Mixing foundation money with their own to go beyond the standard curriculum, the schools are teaching the nuts and bolts of running a business, setting up client referral networks for fledgling practitioners and holding seminars to tackle the mundane cha llenges of going it alone that are often considered superfluous to the study of law.
Running a business is complex, so schools have been using both their own money and that of foundations to hold seminars on how to tackle the challenges of going it alone.
The schools have decided not to accept foundation money and will no longer set up client referral networks.