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The Lawyer's Role(S) In Deliberative Democracy, Carrie Menkel-Meadow
The Lawyer's Role(S) In Deliberative Democracy, Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In this paper I will explore the idea of a "neutral" lawyer who may have neither "client" (in the conventional sense of client) to represent nor advocacy to perform, yet still be functioning fully as a lawyer or "learned professional" schooled in the law. Indeed, in this paper I will suggest that lawyers may be especially useful in performing a variety of "new" functions that depart from traditional conceptions of the lawyer's role, but which lawyers may be especially well suited to perform. It may be counter-cultural to think of lawyers as "consensus builders," rather than as advocates or makers …
Clients As Teachers, Jane H. Aiken
Clients As Teachers, Jane H. Aiken
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
I am deeply honored to have been selected to hold the William Van Cleve Chair. After the announcement several months ago, I have had the pleasure of having people tell me just how wonderful a man Bill Van Cleve was and how lucky I am to have this chair in honor of him. The picture that I have gotten of this man is truly that of the lawyer statesman. He took his profession very seriously. He approached his work with dedication and passion but, more significantly, he loved his profession in the broadest sense. He understood that the practice of …