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Report Of The Dean 1980–1981, David T. Link

1975–1999: David T. Link

Dean David Link provides a comprehensive and detailed description of the state of Notre Dame Law School as it closes the 1980–1981 academic year. The elements covered in his report include: faculty, students, the London Programme, curriculum, administration, alumni, physical facility, and national programs.

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University Of Notre Dame Law School, Bulletin Of Information 1982–1983, Volume 77, Number 2, University Of Notre Dame

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Abstract

Notre Dame Law School

4 Notre Dame Law School

5 Foreign Law Study

7 Joint Degree Programs

7 Requirements for Admission and Graduation

10 Fees and Expenses

11 Financial Aid Program

The Law Program

14 Student Activities

16 Curriculum

16 Course Descriptions

Appendix

26 Officers of Administration

26 The Law School Faculty

27 London Faculty

27 Practice Court Judges

28 Faculty Profiles

33 Endowed Chairs

33 The Thomas J. White Chair in Law

33 The John N. Matthews Chair in Law

33 The Concannon Program of International Law

33 The Institute for Public Policy

34 The Thomas and Alberta …

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Henry Knox And The Moral Theology Of Law Firms, Thomas L. Shaffer

Journal Articles

One of the reasons we modern American lawyers find the "golden age" of our 19th century forebears attractive is that it was morally unambiguous. It seems to have been an age of giants who were consistent. The "republican" lawyers who wrote our first statements on legal ethics were moral theologians as well as leaders—and they found no difficulty in being both. David Hoffman, who attracted as much applause from the conservative Calvinists at Princeton Theological Seminary as he attracted from the bench and bar, drew no distinction between the morals he practiced at home and the morals he practiced in …

Managing Your Law Office: Improving The Quality Of Lawyers' Services To Clients, David T. Link

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To help our New York lawyers the Journal is publishing a series of arti­cles by experts in this field in our Depart­ment, "Managing Your Law Office." These articles on law office economics and management were originally published by the American Bar Association Journal, whose permission to reprint them is gratefully acknowledged by your Journal.

The Basic Principles Of Natural Law: A Reply To Ralph Mcinerny, John M. Finnis, Germain Grisez

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In the preceding volume of this journal, Prof. Mclnerny criticized certain theoretical positions of Finnis and Grisez as well as their interpretation of St. Thomas. In the present article Finnis and Grisez reply that Mclnerny's criticisms lack cogency, because he has misunderstood their theories, judged their exegesis by his own different interpretation assumed gratuitously to be correct, and mixed philosophical and historical criticism in a way which helps to clarify neither the problems of ethical theory nor those of Thomistic exegesis.

Effective Assistance Of Counsel: In Quest Of A Uniform Standard Of Review, Theresa L. Springmann, John Eric Smithburn

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Nearly a decade ago, the United States Supreme Court in McMann v. Richardson held that the sixth amendment right to counsel was a right to effective assistance of counsel. The Court declared that criminal defense attorneys must act "within the range of competence demanded of attorneys in criminal cases, '' and that trial judges must "strive ... to maintain proper standards of performance by attorneys ... in their courts." The Court has not elaborated, however, on what conduct the right to effective counsel requires of both defense counsel and the trial judge, or the procedure by which appellate review can …

Professional Independence And The Associate In A Law Firm: A French Case Study, Tang Thi Thanh Trai Le

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In June 1977, as a result of a case brought before the Tribunal de la Seine, a "mini-revolution" erupted in French legal circles. A young woman associate of a law firm was discharged at mid-month and paid half (F. 1250) her monthly salary. Mme X considered her dismissal improper and filed a complaint with the Bdtonnier (President) of the Paris Bar. After a hearing, the Conseil de l'Ordre (Executive Committee of the Bar) advised the firm to pay Mme X an additional F. 1250 in settlement. Not satisfied, Mine X took her case to the Tribunal de la Seine requesting …

The Vietnamese Refugee And U.S. Law, Tang Thi Thanh Trai Le, Michael J. Esser

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Vietnamese refugees face a series of hurdles in entering the United States. Questions of fear of persecution, time of persecution and illegal departure face the refugees generally. Those leaving Vietnam for economic reasons and those displaced within Vietnam face additional difficulties. However, careful application of United States immigration law should accommodate the Vietnamese refugees as well as the policies behind the laws.

The Moral Theology Of Atticus Finch, Thomas L. Shaffer

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Heroes are identified by the needs of those who choose them. In the case of Atticus Finch, heroism centered on his insistence in telling the truth. In this article, Thomas L. Shaffer explores the idea that this truth was (I) an expression of the person he was and of the community he sought for his children and neighbors; (II) an expression of the virtue of courage and also (and therefore) the expression of a theology; (III) a political act; and (IV) a professional act. As early as 1854, Judge Sharswood (chief justice, law dean and eminent lawyer) could draw a …

American Constitutional Law 1976–1981, Donald P. Kommers, Kenneth Ripple, John A. Scanlan

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From the Introduction:

"The principal goal of this report is to chart for an essentially non-American audience the course of doctrinal movement and change in important areas of Ameri­can constitutional law. The report relics almost entirely upon primary sources, particularly the decisions and opinions of the United States Supreme Court. The opinions and decisions discussed here arc those which in our view have had the most impact upon American governmental institutions, political processes, and constitu­tional policy in the period under review. In the short space provided we clearly cannot cover developments in all areas of American constitutional law. One such …

Four Issues In The Accreditation Of Law Schools, Thomas L. Shaffer

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Most of the people who want to become lawyers in the United States have to come to terms with the American Bar Association. The ABA, in form and in tradition a voluntary association of lawyers, is a virtual governmental regulator of legal education.

People who want to become lawyers do not have to join the ABA—any more than people who are already lawyers have to join—but, in most states, a potential lawyer cannot sit for the bar examination unless he has first obtained a law degree from a school approved by the ABA. And, although in form and tradition the …

The Problem Of Unjust Laws, Charles E. Rice

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John Finnis has contributed most significantly to our understanding of how "practical reasonableness"' has affected creation and evaluation of human law. The main objective of a theory of natural law is to show how sound laws are to be derived from principles based on reason. It is true, as Finnis points out, that "the affirmation that 'unjust laws are not law' . . is [generally] a subordinate theorem" of natural law theory. Nevertheless, the experience of the past half century requires that we examine seriously, as Finnis has, the moral obligation of the unjust law.