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Angela Harris: The Person, The Teacher, The Scholar, Rachel F. Moran
Angela Harris: The Person, The Teacher, The Scholar, Rachel F. Moran
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Angela Harris has written eloquently about the creative tensions that define her as a person, a teacher, and a scholar. She has explored the challenges of maintaining a private identity when called upon to share her life experience with a public audience, whether in the classroom, at a conference, or in an essay. She has reflected on the ways in which legal teaching privileges reason over emotion, wondering whether this dynamic impoverishes the exchange of ideas and undervalues the joy that can motivate a caring advocate. And, she has explored the dialectic between identity politics and the structural forces that …
Encouraging The Development Of Low Bono Law Practices, Luz E. Herrera
Encouraging The Development Of Low Bono Law Practices, Luz E. Herrera
Faculty Scholarship
For decades, the discussion about access to justice has primarily focused on the ability of low–income individuals to obtain free representation by lawyers. Lawyer representation is the “gold star” of the legal profession and advocates of legal services for the poor have fought difficult battles to ensure the most disadvantaged in our country have access to these professionals. As a result, legal aid programs and pro bono services that assist the most economically disadvantaged in our country are now common in our legal service delivery system.
Despite those important efforts, only 50% of those eligible for free legal services actually …
Foreword: A Tribute To Margaret Montoya, Rachel F. Moran
Foreword: A Tribute To Margaret Montoya, Rachel F. Moran
Faculty Scholarship
Dean Moran provides opening remarks to the Chicana/o-Latina/o Law Review symposium, "Un/Masking Power: The Past, Present, and Future of Marginal Identities in Legal Academia."