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The Attorney Signature Block On A Brief: A Jumping - Off Point For Discussing Ethics With Students, Heidi K. Brown
The Attorney Signature Block On A Brief: A Jumping - Off Point For Discussing Ethics With Students, Heidi K. Brown
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New Roles To Solve Old Problems: Lawyering For Ordinary People In Today’S Context, Marsha M. Mansfield, Louise G. Trubek
New Roles To Solve Old Problems: Lawyering For Ordinary People In Today’S Context, Marsha M. Mansfield, Louise G. Trubek
NYLS Law Review
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Epistemology And Ethics In Relationship-Centered Legal Education And Practice, Susan L. Brooks, Robert G. Madden
Epistemology And Ethics In Relationship-Centered Legal Education And Practice, Susan L. Brooks, Robert G. Madden
NYLS Law Review
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A History Of Professionalism: Julius Henry Cohen And The Professions As A Route To Citizenship, Rebecca Roiphe
A History Of Professionalism: Julius Henry Cohen And The Professions As A Route To Citizenship, Rebecca Roiphe
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This paper revives the notion that professionalism and the legal profession can serve as a mechanism for immigrants and those who are not born into wealth or privilege to achieve status. I draw on the example of Cohen, a Jewish lawyer who achieved a great deal of success within the profession in the early 20th Century, to argue that the rhetoric surrounding the professions allows immigrants and others to use professional success to find their way to full inclusion and citizenship. While acknowledging the merits of the critiques of the professions as rent-seeking cartels, I argue that professionalism is an …