I recently gave a presentation to the Recruiting Administrators of Dallas (RADS), which is a NALP city group. As is my custom, prior to speaking I asked members to send me questions they wanted to make sure I address. One member sent several questions. Here are her questions and my answers:

Q. In your experience, have you found standardized professional development curricula beneficial? In particular regarding programming for first years (e.g. legal research and writing workshops).

A. I have never favored standardized professional development curricula to be the best, but the two areas you mentioned lend themselves to standardized curricula.