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A Tale Of Two Clients: Thinking About Law As Language, Clark D. Cunningham
A Tale Of Two Clients: Thinking About Law As Language, Clark D. Cunningham
Michigan Law Review
This is a true story. It is actually three true stories. The article taken as a whole tells a story of my personal search for a new way of talking about the experience of being a lawyer, a quest which is leading me to think more and more about law as a kind of language and lawyering as a form of translation. Rather like a medieval romance, embedded within this story of a quest are two tales, about clients I have represented in the course of my clinical teaching.
As much as possible, both levels of narrative are presented in …
Persuasion, Joseph William Singer
Persuasion, Joseph William Singer
Michigan Law Review
Lawyers spend a lot of time attempting to persuade other people. They persuade judges to promulgate rules of law that favor their clients. They persuade their law partners to adopt their interpretation of existing law or to adopt their strategy for litigation. They persuade clients to accept the dictates of the law. They persuade adversaries in settlement negotiations and their clients' business associates in contract negotiations. They persuade legislatures to fund legal services for the poor, to adopt or to reject law reforms.
Law professors spend most of their time teaching - or at least practicing - the art of …
Law, Lawyers, And Legal Practice In Silicon Valley: A Preliminary Report, Lawrence M. Friedman, Robert W. Gordon, Sophie Pirie, Edwin Whatley
Law, Lawyers, And Legal Practice In Silicon Valley: A Preliminary Report, Lawrence M. Friedman, Robert W. Gordon, Sophie Pirie, Edwin Whatley
Indiana Law Journal
The Growth of Large Law Firms and Its Effect on the Legal Profession and Legal Education, Symposium
Finding Yourself In Law School, Joel Jay Finer
Finding Yourself In Law School, Joel Jay Finer
Cleveland State Law Review
Congratulations on your acceptance and your decision to enter law school. Some might say after reading this commentary that it was more appropriate for a commencement address. But stop to think. Commencement means beginning. This is your commencement, the beginning of your legal career. And if the values to which I refer are not somewhere in your thoughts during your law school education, when you can begin to see how your technical skills can be put to use in service of whatever justice goals you personally find most meaningful, it may be more difficult to make the connections later on. …