Too short rather than two long? Law school prof backs four-year requirement

Too short rather than two long? Law school prof backs four-year requirement

Goodness. Four years?  In many commonwealth jurisdictions now law school isn't even a doctorate level degree, as it is here.  You obtain a baccalaureate in the law and go on to practice from there.  I'd be opposed to that, as I feel that the undergraduate course of study has some value to it, and that perhaps a lot of 18 year olds who might start off on a course of study of the law wouldn't be sufficiently mature, but I see no reason to add another year to law school at all.  That would seem to mostly benefit the finances of law schools.

With there being a new lawyer unemployment problem in many parts of the US now, moreover, it would add insult to injury to force an additional year on a person that might have a poor chance of paying off.