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The Role of Professional Identity in Legal Work and Legal Hiring Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers (ETL) Sept 28, 2012

The Role of Professional Identity in Legal Work and Legal Hiring Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers (ETL) Sept 28, 2012. William D. Henderson Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Our “professional identity” as legal educators in face of disruptive change. Facts, analyzed objectively Leadership

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The Role of Professional Identity in Legal Work and Legal Hiring Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers (ETL) Sept 28, 2012

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  1. The Role of Professional Identity in Legal Work and Legal HiringEducating Tomorrow’s Lawyers (ETL)Sept 28, 2012 William D. Henderson Indiana University Maurer School of Law

  2. Our “professional identity” as legal educators in face of disruptive change. Facts, analyzed objectively Leadership Judgment Courage

  3. Asia, Automation, Abundance -- Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind

  4. Legal Profession Circa 1905, 1945, 1985

  5. Legal Industry Legal Services Industry Legal Profession Circa 2012

  6. Private PracticeCirca 1948 • 163,000 Lawyers • 45.0% w/ college degrees; 74.5% w/ law degrees • 1.64 lawyers per firm • 1.9 % lawyers in firms of 9+ partners Source: Blaustein, “The 1949 Lawyer Count,” 50 ABA J 370 (1950)

  7. Personal Litigation Corporate Litigation Office Practice for Corps Office Practice for Persons Heinz-Laumann“Two-Hemisphere” Theory Growth driven by business demand Growth driven by Population 1975

  8. Corporate Litigation Personal Litigation Office Practice for Persons Office Practice for Corps Heinz-Laumann “Two-Hemisphere” Theory Growth driven by business demand Growth driven by Population 1995

  9. US Lawyer Population(1951-2000)

  10. US Lawyer Population(1951-2000)

  11. 20th Century

  12. Source: NALP Bulletin, July 2012, charts generated by William Henderson

  13. 15% increase in Law Schools (175 to 201) 19% increase in 1L enrollment Source: ABA Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, Chart generated by William Henderson (July 2012)

  14. Market in 2012

  15. Outcomes for the Class of 2011

  16. Outcomes By USN Rank

  17. Susskind’s Paradigm Bespoke Standardized Systematized Packaged Commoditized • Needed human capital: • Information technology • Systems engineering • Finance • Marketing • Project Management • Law

  18. Legal Industry Legal Services Industry Legal Profession Circa 2012

  19. Asia, Automation, Abundance

  20. Career Arc Practice Mastery Arc Informed by theory and data Arc under Traditional model Graduation Time

  21. What do we do next? What is working now? Why is it working?

  22. Practice mastery Senior career Mid career Practice Mastery Early career Layer 4 Entry level lawyer Layer 3 Upper Level Layer 2 1L Layer 1 (Baseline skills, ability, knowledge)

  23. Practice mastery Practice Mastery Layer 4 KSA Theory and data needed for faster, higher arc Layer 3 KSA + Skills, knowledge, abilities (KSA) Baseline skills, ability, knowledge

  24. Practice mastery Practice Mastery Layer 4 KSA Layer 3 KSA Complex theoretical and empirical questions + Skills, knowledge, abilities (KSA) Answers are worth billions socially and economically Baseline skills, ability, knowledge

  25. Questions

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