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Community Service Component Of An Alternative Bar Exam, Eileen Kaufman
Community Service Component Of An Alternative Bar Exam, Eileen Kaufman
Eileen Kaufman
No abstract provided.
Developing Professional Identity Through Reflective Practice, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
Developing Professional Identity Through Reflective Practice, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
No abstract provided.
Women Of Color In Law Teaching: Shared Identities, Different Experiences, Katherine Vaughns
Women Of Color In Law Teaching: Shared Identities, Different Experiences, Katherine Vaughns
Katherine L. Vaughns
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Teaching Government Law & Policy In Law School: Reflections On Twenty-Five Years Of Experience, Patricia Salkin
Teaching Government Law & Policy In Law School: Reflections On Twenty-Five Years Of Experience, Patricia Salkin
Patricia E. Salkin
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What Is A Lawyer? A Reconstruction Of The Lawyer As An Officer Of The Court, Deborah Hussey Freeland
What Is A Lawyer? A Reconstruction Of The Lawyer As An Officer Of The Court, Deborah Hussey Freeland
Deborah M. Hussey Freeland
This paper engages with the central question in legal ethics concerning the lawyer's role, analyzing this fundamental question in terms of professional identity. Literature in this debate frames the lawyer either as a professional who exists entirely to serve her client (the "standard conception"), or as a professional whose primary duties are to the legal system. I reposit and examine the lawyer's professional identity as an officer of the court--an identity marginalized by those who favor the standard conception--noting that the phrase was coined to draw attention to a supplanting threat to legal professionalism. Providing a uniquely detailed examination of …