There’s no question that legal education has been one of the great educational success stories in American history. It has generated hundreds of thousands of lawyer-citizens who populate every level of our society and who are imbued with the substance and spirit

of the rule of law. They tend to be leaders in their communities, in the private sector, at all levels of the public sector, and in various other deployments in which sharp analytical minds, verbal skills, and a sense of the public interest are prized.