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The Law School Consortium Project: Law Schools Supporting Graduates To Increase Access To Justice For Low And Moderate Income Individuals And Communities, Deborah Howard
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The Law School Consortium Project is an organization with the goal of extending the educational and professionalism missions of law schools beyond graduation to provide training, mentoring, and other support to solo and small-firm lawyers. The Article discusses different models of achieving this goal. It outlines the benefits to practitioners, low and moderate income individuals and communities, and to participating law schools.
Mainstreaming Community Development: Business Strategies As Radical Approaches To Community Representation, Daniel S. Shah
Mainstreaming Community Development: Business Strategies As Radical Approaches To Community Representation, Daniel S. Shah
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This article argues that law school clinics are a means of providing positive change in representation in community development. Through a detailed case analysis of the Philadelphia Community Development Credit Union, the article illustrates how most technical assistance providers perpetuate an economic development structure which is contrary to consumer demand. These technical assistance providers carry out the goals and plans of the project funders (a top down approach) rather than focusing on the demands of the consumers. Community development clinics can step outside of the current market structure because they receive funding from independent sources and are thus able to …