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Book Review, James R. Elkins

Vanderbilt Law Review

Shaffer suggests a new paradigm for law practice that is not based on rigid control of clients in an impersonal attorney-client relationship. He argues forcefully that disregard for the client's emotions ignores important "facts" that can be used in the law office and the legal process. Shaffer's work suggests the possibility of gaining personal satisfaction and of providing more adequate legal services by actively counseling and understanding clients. Such a humanistic approach to the practice of law can be rooted only in an awareness of the psychological and social defenses erected against both the attorney's clients and the attorney's impact …

Oral History: A. James Casner, American Bar Foundation

American Bar Foundation Oral Histories

American Bar Foundation Program on Oral History. Transcript of Interview with A. James Casner Interview. Held in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 26, 1977 Olavi Maru, Interviewer.

A Review: Unequal Justice: Lawyers And Social Change In Modern America, Lawrence Mayberry

IUSTITIA

Unequal Justice is a social history of the legal profession from the emergence of The American Bar Association in the 1870's until the 1970's. Auerbach is a professional historian and not a member of the legal profession who writes history, nor is he a sociologist. But before his graduate work in history, the author entered and quickly left law school. The honesty with which he relates the experience and the competent research and analysis manifest in his work demonstrate that he writes this book from a perspective of understanding rather than of bitterness or indifference. In fact Auerbach's unique frame …

Attorneys' Problems In Making Ethical Decisions, Edwin Greenebaum

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Class Of 1977 Fifteen Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This report summarizes the findings of a questionnaire sent to University of Michigan Law School alumni fifteen years after graduation.

Class Of 1977 Fifteen Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This addendum is a compilation of alumni responses to the open-ended comments sections.

Class Of 1977 Five Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This addendum is a compilation of alumni responses to the open-ended comments sections.

The Recent Alumni Of The University Of Michigan Law School: A Report On A Survey Of The Classes Of 1966 And 1967 Fifteen Years After Graduation And The Classes Of 1976 And 1977 Five Years After Graduation, Terry K. Adams, David L. Chambers

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This report cumulates responses to the fifteen year questionnaire for the classes of 1966 and 1967 and responses to the five year questionnaire for the classes of 1976 and 1977.

A Model Act For The Certification Of Paralegals And The Accreditation Of Paralegal Training Programs, Raymond B. Marcin

Scholarly Articles

Over the past decade or so, lawyers have become accustomed to socio-legal "explosions": the explosion into the law scene of legal services corporations; the explosion in malpractice insurance rates as the result of the explosion in medical malpractice suits and favorable jury verdicts; the explosion in no-fault law, both in negligence and family disputes; and the legal profession's own population explosion.

Therefore, it should come as no great shock that over the past decade there has been one additional socio-legal explosion: the explosion in the use of paralegals by lawyers, law firms, corporations, and government agencies of all descriptions. Although …

Future Roles For Lawyers: Reflections On Crossing The Bar, Thomas Ehrlich

Cleveland State Law Review

Sometime ago, the New York Times reported that Erwin Griswold -former Dean of the Harvard Law School, former President of the American Bar Foundation, former Solicitor General of the United States, and one of my own mentors and friends -was asked whether all private lawyers should donate some of their time and talents to serving the poor. "Should carpenters build houses free?" he responded. The question was obviously intended as rhetorical, but in view of Mr. Griswold's stature in the legal profession his analogy deserves serious consideration, and his views deserve a serious response. My comments attempt to provide that …

Vol. 9, No. 1; Winter 1977-78

Bill of Particulars

No abstract provided.

Access To Legal Services Through Advertising And Specialization, Robert H. Staton

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Future Roles For Lawyers: Reflections On Crossing The Bar, Thomas Ehrlich

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

"Ethics" And The Study And Practice Of Law: The Problem Of Being Professional In A Fuller Sense, James F. Bresnahan S.J.

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Oral History: John Floyd Sutton, Jr., American Bar Foundation

American Bar Foundation Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

Oral History: Edward L. Wright, American Bar Foundation

American Bar Foundation Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

Black Businesses And Their Lawyers, John T. Baker, Jerome Davis

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.

Attorneys' Fees—Public Interest Law—Beyond Alyeska: Creating A Workable Private Attorney General Exception—Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. V. Wilderness Society, 421 U.S. 240 (1975), Stephen M. Todd

Washington Law Review

Following a successful appeal in litigation undertaken in the public interest, plaintiffs Wilderness Society and others requested an award of attorneys' fees. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit adopted the "private attorney general" exception to the American rule which bars fee shifting and authorized an award against codefendant Alyeska Pipeline Service Company of one-half of the reasonable value of the legal services utilized by plaintiffs. On certiorari, the Supreme Court reversed. Held: Absent congressional authorization, federal courts lack the equity power to award attorneys' fees to a private litigant for the vindication of a statutory right. …

Legal Services Revisted, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Powell Speeches

No abstract provided.

Evidence--Attorney-Client Relationship--Client's Identity Privileged, Robert B. Lipman

Mercer Law Review

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in In re Grand Jury Proceedings held that a client's identity, fee and bonding arrangements may be privileged from disclosure by his attorney to the grand jury when such protection is necessary to preserve the client's privileged motive.

Prisoners' Right Of Access To Courts: Planning For Legal Aid, Geoffrey P. Alpert

Washington Law Review

The civil rights movement has reached into prisons and jails, directing public attention to the fact that prisoners are also beneficiaries of the rights and privileges that the Constitution extends to all citizens. After a discussion of the development of prisoners' rights, this article will survey the major cases establishing prisoners' rights of access to courts and legal assistance. It will summarize previous research dealing with prisoners and their legal problems on a national scale, and extend that research by presenting the findings of a recent research project conducted in the Washington State prison system evaluating the legal needs of …

Competency For What?, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Vol. 7, No. 3; Spring 1976

Bill of Particulars

No abstract provided.

The Other View Of The Other Government, Mark Green

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Other View of The Other Government: A Reply

Recent Developments In Attorneys' Fees, W. Perry Brandt, Pendleton C. Waugh, Richard C. Stark Special Project Editor

Vanderbilt Law Review

Special Project--

Recent Developments in Attorneys' Fees

In recent years, the subject of attorneys' fees has become the focal point of pressures to improve the accessibility of legal services for those unable to pay large fees. Courts, scholars, and special interest groups have examined in detail the relationship between fees and the ability to assert legal rights. This increased scrutiny has led to the elimination of minimum fee schedules, the criticism of and possible relaxation of restrictions on fee advertising, and the establishment of maximum contingent fee schedules by court rule. Private enforcement of newly enacted federal statutes against private …

The Florida Bar V. Moriber, 314 So. 2d 145 (Fla. 1975), Carol Ann Turner

Florida State University Law Review

Attorney Discipline- ATTORNEY MAY BE PUNISHED FOR CHARGING EXCESSIVE FEE ABSENT AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES, FRAUD, OR DISHONESTY.

Um Notes

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

St. Antoine is re-appointed to Law School Deanship; Payton, Whitman join Michigan Law faculty; Allen names AALS head, asks lawyer support; Alumni notes; Professor Peter Steiner elected AAUP head; "Banner year" reported for Law School fund; New clinical program focuses on elderly; "The legal profession" is new course offering; Two 1975 grads selected as Supreme Court clerks; Associate Dean Pierce named to state unit; Dean St. Antoine selected for NLRB Task Force; "Law review" examines rights to information; Harry Edwards joins Harvard Law faculty; Rivera, Borgsdorf leave Assistant Deanships; Recent events

Class Of 1976 Fifteen Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This report summarizes the findings of a questionnaire sent to University of Michigan Law School alumni fifteen years after graduation.

Class Of 1976 Fifteen Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This addendum is a compilation of alumni responses to the open-ended comments sections.

Class Of 1976 Five Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This report summarizes the findings of a questionnaire sent to University of Michigan Law School alumni five years after graduation.