I loved being a law student.

But many of my brilliant professors at my top ten law school were terrible at communicating with students. They were well-intentioned, highly credentialed, and they sincerely wanted to teach me. I would attend study sessions and office hours and discover that, when asked to further explain a tough topic, they merely repeated their prior confusing statement or pointed to an equally obscure and difficult-to-understand passage in a case written over a century ago. I left frustrated with myself, the professor, and my very expensive law school. I graduated with strong grades, and a fantastic job. When I took bar review after graduation, however, I wondered why the bar review instructors were so much better at explaining the law versus the tenured Ivy League profs at my reputable school.

Later on, after working at a law school, I learned the truth. Tenure-track law professors are hired based because: (1) They attended a prestigious law school; (2) they served on the main law review at their school; (3) they clerked for a federal judge (preferably two); and (4) their demonstrated success at publishing articles in student-run law reviews.  Actual teaching ability and lecturing talent is not required, thus it is all too frequently missing from a typical law classroom.

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