http://lawiscool.com/2009/04/28/get-over-the-paranoia/?nucrss=1 The law school blog and podcast from Canada Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://lawiscool.com/2009/04/28/get-over-the-paranoia/comment-page-1/#comment-6210 E. Bardowell Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:01:20 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1578#comment-6210 The Canadian law schools are deficient in their training of lawyers in advocacy. The vast majority of lawyers in Canada are extremely weak in arguing a case in court. This due to the lack of preparation in law schools and the law firms spend very little time in mentoring the junior lawyers in the skill of advocacy. I suspect the law firms are expecting the law schools to cover all aspects of law during the three years in university. The British trained lawyers are excellent in advocacy and they take great care in representing their clients. I am impressed with the British way of training and the care they take with each student to ensure that the quality of graduates are the finest. The Canadian law schools are deficient in their training of lawyers in advocacy. The vast majority of lawyers in Canada are extremely weak in arguing a case in court. This due to the lack of preparation in law schools and the law firms spend very little time in mentoring the junior lawyers in the skill of advocacy. I suspect the law firms are expecting the law schools to cover all aspects of law during the three years in university. The British trained lawyers are excellent in advocacy and they take great care in representing their clients. I am impressed with the British way of training and the care they take with each student to ensure that the quality of graduates are the finest.

]]> http://lawiscool.com/2009/04/28/get-over-the-paranoia/comment-page-1/#comment-5393 Tim B Sat, 02 May 2009 18:36:54 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1578#comment-5393 Lawyers have almost nothing to sell if not the information they control. They're very afraid of losing that near-monopoly situation, because what they're left with is advocacy, which many lawyers aren't very good at (especially if they actually don't care about their clients). Lawyers have almost nothing to sell if not the information they control. They’re very afraid of losing that near-monopoly situation, because what they’re left with is advocacy, which many lawyers aren’t very good at (especially if they actually don’t care about their clients).

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