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I read this article about a legal residency program modeled after the idea of medical residency. It sounds like this group employs a few graduates from each of 4 participating law schools (Ohio State, Vanderbilt, Miami and Emory, which I thought was a weird combination.) The salaries are pretty poor, but supposedly residents are more employable and experienced after two years. I'd never heard of anything like this before and was wondering if knowledgable TLS people had any thoughts or opinions on it.

http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=12 ... esidencies

I'm applying to law school during the 2015-16 cycle at the earliest, so my asking this is obviously premature. Just curious.

Just from your description (did not want to make an account) it seems very similar to the mandatory articling period of 1 year that all Canadian law students must do. I would spend some time looking into how people feel about that if you want a larger sample size.

I'm not sure how it's different than any low-pay legal job you do for two years? (I also did not want to make an account). Especially since the company running it, unitedlex, doesn't exactly engage in cutting-edge legal work. I think calling it a "residency" is charitable.