Once again Rich McCue has published the results of his annual survey
of incoming law students at the University of Victoria.
84 % of
incoming law students own «Smart Phones» that can browse the internet (up dramatically from 50 % last year), with 42 % of the total being iPhones, 13 % Android and 27 % Blackberry's.
Many firms allocate a great deal of resources to their diversity recruiting efforts such as supporting diverse student groups, participating in minority job fairs and involvement with various organizations that
prepare incoming law students for their first year.
Despite employing a relatively small percentage of practicing lawyers, «BigLaw» looms large in the popular imagination — and in the minds of
incoming law students who aspire to walk its prestigious (and highly - paid) halls.
At the end of the day, any approach that reduces the stigma around mental - health issues needs to be taught to
incoming law students early on, such as during orientation week of their first year.
Because students are randomly assigned to sections, the class population is an adequate random sample of
the incoming law students at the law school.
If you're
an incoming law student, we've got some information that'll help you answer that question.
Some noted that
their incoming law students are well aware of the product (from law school) and seem to expect the firm to have it.
It is no secret that the job market for current and
incoming law students is unnerving.
The following section discusses what studies of secondary and undergraduate school students predict about how frequent texting and the use of text speak will impact students» transition into expert writers and expert readers, and what it may tell us about the ability of
our incoming law students to become expert legal writers and readers, with an appreciation of the law - trained reader.
This episode focuses on what law schools do to manipulate their rankings and appear more worthy to
incoming law students.
He challenged
every incoming law student with the task of finding his or her own way to build a better community, no matter how big or small.
As he does every year at about this time, Rich McCue surveys
the incoming law students at the University of Victoria about their use of technology.
As he does each year at about this time, Rich McCue tipped us to the fact that the results of his survey of
incoming law students are now online.
Their incoming law students will have a good knowledge of Macs and iPads — will this place law firms under pressure to accommodate the greater use of Apple devices into their practices?
Recently, my posts have focused mostly on topics of interest to
incoming law students or law school graduates preparing to take the bar exam.