The American Bar Association has recently established a task force to examine legal education. The task force will be chaired by retired Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard, and will consist of judges, practicing attorneys, legal educators, and others.
The task force is expected to consider the cost of legal education, the legal job market, and how legal education meets the needs of employers. It is expected to conclude in 2014.
As quoted in the press release announcing the task force’s creation, past ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III noted that “legal education must be evaluated in the context of the marketplace and the nation’s and world’s unprecedented challenges in an ever-more complex global economy.”
