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Needed: The Social-Scientific Lawyer, Kent M. Weeks Jan 1968

Needed: The Social-Scientific Lawyer, Kent M. Weeks

Cleveland State Law Review

Once confined to academic journals and considered irrelevant to American law, the empirical findings of the behavioral sciences are now the lawyer's tools. The Supreme Court not only accepts empirical data of the social scientists in briefs, but implicitly seeks such data in order to enable the court to make decisions.


Processing A Workmen's Compensation Case In Ohio, James L. Young Jan 1968

Processing A Workmen's Compensation Case In Ohio, James L. Young

Cleveland State Law Review

The Workmen's Compensation system, which has been a part of Ohio law since May 31, 1911, represents a sharp departure in concept from the earlier methods of redressing work injuries. Under Workmen's,Compensation, neither the negligence of the employer nor that of, the employee plays any part in the determination of the employee's entitlement to the stated benefits. It is the fact of injury sustained in the course of and arising out of employment which is critical.


A Case For Computers In Law Practice, Donald J. Elardo Jan 1968

A Case For Computers In Law Practice, Donald J. Elardo

Cleveland State Law Review

There is no profession which has more to gain from dramatic new technological developments for the automation of information than the legal profession.


The Law, The Lawyers, And The Writers, L. Neille Shoemaker Jan 1968

The Law, The Lawyers, And The Writers, L. Neille Shoemaker

Cleveland State Law Review

The great writers have one thing in common-they castigate the human race, including themselves, the frailties of mankind, and his noble institutions. Law and the lawyers have suffered at the hands of the writers. The doctors have suffered even more. Most rulers, if they lived long enough, have been the subject of satire, caricatures, exposure, or castigation. The church and churchmen have also suffered. The principal subject matter of satire over the centuries has been the Church. ... Because of this general emphasis on soiled humanity, the legal profession need not feel alone as it finds itself the subject matter …


Opinions Of Counsel: Responsibilities And Liabilities, Gaspare A. Corso Jr. Jan 1968

Opinions Of Counsel: Responsibilities And Liabilities, Gaspare A. Corso Jr.

Cleveland State Law Review

I have surveyed the views of lawyers and laymen in an effort to ascertain: what lawyers intend their opinion letters to be, what clients expect when they request opinion letters, and what is expected by various governmental agencies from lawyers representing clients before such agencies.


Fair And Reasonable Attorney Fees, Jack Griesmar Jan 1968

Fair And Reasonable Attorney Fees, Jack Griesmar

Cleveland State Law Review

The beginning of each attorney and client relationship places the attorney in a position of having to determine the worth of his service for the particular work required of him, in order that he may do the "job" for this particular client. The attorney has invested a great deal of time and expense in developing his skills in the area of the law. He is given the right to charge for the service which he can render by the state or states in which he is licensed to practice his trade. The question then presents itself: What is a fair …