DealBook: 9 Graduates Lose Case Against New York Law School

There are plenty of reasons not to go to law school.

Legal educators are still fantasizing that law firms will create more positions for new lawyers. The latest pipe dream suggests that big firms will "give talented graduates of less prestigious institutions a chance to shine" in residencies that teach lawyering skills.

Cheaper legal education and more liberal rules would benefit America’s lawyers--and their clients. All around the world, lawyers generate more hostility than the members of any other profession--with the possible exception of journalism. But there are few places where clients have more grounds for complaint than America.

Canada’s controversial 20-year-old legal definition of hatred is set to be updated or even overturned on Wednesday, as the Supreme Court of Canada rules in the case of William Whatcott, a born-again anti-gay pamphleteer who ran afoul of Saskatchewan’s Human Rights Code. Pitting freedom of religion and speech against a legal regime that bans the repeated public expression of hate, the Whatcott case could see the legal foundation of several anti-hate laws crumble, including Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act.

At Harvard, Wharton and other business schools, students are eschewing traditional postgraduate paths and applying their entrepreneurial ambitions to technology ventures.

Employers are duty-bound to provide a safe working environment for staff. If employees are required to drive as part of their duties, then asking them to work in adverse weather conditions can expose businesses to negligence claims or result in a breach of health and safety regulations.

It's time for young associates to stop dreaming about the corner office with the amazing view of the Manhattan skyline and get serious about their careers.