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Editorial Foreword, Donald E. Wright Aug 2015

Editorial Foreword, Donald E. Wright

Akron Law Review

In recent years, much public comment has centered on the issue of delay in civil and criminal litigation. A survey of six Northeastern Ohio counties was published in 1970 under the title: ORDER IN THE COURTS. The report failed to stir active concern in the legal community because of the lack of available standards against which disposition figures could be measured.


Professional Responsibility In An Uncertain Profession: Legal Ethics In China, Judith A. Mcmorrow Jun 2015

Professional Responsibility In An Uncertain Profession: Legal Ethics In China, Judith A. Mcmorrow

Akron Law Review

This essay starts with two simple questions: Why do law schools in China have so little discussion of legal ethics? Why do students not press or seek more discussion of this topic? The essay then looks at the creation of norms of legal ethics from a topdown perspective and the inadequacy of that approach. Both a bottomup and top-down examination identify the tremendous challenges facing the Chinese emerging legal culture in building a coherent model of lawyering that can serve as the foundation for a system of legal ethics. This essay is intended as a contribution to the growing English …