SALEM REPORTER — When Brian Gallini talks to lawyers who have recently hired his former students, he often gets the same question. Gallini, dean of Willamette University’s College of Law, said employers often have to train newly minted attorneys on common tasks. “Dean, your grads are very intelligent, but why do I have to teach them how to write a motion to suppress or how to draft a civil complaint?” Gallini said he’s asked. The answer is a relatively simple one: to become lawyers in the U.S., graduates typically have to pass the bar exam, a grueling multi-day test that about 40% of test takers fail, according to data from the National Conference of Bar Examiners. “The incentive structure is for law schools to teach students how to pass the bar exam, not necessarily to do the things that employers expect,” Gallini said. But in Oregon, that may soon be changing.