Partner's Report for Law Firm Owners

Can this approach help law firm owners hire associates who are better prepared for the business of law? At a plenary session hosted at the recent 2008 National Association for Law Placement (NALP) conference in Toronto, entitled "The Future of Law Practice: Trends, Predictions, and Imperatives," panelist Jordan Furlong, editor-in-chief of National magazine of the Canadian Bar Association, spoke glowingly about the third-year curriculum being created by Washington and Lee University School of Law.