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Lawyer, Form Thyself: Professional Identity Formation Strategies In Legal Education, Professional Responsibility, And Experiential Courses, Susan S. Daicoff Dec 2014

Lawyer, Form Thyself: Professional Identity Formation Strategies In Legal Education, Professional Responsibility, And Experiential Courses, Susan S. Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

Professional identity formation as a learning objective in law school may appear to be nontraditional and perhaps even innovative. While perhaps not a new concept, it is not typically an explicit goal of legal education. Empirical data finds that law school has demonstrable effects upon law students’ professional development; it also finds that certain nontraditional skills and competencies (or “soft skills”) make lawyers most effective. This article argues for explicit planning for and inclusion of professional identity development, including training in these nontraditional skills, in legal education. Professional identity encompasses one’s values, preferences, passions, intrinsic satisfactions, emotional intelligence, as well …


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.


Lawyer, Be Thyself: An Empirical Investigation Of The Relationship Between The Ethic Of Care, The Feeling Decisionmaking Preference, And Lawyer Wellbeing, Susan Daicoff Dec 2007

Lawyer, Be Thyself: An Empirical Investigation Of The Relationship Between The Ethic Of Care, The Feeling Decisionmaking Preference, And Lawyer Wellbeing, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

No abstract provided.


Law As A Healing Profession: The “Comprehensive Law Movement”, Susan Daicoff Dec 2005

Law As A Healing Profession: The “Comprehensive Law Movement”, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

No abstract provided.


Asking Leopards To Change Their Spots: Can Lawyers Change? A Critique Of Solutions To Professionalism By Reference To Empirically-Derived Attributes, Susan Daicoff Dec 1997

Asking Leopards To Change Their Spots: Can Lawyers Change? A Critique Of Solutions To Professionalism By Reference To Empirically-Derived Attributes, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

No abstract provided.


Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Review Of Empirical Research On Attorney Attributes Bearing On Professionalism, Susan Daicoff Dec 1996

Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Review Of Empirical Research On Attorney Attributes Bearing On Professionalism, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

No abstract provided.


(Oxymoron?) Ethical Decision-Making By Attorneys: An Empirical Study, Susan Daicoff Dec 1995

(Oxymoron?) Ethical Decision-Making By Attorneys: An Empirical Study, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

No abstract provided.