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The Legal Clinic Is More Than A Sign On The Door: Transforming Law School Education In Revolutionary Egypt, Stephen A. Rosenbaum
The Legal Clinic Is More Than A Sign On The Door: Transforming Law School Education In Revolutionary Egypt, Stephen A. Rosenbaum
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There is little consensus on what the January 25, 2011 Revolution in Egypt stands for, or whether Egyptians are living through the Revolution or in a post-Revolutionary State. Skeptics say that what occurred is the overthrow of an autocratic President, the retention of an Old Guard military and civil service establishment, and the potential for free and fair national elections. They contend, however, that this seminal event in the Arab Spring produced no revolutionary leadership and no clear platform or message. Is there a role for law schools in the revolutionary transformation?
In this article, the author describes the changes …
Clinique Togo: Changing Legal Practice In One African Nation In Six Days, Stephen A. Rosenbaum
Clinique Togo: Changing Legal Practice In One African Nation In Six Days, Stephen A. Rosenbaum
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In this essay, the author looks at the role of the short-term rule of law consultant in a developing country. The setting is Togo in francophone Africa and the State Department's mandate for the consultant is to help establish a pro bono indigent legal aid program with participation by the national bar association and the country's principal law school — in one week's time. Using the device of a daily journal, the author describes (1) the background for the visit, (2) the series of exchanges with his hosts from the US Embassy, bar association and Université de Lomé, (3) the …
The Juris Doctor Is In: Making Room At Law School For Paraprofessional Partners, Stephen A. Rosenbaum
The Juris Doctor Is In: Making Room At Law School For Paraprofessional Partners, Stephen A. Rosenbaum
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The 60th anniversary of the United States’ oldest continuous legal clinic presents an opportunity to reexamine the pedagogical machinery, reshape the curriculum, reflect on advice not taken, and reignite the “movement for change” in (clinical) legal education. The author recommends a modest retooling: Law schools should offer a degree program for non-lawyer advocates. This would capitalize on the many attributes that paralegals bring to the profession.
The author's focus is on how teaching paralegals or lay advocates in law schools can foster less costly non-adversarial dispute resolution, sensitivity to human and cultural aspects of client rapport, and co-education between members …