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Students As Teachers, Teachers As Learners, Derrick Bell, Erin Edmonds
Students As Teachers, Teachers As Learners, Derrick Bell, Erin Edmonds
Michigan Law Review
Judge Edwards divides his analysis of the cause of the crisis in ethical lawyering into an overview and three parts. The overview and first two parts deal mainly with the role of law schools and legal curriculum in what he views as the deterioration of responsible, capable practitioners. This article takes issue with some of the assumptions, analyses, and conclusions those sections contain. The third part of Edwards' article analyzes the role of law firms in causing that same deterioration. This article agrees with and will elaborate upon that part of Edwards' treatment.
We approach Judge Edwards' article, we hope, …
Pro Bono Legal Work: For The Good Of Not Only The Public, But Also The Lawyer And The Legal Profession, Nadine Strossen
Pro Bono Legal Work: For The Good Of Not Only The Public, But Also The Lawyer And The Legal Profession, Nadine Strossen
Michigan Law Review
I agree with Judge Edwards that "the lawyer has an ethical obligation to practice public interest law - to represent some poor clients; to advance some causes that he or she believes to be just." I also concur in Judge Edwards' opinion that "[a] person who deploys his or her doctrinal skill without concern for the public interest is merely a good legal technician - not a good lawyer."
Rather than further develop Judge Edwards' theme that lawyers have a professional responsibility to do pro bono work, I will offer another rationale for such work, grounded in professional and individual …
Class Of 1993 Five Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School
Class Of 1993 Five Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School
UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports
This addendum is a compilation of alumni responses to the open-ended comments sections.
Class Of 1993 Five Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School
Class Of 1993 Five Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School
UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports
This report summarizes the findings of a questionnaire sent to University of Michigan Law School alumni five years after graduation.
Letter To Judge Harry Edwards, James J. White
Letter To Judge Harry Edwards, James J. White
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Dear Harry: I write to second your statements concerning the disjunction between legal education and the legal profession and also to quibble with you. By examining the faculty, the curriculum, and the research agenda at Michigan, your school and mine, I hope to illustrate the ways in which you are right and to suggest other ways in which you and your clerk informants may be too pessimistic.