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A Lot Of Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing: Will The Legal Profession Survive The Knowledge Explosion?, H W. Arthurs Oct 1995

A Lot Of Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing: Will The Legal Profession Survive The Knowledge Explosion?, H W. Arthurs

Dalhousie Law Journal

Professor Arthurs argues that with the growth and diversification of knowledge, the common body of knowledge that underpins a unified profession is becoming more difficult to sustain. The desire to know, the need to know and the resources to know have divided lawyers into subprofessions, increasingly defined by the non-lawyers with whom they work and the clienteles they serve, bound togetherif at all-only by nostalgia and some residuum of self-interest.


The Impact Of The Americans With Disabilities Act On State Bar Examiner's Inquiries Into The Psychological History Of Bar Applicants, Carol J. Banta Oct 1995

The Impact Of The Americans With Disabilities Act On State Bar Examiner's Inquiries Into The Psychological History Of Bar Applicants, Carol J. Banta

Michigan Law Review

This Note argues that the use of any questions based upon an applicant's psychological history in the state bar application process violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. Part I demonstrates that Title II of the ADA applies to state boards of bar examiners, and that the ADA definition of a person with a disability includes a person who has sought or received psychological counseling. Part II applies the ADA and accompanying regulations to the psychological history inquiries currently used by state bar examiners and argues that such inquiries violate the ADA because they inquire specifically about disabled status. Part III …


In Defense Of Lawyers, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. May 1995

In Defense Of Lawyers, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

Michigan Law Review

A Review of A Nation Under Lawyers: How the Crisis In the Legal Profession is Transforming American Society by Mary Ann Glendon


Denaturalizing The Lawyer-Statesman, Anthony V. Alfieri May 1995

Denaturalizing The Lawyer-Statesman, Anthony V. Alfieri

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Lost Lawyer: Failing Ideals of the Legal Profession by Anthony T. Kronman.


Poverty Lawyering In The Golden Age, Matthew Diller May 1995

Poverty Lawyering In The Golden Age, Matthew Diller

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Brutal Need: Lawyers and the Welfare Rights Movement, 1960-1973 by Martha F. Davis


Kill All The Lawyers?: Shakespeare's Legal Appeal, Kevin T. Traskos May 1995

Kill All The Lawyers?: Shakespeare's Legal Appeal, Kevin T. Traskos

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Kill All the Lawyers?: Shakespeare's Legal Appeal by Daniel J. Kornstein


The Reception Of Foreign Law In The U.S. Federal Courts, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1995

The Reception Of Foreign Law In The U.S. Federal Courts, Roger J. Miner '56

Bar Associations

No abstract provided.


Professional Responsibility And Choice Of Law: A Client-Based Alternative To The Model Rules Of Professional Conduct, Colin Owyang Jan 1995

Professional Responsibility And Choice Of Law: A Client-Based Alternative To The Model Rules Of Professional Conduct, Colin Owyang

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Because of the increasingly interstate nature of legal practice during the past few decades, practitioners licensed in multiple jurisdictions have been forced more frequently to confront choice-of-law dilemmas in the area of professional responsibility. Although most states have adopted fairly uniform regulations on professional ethics, only the recently amended American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct contain a specific provision that addresses the choice-of-law problem in the professional responsibility context. This Note outlines certain ethical considerations facing the multistate practitioner and argues that the choice-of-law provision in the Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides insufficient clarity and predictability where …


Liberalizing International Trade In Legal Services: A Proposal For An Annex On Legal Services Under The General Agreement On Trade In Services, Michael J. Chapman, Paul J. Tauber Jan 1995

Liberalizing International Trade In Legal Services: A Proposal For An Annex On Legal Services Under The General Agreement On Trade In Services, Michael J. Chapman, Paul J. Tauber

Michigan Journal of International Law

The legal services industry is experiencing a fundamental transformation. Thirty years ago, legal markets were almost exclusively national; today, a global legal market is emerging and evolving at a considerable pace. Unfortunately, further globalization is hindered by the failure of national regulatory systems to respond effectively. Globalization has made domestic regulation more difficult because it increases the complexity of the interactions between lawyers, the legal system, and the authorities responsible for regulating the legal profession. As the process of globalization has blurred the distinction between national and international legal issues, an international regulatory regime governing transnational legal practice has become …


What To Do When Your Case Is Front Page News: Panel Discussion, Michael E. Tigar Jan 1995

What To Do When Your Case Is Front Page News: Panel Discussion, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Lawyers And Social Justice, Michael E. Tigar Jan 1995

Lawyers And Social Justice, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.