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Book Review, Ted Finman
Book Review, Ted Finman
Vanderbilt Law Review
Verdicts on Lawyers consists of twenty-three essays written by twenty-five authors,' most of them attorneys. The purpose of this compilation is to promote reform by (1) noting and describing deficiencies in the behavior of lawyers, in the structure and organization of the legal profession, and in rules and mechanisms that affect the distribution of legal services to poor and middle-class clienteles and (2) prescribing remedies for the problems noted.
Book Review, James R. Elkins
Book Review, James R. Elkins
Vanderbilt Law Review
Shaffer suggests a new paradigm for law practice that is not based on rigid control of clients in an impersonal attorney-client relationship. He argues forcefully that disregard for the client's emotions ignores important "facts" that can be used in the law office and the legal process. Shaffer's work suggests the possibility of gaining personal satisfaction and of providing more adequate legal services by actively counseling and understanding clients. Such a humanistic approach to the practice of law can be rooted only in an awareness of the psychological and social defenses erected against both the attorney's clients and the attorney's impact …