Government Speech And The Publicly Employed Attorney,
2010
Brigham Young University Law School
Government Speech And The Publicly Employed Attorney, Margaret Tarkington
BYU Law Review
In Garcetti v. Ceballos, the U.S. Supreme Court incorporated the "government speech" doctrine into its case law regarding the speech rights of public employees. This incorporation had the effect of nullifying a public employee's free speech rights whenever the employee is speaking pursuant to her official duties. While the Garcetti rule may be problematic in a number situations, it is particularly problematic as applied to publicly employed attorney speech, most notably the speech of prosecutors and public defenders. Attorney speech (including the speech of publicly employed attorneys) is not government speech and should not be treated as government speech. A …
Conference Chair: What Legal Employers Want...And Really Need,
2010
Boston College Law School
Conference Chair: What Legal Employers Want...And Really Need, E. Joan Blum
E. Joan Blum
Planned and organized conference of over 50 law faculty and legal employers from Massachusetts and beyond to address the question of what makes a lawyer "practice-ready" and how the legal academy and legal employers should allocate this responsibility.
Conference Co-Organizer And Moderator, What Legal Employers Want... And Really Need,
2010
Boston College Law School
Conference Co-Organizer And Moderator, What Legal Employers Want... And Really Need, Elisabeth Keller
Elisabeth Keller
Planned, organized, and moderated panel at conference of over 50 law faculty and legal employers to address the question of what makes a lawyer "practice-ready" and how the legal academy and legal employers should allocate this responsibility.
A Personal Constitution,
2010
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
A Personal Constitution, Michael Serota
NULR Online
Today’s law school graduates face two disturbing trends in the professional world. Each is well known, but neither is openly discussed in the law school setting. First, lawyers suffer from chronic professional dissatisfaction. Approximately one out of every four lawyers is dissatisfied with her job. Second, this dissatisfaction exacts an extraordinarily high price on lawyers, the legal profession, and society as a whole. Most startling, however, is the fact that the widespread dissatisfaction and the associated mental health-related problems prevalent in the legal profession actually begin in law school.
Nuts And Bolts Of Teaching--Using A Range Of Teaching Methodologies In The Classroom,
2010
Boston College Law School
Nuts And Bolts Of Teaching--Using A Range Of Teaching Methodologies In The Classroom, Jane Gionfriddo
Jane Kent Gionfriddo
No abstract provided.
Panelist: Workshop For New Legal Writing Faculty: Role Of Legal Writing Faculty In Technology-Driven Legal Research Instruction,
2010
Boston College Law School
Panelist: Workshop For New Legal Writing Faculty: Role Of Legal Writing Faculty In Technology-Driven Legal Research Instruction, E. Joan Blum
E. Joan Blum
No abstract provided.
Law Clerks Out Of Context,
2010
Law Clerk to the Hon. Steven J. McAuliffe, Chief Judge, United States District Judge for the District of New Hampshire; Adjunct Professor, University of New Hampshire School of Law
Law Clerks Out Of Context, Parker B. Potter Jr.
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
[Excerpt] “In a previous article, I examined judicial opinions in cases in which law clerks have gone wild, principally by doing things that law clerks just aren‘t supposed to do, such as convening court, conducting independent factual investigations into matters before their judges, or leaking drafts of opinions to the press. Here, I focus on opinions in federal cases that discuss two other categories of unusual law-clerk activity, serving as a source of evidence, and going to court, as a litigant.
The article is informed by my ten years of experience as a trial court law clerk in the state …
Selling Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis Of Attorney Advertisement In Las Vegas,
2010
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Selling Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis Of Attorney Advertisement In Las Vegas, Giselle Velasquez
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
I analyze how Las Vegas attorneys represent themselves, their associates and clients in televised law firm commercials. I use attorney commercials as a case to explore cultural beliefs in media representations. Using an inductive method, I analyze the textual, visual, and aural symbols that appear most frequently in television commercials to interpret how law firm advertisements convey themes of attorney expertise, knowledge, ethnic and gender stereotyping. I introduce this study with a historical evaluation of the rise of advertisement in the United States. I continue discussing how the media is an important realm of discourse that affects people's identity. Using …
Lessons From China,
2010
Boston College Law School
Managing A Law Practice: What You Need To Learn In Law School,
2010
Pace University School of Law
Managing A Law Practice: What You Need To Learn In Law School, Gary A. Munneke
Pace Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Tribute To William F. Harrington,
2010
Pace University School of Law
A Tribute To William F. Harrington, Jay C. Carlisle Ii, Richard L. Ottinger
Pace Law Review
No abstract provided.
Professional Responsibility,
2010
Ethics Counsel, Virginia State Bar
Professional Responsibility, James M. Mccauley
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Appellate Law,
2010
Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Appellate Law, L. Steven Emmert
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Volume 34, Issue 2 (Fall 2010),
2010
University of Missouri School of Law
The Knowledge Guild: The Legal Profession In An Age Of Technological Change,
2010
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
The Knowledge Guild: The Legal Profession In An Age Of Technological Change, Paul F. Kirgis
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
A Tale Of Prosecutorial Indiscretion: Ramsey Clark And The Selective Non-Prosecution Of Stokely Carmichael,
2010
University of Georgia
A Tale Of Prosecutorial Indiscretion: Ramsey Clark And The Selective Non-Prosecution Of Stokely Carmichael, Lonnie T. Brown
Scholarly Works
During the height of the Vietnam War and one of the most volatile periods of the civil rights movement, then-Attorney General Ramsey Clark controversially resisted intense political pressure to prosecute Black Power originator and antiwar activist Stokely Carmichael. Taken in isolation, this decision may seem courageous and praiseworthy, but when considered against the backdrop of Clark’s contemporaneous prosecution of an all-white group of similarly situated anti-draft leaders (the so-called Boston Five), his exercise of prosecutorial discretion becomes suspect. Specifically, the Boston Five were prosecuted in 1968 for conspiracy to aid and abet draft evasion, a charge for which the evidence …
Broadening Access To Justice In Nevada By Defining The Practice Of Law,
2010
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Broadening Access To Justice In Nevada By Defining The Practice Of Law, Karlee M. Phelps
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Advocacy In The Court Of Public Opinion, Installment Two: How Far Should Corporate Attorneys Go,
2010
University of Miami School of Law
Advocacy In The Court Of Public Opinion, Installment Two: How Far Should Corporate Attorneys Go, Michele M. Destefano
Articles
Today, legal controversies are tried in the court of public opinion as much as in any court of law. Corporate lawyers' traditional tendency, however, has been to attempt to isolate legal activities from public relations activities. Accordingly, when providing legal advice, they have viewed media considerations as separate. Historically corporate counsels' typical media strategy often consisted of no more than, "no comment." Given today's saturated media culture, this is no longer a viable strategy. Indeed, it appears that some corporate lawyers are adapting to the new media environment and attempting to help their clients manage the public relations impact of …
How Lawyers (Come To) See The World: A Narrative Theory Of Legal Pedagogy,
2010
Texas A&M University School of Law
How Lawyers (Come To) See The World: A Narrative Theory Of Legal Pedagogy, Randy D. Gordon
Faculty Scholarship
Even if one believes that law is not an autonomous discipline, few would dispute that it is a conservative institution and that its members are trained via a pedagogical method quite different from that of other professions. A central aspect of this training is the case method and — thus — the specialized narrative form that appellate opinions take. This essay examines the case method and suggests ways to crack it open — without discarding it — and thereby achieve one of the goals set forth in the Carnegie Report: namely, to supplement the analytical, rule-based mode of reasoning inherent …
Drafting Mediated Agreements In Summary Process,
2010
Boston College Law School
Drafting Mediated Agreements In Summary Process, Alan Minuskin
Alan D. Minuskin
Mediating landlord-tenant disputes is challenging work, but because of the inherent complexity of the law, particularly procedural requirements, the drafting of a mediated agreement demands both legal and verbal agility. The consequence of mistakes is the unraveling of a carefully constructed accord. Technique that takes into consideration both legal requirements and human behavior is necessary to prevent further disputes.