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<p>Fine, and I worked for two prestigious firms.</p>
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<p>It’s not just my firm, but also other classmates from law school. But I agree with you to an extent: One should not necessarily assume that one’s experiences are universal. So you should not assume that language skills are significantly helpful based on your experiences.</p>
<p>In any event, my experiences are consistent with common sense.</p>
<p>First, for high stakes litigation and transactions, it costs very little to hire interpreters compared to the overall legal budget. </p>
<p>Also, it’s goes against everything I know about how the market works. If you really could turn wheat into gold by starting with a typical law degree and adding foreign language skills, pretty quickly the market would be flooded with JDs who speak Russian or Chinese or whatever.</p>
<p>I can see temporary shortages developing, but over a longer term, a situation is unlikely to develop where a JD can dramatically improve his job prospects by learning a new language.</p>