The Attorney General Abel Rodríguez del Orbe has recommended that the Consejo Nacional de Educación Superior close most of the law schools in the country because "they are producing lawyers incapable of practicing law." He said that schools are graduating more lawyers than needed. He recommended that newly graduated lawyers be required to complete two-year internships and later be tested by a grand jury made up by members of the Supreme Court of Justice, the Attorney General’s office, the Lawyers’ College and the universities. He said that the poor formation of newly graduated lawyers was apparent when the Supreme Court of Justice traveled to Montecristi to interview candidates for judges. The president of the CONES, licenciado Alejandrina Germán, informed El Caribe newspaper that the evaluation of the law schools is on her agenda for this year.
