the bar over the past 48 years. In its