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Can The Ordinary Practice Of Law Be A Religious Vocation? A Panelist's Response, Robert J. Conrad Jr Mar 2012

Can The Ordinary Practice Of Law Be A Religious Vocation? A Panelist's Response, Robert J. Conrad Jr

Pepperdine Law Review

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The Wrong Question, John E. Acuff Mar 2012

The Wrong Question, John E. Acuff

Pepperdine Law Review

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Are Lawyers 'Wonderfully Made'?, Kenneth G. Elzinga Mar 2012

Are Lawyers 'Wonderfully Made'?, Kenneth G. Elzinga

Pepperdine Law Review

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Practicing Law As A Christian: Restoration Movement Perspectives, Thomas G. Bost, L. Timothy Perrin Mar 2012

Practicing Law As A Christian: Restoration Movement Perspectives, Thomas G. Bost, L. Timothy Perrin

Pepperdine Law Review

The legal profession faces a potential crisis where the professional and personal lives of practicing lawyers are being compartmentalized, with little relationship to or integration with each other, and with sometimes starkly differing standards of conduct and morality. Perrin and Bost argue that a Christian lawyer's commitment to Christ calls them to a standard of conduct higher than or different from the ethical rules propounded by the bar. The article examines the "standard vision" of lawyer conduct and ethical responsibility and summarizes four models of how Christians have adopted in relating to secular culture: in harmony with the code; against …


Pepperdine Commencement Speech, Anthony T. Kronman Mar 2012

Pepperdine Commencement Speech, Anthony T. Kronman

Pepperdine Law Review

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Reflections On The Practice Of Law As A Religious Calling, From A Perspective Of Jewish Law And Ethics, Samuel J. Levine Mar 2012

Reflections On The Practice Of Law As A Religious Calling, From A Perspective Of Jewish Law And Ethics, Samuel J. Levine

Pepperdine Law Review

This Essay is based on introductory remarks Levine delivered at the inaugural conference of the Pepperdine Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics, "Can the Ordinary Practice of Law be a Religious Calling?," held on February 6-7, 2004 at Pepperdine University School of Law. In thinking about the practice of law as a religious calling, Levine argues that we should first consider the broader issue of the general relevance of religion to various areas of life, including work. From a perspective of Jewish law and ethics, moral conduct comprises an imperative at home and at the workplace no less than at …


Clients, Courts, And Calling: Rethinking The Practice Of Law, Joseph Allegretti Mar 2012

Clients, Courts, And Calling: Rethinking The Practice Of Law, Joseph Allegretti

Pepperdine Law Review

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A Larger Calling Still, Lee Hardy Mar 2012

A Larger Calling Still, Lee Hardy

Pepperdine Law Review

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Introduction: Can The Ordinary Practice Of Law Be A Religious Calling?, Robert F. Cochran Jr Mar 2012

Introduction: Can The Ordinary Practice Of Law Be A Religious Calling?, Robert F. Cochran Jr

Pepperdine Law Review

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Lawyers, Faith, And Peacemaking: Jewish Perspectives Of Peace, Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein Mar 2012

Lawyers, Faith, And Peacemaking: Jewish Perspectives Of Peace, Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

We can only consider the role of peacemaking in Jewish law after examining the meaning and place of peace. Accuracy prevents me from opening with some platitude about how peace occupies a central, pivotal position in Jewish thought. It doesn't. Peace and peacemaking have a curious habit of not turning up in the middle of things, but all the way at the end. There are too many instances of this to be coincidental. There are nineteen blessings in the Amidah, the central (indeed!) prayer that Jews recite three times a day, every weekday of their lives. The very last …


The Truth Shall Set You Free: A Distinctively Christian Approach To Deception In The Negotiation Process, Al Sturgeon Feb 2012

The Truth Shall Set You Free: A Distinctively Christian Approach To Deception In The Negotiation Process, Al Sturgeon

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

This paper examines whether the Christian religion offers a distinct position on the use of deception in the negotiation process. It is expected to be of primary interest to Christian negotiators, but combining the popularly understood theorem that "everyone negotiates on some level" with the fact that there are over 173 million Christian adherents in the United States alone, the topic may be of general interest to anyone who negotiates. There is apparently neither an official nor a widespread recognition of a distinct Christian position on the use of deception in negotiation at present. It is this article's proposal, however, …