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2009

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Characteristics Of A Mature Legal Writing Program, E. Joan Blum Dec 2009

Characteristics Of A Mature Legal Writing Program, E. Joan Blum

E. Joan Blum

As a legal writing programs matures, a culture of collaboration can foster innovation and excellence more effectively than a director-led program.

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Characteristics Of A Mature Legal Writing Program, Elisabeth Keller Dec 2009

Characteristics Of A Mature Legal Writing Program, Elisabeth Keller

Elisabeth Keller

As a legal writing program matures, a culture of collaboration can foster innovation and excellence more effectively than a director-led program.

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Overview Of Key Defenses In A Section 11 Claim Against An Auditor Jul 2009

Overview Of Key Defenses In A Section 11 Claim Against An Auditor

Maureen Van Neste

No abstract provided.

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Public Service: Office Of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, E. Joan Blum May 2009

Public Service: Office Of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, E. Joan Blum

E. Joan Blum

No abstract provided.

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Supporting Empirical Research On The Legal Profession, Susan Fortney May 2009

Supporting Empirical Research On The Legal Profession, Susan Fortney

Susan S. Fortney

No abstract provided.

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Federal Criminal Discovery: Handbook Regarding Exculpatory & Impeachment Material, R. Michael Cassidy, Douglas Woodlock, Leo Sorokin Dec 2008

Federal Criminal Discovery: Handbook Regarding Exculpatory & Impeachment Material, R. Michael Cassidy, Douglas Woodlock, Leo Sorokin

R. Michael Cassidy

No abstract provided.

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Appointed To Equal Justice Act Panel, United States Court Of Appeals For The First Circuit (2009-Present), Sharon Beckman Dec 2008

Appointed To Equal Justice Act Panel, United States Court Of Appeals For The First Circuit (2009-Present), Sharon Beckman

Sharon Beckman

No abstract provided.

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A Methodology For Mentoring Writing In Law Practice: Using Textual Clues To Provide Effective And Efficient Feedback, Jane Gionfriddo, Daniel Barnett, E. Joan Blum Dec 2008

A Methodology For Mentoring Writing In Law Practice: Using Textual Clues To Provide Effective And Efficient Feedback, Jane Gionfriddo, Daniel Barnett, E. Joan Blum

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Becoming a successful legal writer is a process that begins in law school and continues intensively during the beginning years of a lawyer's career. Throughout this process, in both contexts, a writer benefits enormously from feedback on his analysis, and how that analysis is conveyed, from those more experienced. Much has been written about how legal educators should respond to student written work, yet little addresses the role that supervising attorneys can play in mentoring the writing of less experienced colleagues. This article therefore proposes a methodology to help supervisor-mentors provide, in an efficient manner, effective feedback on junior lawyers' …

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Collaborative Law: A New Tool For The Lawyer’S Toolkit, Susan Daicoff Dec 2008

Collaborative Law: A New Tool For The Lawyer’S Toolkit, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

No abstract provided.

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Loneliness And The Law: Solitude Action And Power In Law And Literature, Marc L. Roark Dec 2008

Loneliness And The Law: Solitude Action And Power In Law And Literature, Marc L. Roark

Marc L. Roark

How do our thoughts and attitudes impact the law? Is there a correlation between the way the law is decided and the way we as lawyers and scholars approach law? These questions are the ultimate indicators of the direction of law. Traditionally, we assume that law develops artificially--that is, without direct correlation to any particular individual's contribution thereto--with few exceptions. We attribute broader forces to the development of legal movements; social movements and historical moments that ascend to the law. [FN1] In such scenarios, the individual is lost to the broader panoply of thought, rendered as little more than a …

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Not Our Mother's Law School?: A Third-Wave Feminist Study Of Women's Experiences In Law School (With Kelly Hradsky, Kristen Jeschke, Lavonne Meyer & Jill Roberts), Felice J. Batlan Dec 2008

Not Our Mother's Law School?: A Third-Wave Feminist Study Of Women's Experiences In Law School (With Kelly Hradsky, Kristen Jeschke, Lavonne Meyer & Jill Roberts), Felice J. Batlan

Felice J Batlan

This Article proceeds as follows: Part II discusses how we attempted to define and use a third-wave feminist methodology in creating our gender survey. Deeply cognizant of the importance of autobiography to third-wave feminism, Part III includes our own stories about our experiences in law school. Part IV presents the results of our study and Part V sets forth a series of recommendations for improving men and women‟s experiences in law school. The Conclusion sums up what we have learned from our study and its broader implications.

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A Rose By Any Other Name? Enhancing Professionalism Through Cultural Competency, Jan L. Jacobowitz Ms. Dec 2008

A Rose By Any Other Name? Enhancing Professionalism Through Cultural Competency, Jan L. Jacobowitz Ms.

Jan L Jacobowitz

No abstract provided.

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Bad Apples, Bad Lawyers Or Bad Decisionmaking: Lessons From Psychology And From Lawyers In The Dock, Leslie C. Levin Dec 2008

Bad Apples, Bad Lawyers Or Bad Decisionmaking: Lessons From Psychology And From Lawyers In The Dock, Leslie C. Levin

Leslie C. Levin

Richard Abel’s book, Lawyers in the Dock: Learning from Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings, presents six detailed case studies of New York lawyers who engaged in serious misconduct. He uses these case studies to carefully explore the social, psychological and structural conditions of lawyer deviance that lead to betrayals of trust. This essay considers what additional light some of the psychological literature, in particular, might shed on the behaviors of Abel’s lawyers for the purposes of better understanding how to prevent lawyer misconduct. More specifically, it considers how social and psychological processes may help to explain the trajectory of lawyer misconduct and …

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A Survey Of Professional Responsibility Courses At American Law Schools In 2009, Laurel S. Terry, Andrew Perlman, Margaret Raymond Dec 2008

A Survey Of Professional Responsibility Courses At American Law Schools In 2009, Laurel S. Terry, Andrew Perlman, Margaret Raymond

Laurel S. Terry

This short article summarizes the results of a survey about the teaching of legal ethics in U.S. law schools. In Spring 2009, under the leadership of its Chair Laurel Terry and Executive Committee Members Andy Perlman and Margaret Raymond, the AALS [Association of American Law Schools] Section on Professional Responsibility circulated a survey to learn more about how professional responsibility is taught at American law schools. A link to the online survey, which was directed to legal ethics teachers nationwide, was emailed to AALS Professional Responsibility Section members and publicized elsewhere. We received 105 responses from at least 77 different …

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