Too early to tell if this meritorious or not–but according to one blog post, which we presume was not joking, AALS has isntituted a memberaccess.aals.org/eWeb/dynamicpage.aspx?webcode=ChpDetail&chp_cst_key=9fb324e8-e515-4fd3-b6db-a1723feeb799
WLB in a nutshell–and on the merits:
1. At higher-end, and more esoteric levels, learning how to be a lawyer, doctor or other professional or trades-person is a difficult and demanding process.
2. In those professions, there are no short-cuts to learning how to solve complex problems layered with novelty and ambiguity; the process is time- and labor-intensive.
3. Lexis-Nexis and “Google” can get you so far.
4. Your computer or Blackberry is not your brain.
And, finally, the two fact no likes to read or hear:
5. In the first, say, eight to ten years, those who put their profession or trade as first–or at least “tied for first”–are more to valuable to clients, patients and customers in the long term than those who did not pay such dues.
6. Such people will be paid more, promoted first and first to be recruited by other firms.
Are we missing anything?