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The Zombie Lawyer Apocalypse, Peter H. Huang, Corie Rosen Felder Jul 2015

The Zombie Lawyer Apocalypse, Peter H. Huang, Corie Rosen Felder

Pepperdine Law Review

This article uses a popular cultural framework to address the near-epidemic levels of depression, decision-making errors, and professional dissatisfaction that studies document are prevalent among many law students and lawyers today. Zombies present an apt metaphor for understanding and contextualizing the ills now common in the American legal and legal education systems. To explore that metaphor and its import, this article will first establish the contours of the zombie literature and will apply that literature to the existing state of legal education and legal practice — ultimately describing a state that we believe can only be termed “the Zombie Lawyer …


Trending@Rwu Law: David Zlotnick's Post: Earning Academic Credits On The Job In D.C., David M. Zlotnick Apr 2015

Trending@Rwu Law: David Zlotnick's Post: Earning Academic Credits On The Job In D.C., David M. Zlotnick

Law School Blogs

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Trending@Rwu Law: Professor Andrew Horwitz's Post: Experiential Education: Fundamental And Critical, Andrew Horwitz Apr 2015

Trending@Rwu Law: Professor Andrew Horwitz's Post: Experiential Education: Fundamental And Critical, Andrew Horwitz

Law School Blogs

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Lawyering And Its Discontents: Reclaiming Meaning In The Practice Of Law, Marjorie A. Silver Apr 2015

Lawyering And Its Discontents: Reclaiming Meaning In The Practice Of Law, Marjorie A. Silver

Touro Law Review

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Law School Based Incubators And Access To Justice – Perspectives From Deans, Patricia E. Salkin, Ellen Suni, Niels Schaumann, Mary Lu Bilek Jan 2015

Law School Based Incubators And Access To Justice – Perspectives From Deans, Patricia E. Salkin, Ellen Suni, Niels Schaumann, Mary Lu Bilek

Journal of Experiential Learning

At the end of February 2015, law professors, law deans, incubator staff and attorneys, and self-selected others gathered at California Western School of Law for the Second Annual Conference on Law School Incubators and Residency Programs. The incubators that are the subject of this article tend to focus on transition to law practice and access to justice, and some are also working to incorporate technology for the practice of law as a means of enhancing access to justice. As more law schools decide to host, sponsor or offer an incubator, and following our panel discussion at the February 2015 incubator …