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The Submerged Metaphoricality Of Legal Language, Michael Angelo Tata

GGU Law Review Blog

According to psychoanalysis in Freud and beyond, human beings have an ego ideal, or self-identity projected outward onto society, so why can’t a discipline like the Law? Like Mathematics or Psychoanalysis, Law surely has a self-identity it continually articulates and applies. If the Law would speak for itself, how would it explain this identity? One answer would be that the Law’s version of itself as logical to the point of absurdity is projected onto society as a whole, which it subjugates through the illusion of quasi-mathematical certainty. Caught up in this intoxicating mirage, its various purveyors and practitioners, like lawyers, …

Developing Career Paths In Legal Academia: Prospects And Challenges, Christian N. Okeke

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Presentation given at the Academic & Career Advancement Symposium (ACAS) 2019 Held at the Faculty of Law, Enugu State University of Science & Technology, Friday, 5 July 2019.

The Moral Character Evaluation: Proving That Your Past Does Not Define Your Future, Allyson Mccain

GGU Law Review Blog

To the extent that the character and fitness evaluation continues to exclude those candidates who have not shown remorse or rehabilitation, it remains essential to ensuring the integrity of the legal profession. However, it is unfair to presume that a blemish on an applicant’s record suggests a lack of good moral character, until proven otherwise. Past mistakes and errors in judgment do not automatically indicate that an individual is unfit to practice law. Nor does the lack of “sanctionable conduct” in one’s past conclusively prove that the individual will uphold the integrity of the profession.

Pulling Back The Curtain: Implicit Bias In The Law School Dean Search Process, Michele Benedetto Neitz

Publications

This Article stems from the author’s experience chairing multiple dean searches and research interest in the existence, genesis, and effects of implicit bias. Part II of this Article will review the role of a law school dean, with special consideration of the ways the Great Recession and its outcomes transformed the role of the dean. Part III will describe the typical dean search process and evaluate decanal diversity statistics to determine which candidates are selected for these powerful roles in today’s law schools. Part IV will introduce the concept of implicit bias, specifically focusing on ingroup favoritism. This part will …

Raising Up The Work Of (S)Hero Lawyers, Rachel A. Van Cleave

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No abstract provided.

National Association Of Women Judges Midyear Meeting And Lady Justice Gala, National Association Of Women Judges

2012-2017: Rachel Van Cleave

Dean Rachel Van Cleave was recognized for her contributions to GGU Law. Program book attached.

A Call To Leadership: Who Will Answer?, Golden Gate University School Of Law

Leadership Conference

The video is a recording of the panel for the "A Call to Leadership" conference held at Golden Gate University School of Law on March 17, 2017.

The flyer for the conference is attached and may be downloaded.

2016 Annual Report For Digital Commons: The Legal Scholarship Repository @ Golden Gate University School Of Law, Janet Fischer

Annual Reports

Digital Commons: The Legal Scholarship Repository @ Golden Gate University School of Law, or, simply, DC@GGULaw, is the institutional repository for the law school’s intellectual work and contributions to the field of law, whether produced by faculty, students, centers or conferences. This report highlights the major accomplishments of DC@GGULaw from May, 2015 through April, 2016.

Who Should Be Our Moral Compass Now?, Rachel A. Van Cleave

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Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers conducted a survey of over 27,000 lawyers across the country about the qualities, skills and competencies necessary for new lawyers. Almost 73 percent said having a "strong moral compass" is necessary for a lawyer to be successful in the short term. Only 17 (out of 147) other skills, competencies and characteristics, received a higher percentage of votes. Included among these were "treat others with courtesy and respect" (91.9 percent), act with "integrity and trustworthiness" (92.3 percent), and "honor commitments" (93.9 percent).

The full results of the survey have not been published, but were presented to a small …

How To Create A Less-Stressful Workplace, Michele Benedetto Neitz

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Imagine leading a staff meeting at your company. A deadline is looming and your staff is behind schedule.

But instead of feeling stressed, your fellow employees feel relaxed. Instead of exhibiting a sense of being overwhelmed, your colleagues are showing signs of being energized. As a result, everyone in the room is focused and attentive, and the work is ultimately completed well.

Law schools and legal professionals are turning to meditation training and relaxation responses to reduce anxiety.

Engaging Work, Working While Engaged, Rachel A. Van Cleave

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Several recent items have led me to reflect on the meaning of work. Law students often ask my advice about their careers, and I typically ask them what they enjoy. “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day” is one of my favorite quotes. Therefore, Gordon Marino’s piece in the New York Times, Sunday Review, A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’ (May 18, 2014), gave me pause. Marino questions whether the advice of do what you love is really sound advice, as well as whether it is advice only for the elite who might have the luxury …

Shades Of Enron: The Legal Ethics Implications Of The General Motors Scandal, Michele Benedetto Neitz

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Here we go again. "Where were the Lawyers?" is becoming a predicable refrain in response to any wide-ranging corporate scandal. General Motors is battling a rising deluge of lawsuits, investigations, and government fines in the wake of its February 2014 recall of millions of cars for a safety defect. The defect, a faulty ignition switch, is allegedly responsible for 13 fatalities and hundreds of injuries.

The sorrow of the tragic loss of life in this case is now joined by growing public anger about a cover-up at the company to avoid liability for the defect. GM's engineers and managers may …

Your Career: Ten Steps To Making A Career Change, Susanne Aronowitz

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Many of us anticipate the beginning of a new year with a sense of optimism. If you have been thinking about a change in your professional life, you may have an earnest but ill-defined New Year's resolution to make it happen in 2014. It's rare for such an opportunity to land in one's lap. Rather than relying on chance, here are some tangible strategies to bring those plans to fruition.

Your Career: A Path To Scholarship, Rachel A. Van Cleave

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Golden Gate Dean Rachel Van Cleave interviews Professor Benedetta Faedi Duramy about her journey through academia.

Viewpoint: Coming Together, Crafting Solutions, Rachel A. Van Cleave

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I have previously called for greater collaboration among a broad variety of lawyers to address the critical issues facing legal education and the legal profession. Private lawyers, government attorneys, public interest lawyers, legal educators, and even law school regulators must come together at the table for the betterment of the profession. Last week, two conferences made some initial and very positive strides in this direction. The NALP Foundation and West LegalEdcenter held a one-day forum, Tomorrow's Law Practice: A Forum on the Market, Demand and Opportunities for Lawyers; and the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Initiative held its annual conference entitled, Connecting …

Value(S) Of Lawyers, Rachel A. Van Cleave

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Top concerns facing legal educators and the legal profession today are the cost and quality of a legal education and the job market for graduates. President Barack Obama's comments in August about whether law school should be shortened to two years have generated healthy discussions about the trifecta we are grappling with: cost, quality and employment. These are critical issues. However, it is important not to lose sight of both the value of the legal profession as well as our fundamental values as lawyers and what model might best support these.

The California Prosecutor - Integrity, Independence, Leadership, California District Attorneys Association

California Agencies

Over the last few years, there seems to have been a concerted effort to discredit the prosecutorial profession. A few news organizations, including the Chicago Tribune and USA Today, have issued results of unscientific surveys that attempt to demonstrate that prosecutorial misconduct is a significant issue in the federal courts as well as in some state courts. None of these surveys has been able to uncover any but the rarest instances of intentional misconduct by prosecutors, state or federal.

Most of these reports succumb to their own inaccuracies and die a natural death. One recent report, however, has managed to …

Viewpoint: Post-Feminist Legal Profession? Not So Fast, Drucilla S. Ramey

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Just the other day I had occasion to dine with a group of remarkable women of a certain age who had recently been featured by this newspaper as "Women Leaders in the Law: Blazing the trail for 35-plus years." Right there you knew, of course, that these were women who had stayed the course, who had early and often resisted the siren call of a more conventional path, and who collectively called to mind the rallying cry of an earlier time: "This is what a feminist looks like."

Having individually and together fought their way to the top of their …

A Primer For Teaching Law As An Adjunct Professor, Rachel A. Van Cleave

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After practicing law and perhaps specializing in a particular area for several years, you cannot help but think, "I wish they had taught me [blank] in law school." You start to wonder whether you could teach a class at a local law school. Here are some tips for pursuing such an endeavor.

The Importance Of U.S. Law And Teaching Methods To Korean Undergraduates, Helen H. Kang

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I will talk about three aspects of teaching American law outside of the U.S. and incorporating U.S. legal teaching methods or pedagogies in teaching American law. First, I will briefly discuss international trends as they relate to adoption of the American legal education system – in form, substance, and in delivery. Second, I will talk about the reasons for these trends and what they may signify for teaching American law here in Korea. And, finally, I will talk about the future of teaching American law to Korean students and using American teaching methods.

State Bar Of California: With Strategic Planning Not Yet Completed, It Projects General Fund Deficits And Needs Continued Improvement In Program Administration, California State Auditor

California Agencies

As required by Chapter 342, Statutes of 1999, the Bureau of State Audits presents its audit report concerning the State Bar of California's (State Bar) strategic planning, financial outlook, Legal Services Trust Fund Program (legal services program), and disciplinary process.

Peer Review Immunity: Ab 2856, Senate Judiciary Committee, Assembly Judiciary Committee

California Joint Committees

No abstract provided.

Public Hearing On Sanctions Against Attorneys And Parties For Frivolous And Bad Faith Actions Or Tactics, Assembly Committee On Judiciary

California Assembly

No abstract provided.

Joint Interim Hearing On The Attorney Discipline Function Of The State Bar Of California, Assembly Committee On Judiciary, Senate Committee On Judiciary

California Joint Committees

No abstract provided.

An Overview Of The Interrelationship Between The State Supreme Court, The State Bar Of California's Board Of Governors And The Committee Of Bar Examiners, Assembly Committee On Judiciary

California Assembly

No abstract provided.

Hearing Of The Assembly Judiciary Committee On The Fall 1983 State Bar Examination, Assembly Committee On Judiciary

California Assembly

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of The State Pubic Defender, State Of California, National Legal Aid And Defender Association

California Agencies

No abstract provided.

Calculation Of Attorneys' Fees Awards In Title Vii Actions Against Private Defendants, Drucilla S. Ramey

Publications

In this article it will be argued that the legislative history of the attorneys' fees provision of Title VII requires that fee awards be computed by a method which produces fees sufficient to sustain a Title VII bar, and that this may best be accomplished by a modified version of the approach customarily used in the antitrust area.

First addressed will be a brief overview of Title VII litigation problems, with emphasis on the complexity, duration, and high-risk nature of the work involved. Then follows a discussion of the legislative purpose of Title VII and its fee provisions, with particular …

Attorneys Fees In Public Interest Litigation, Assembly Committee On Judiciary

California Assembly

No abstract provided.

Election Of Board Of Governors And The President And State Bar's Legislative Program, Special Legislative Investigating Committee On The State Bar

California Joint Committees

No abstract provided.