Why do we go to law school?

Educators would have us believe that we attend law school to be taught to think like a lawyer. That we go to law school to be able to analyze facts and elements of the law. Yet most of us are admitted to law school because of the analytical skills we already possess. Even more interesting is that most of us exit law school failing to encompass the most basic and practical of legal skills. Unless we have clerked or taken a litigation course, many will exit law school not knowing the difference between a subpoena or summons! Most law schools do not have a practical skills requirement. Then how do we obtain such practical skills? We spend more money on seminars given by our representative State Bar Associations, County Bar Associations and Special Bar Associations to teach us how to "work" in the courts.

Isn't it ironic that as students, we spend tens of thousands of dollars to obtain a legal education, yet we leave law school unable to functionally practice.