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Justice In The Balance: An Evaluation Of One Clinic's Ability To Harmonize Teaching Practical Skills, Ethics And Professionalism With A Social Justice Mission, Lauren Carasik
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A number of developments have firmly established the role of clinics in legal education, allowing law school clinicians greater latitude in designing programs consistent with law school curricular values and priorities. Consequently, current law school clinical offerings are comprised of richly varied structures and goals. A myriad of goals fall under the general rubric of clinical legal education. Among the most widely cited goals are providing practical skills training in a real world context, instilling a public interest ethos in students, advancing social justice, encouraging the critique of the law and legal institutions, inculcating high standards of ethics and professionalism …
Helping Students Develop A Humanistic Philosophy Of Lawyering, Beth Cohen
Helping Students Develop A Humanistic Philosophy Of Lawyering, Beth Cohen
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This Article considers the need to help students develop a cohesive philosophy of lawyering and suggests some ideas and methods to help introduce these concepts and concerns to students. Although this Article focuses primarily on aspects of the legal research and writing curriculum and pedagogy as well as professional development programs that can enhance the curriculum, the concepts are applicable and transferable to other subjects and courses. The purpose of this Article is to explore the issues raised by a conscious decision to help students consider and develop a beneficial philosophy of lawyering in areas including the development of legal …
Tribute: An Extraordinary Lawyer, Arthur Leavens
Tribute: An Extraordinary Lawyer, Arthur Leavens
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Charles Ogletree, Jr., is one of those persons who, by virtue of his many and varied achievements, has become almost larger than life. Ogletree is a leader in the struggle for civil rights. The Author pays tribute to this tenured Harvard Law School professor.