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The Economic Downturn And The Legal Profession, Foreword: The Great Recession And The Legal Profession, Eli Wald Jan 2010

The Economic Downturn And The Legal Profession, Foreword: The Great Recession And The Legal Profession, Eli Wald

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


So, You Want To Be A Lawyer? The Quest For Professional Status In A Changing Legal World, Joyce S. Sterling, Nancy Reichman Jan 2010

So, You Want To Be A Lawyer? The Quest For Professional Status In A Changing Legal World, Joyce S. Sterling, Nancy Reichman

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Paradoxes Of Pro Bono, Richard Abel Jan 2010

The Paradoxes Of Pro Bono, Richard Abel

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Managing Pro Bono: Doing Well By Doing Better, Scott L. Cummings, Deborah L. Rhode Jan 2010

Managing Pro Bono: Doing Well By Doing Better, Scott L. Cummings, Deborah L. Rhode

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Representation In Mediation: What We Know From Empirical Research, Roselle L. Wissler Jan 2010

Representation In Mediation: What We Know From Empirical Research, Roselle L. Wissler

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article first describes the proportion of unrepresented parties in mediation and the policies and practices regarding representation in different mediation contexts. The core of the Article examines the empirical findings on the effect of representation on several dimensions of the mediation process, including the effect on preparation for mediation, party perceptions of the fairness of the process and pressures to settle, the extent of party "voice" and participation in mediation, and the tone of the session. In addition, the Article examines the effect of representation on mediation outcomes, including the likelihood of settlement and the fairness of agreements reached. …


Access To Justice In A World Of Expanding Social Capability, Marc Galanter Jan 2010

Access To Justice In A World Of Expanding Social Capability, Marc Galanter

Fordham Urban Law Journal

"Access to Justice" was one of a set of intellectual triplets that appeared in the 1970s; its siblings were the dispute perspective in legal studies and the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) movement. This article describes the evolution of access to justice and its companions and explores their expanding frontiers in the modern world.


Examining The Real Demand For Legal Services, Herbert M. Kritzer Jan 2010

Examining The Real Demand For Legal Services, Herbert M. Kritzer

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Legal needs are real, but can also be virtually open-ended. Studies tell us that 85% of the civil legal needs of low income persons are currently not being met but we have no idea as to what portion of that 85% legal assistance would meaningfully help to resolve those needs, or how the cost of providing that assistance compares to the benefit that would be generated. This article examines extant studies of legal needs, and concludes that there is a need for baseline data to enable us to assess the degree of legal need that takes into account the range …


Access To Justice In A World Without Lawyers: Evidence From Texas Bodily Injury Claims, Charles Silver, David A. Hyman Jan 2010

Access To Justice In A World Without Lawyers: Evidence From Texas Bodily Injury Claims, Charles Silver, David A. Hyman

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Will tort reform capping contingency fees limit plaintiffs' ability to recover for their injuries? If self-representation is a viable option, contingency fees may have less of an impact on access than one might otherwise expect. Conversely, if tort recoveries flow only or mostly to plaintiffs who either actually hire lawyers or can credibly threaten to do so, caps on contingency fees may make it difficult or impossible for many victims to obtain justice. This article explores the issue by looking at patterns of representation among claimants who received payments for bodily injury in Texas during 1988-2005. Over an extended period …


Introduction: 2008 Aba Section Of Litigation Access To Justice Symposium, Robert L. Rothman Jan 2010

Introduction: 2008 Aba Section Of Litigation Access To Justice Symposium, Robert L. Rothman

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The 2008 ABA Section of Litigation conducted a symposium designed to explore the challenges inherent in creation of a civil right to counsel and to generate critical though, dialogue, and scholarship on the subject.


Between Access To Counsel And Access To Justice: A Psychological Perspective, Nourit Zimmerman, Tom R. Tyler Jan 2010

Between Access To Counsel And Access To Justice: A Psychological Perspective, Nourit Zimmerman, Tom R. Tyler

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Looking into the pro se phenomenon, this paper will explore the lessons that can be learned from the experiences of the many individuals representing themselves in the American legal system today. Our interest in this paper will try to understand better the procedural values that matter to people and how they are related to having or not having professional legal representation. Does having a lawyer or not having a lawyer influence the experiences of lay people operating within the legal system, their evaluations of the process and the system, and of the outcomes obtained by them, and in what ways? …


Integrity And The Incongruities Of Justice: A Review Of Daniel Markovits, A Modern Legal Ethics, Benjamin C. Zipursky Jan 2010

Integrity And The Incongruities Of Justice: A Review Of Daniel Markovits, A Modern Legal Ethics, Benjamin C. Zipursky

Faculty Scholarship

Daniel Markovits’ recent book, A Modern Legal Ethics: Adversary Advocacy in a Democratic Age, begins by articulating an ethical quandary common to litigators: how can I advocate zealously for a client whose story might not be true and whose causes might not be just? In Markovits’ hands, the dilemmas of the adversary advocate are transformed into a philosophical puzzle about the nature of integrity and the very idea of fidelity to a client. Lawyers face a far more onerous ethical burden than is sometimes recognized, Markovits argues, for the adversary advocate in our legal system is professionally obligated to lie …


Team Of Rivals? Toward A New Model Of The Corporate Attorney-Client Relationship, David B. Wilkins Jan 2010

Team Of Rivals? Toward A New Model Of The Corporate Attorney-Client Relationship, David B. Wilkins

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Supply Chains And Porous Boundaries: The Disaggregation Of Legal Services, Milton C. Regan, Jr., Palmer T. Heenan Jan 2010

Supply Chains And Porous Boundaries: The Disaggregation Of Legal Services, Milton C. Regan, Jr., Palmer T. Heenan

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Multidisciplinary Practice Redux: Globalization, Core Values, And Reviving The Mdp Debate In America, Paul D. Paton Jan 2010

Multidisciplinary Practice Redux: Globalization, Core Values, And Reviving The Mdp Debate In America, Paul D. Paton

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Changing Professional Landscape Of Large Law Firms, Glass Ceilings And Dead Ends: Professional Ideologies, Gender Stereotypes, And The Future Of Women Lawyers At Large Law Firms, Eli Wald Jan 2010

The Changing Professional Landscape Of Large Law Firms, Glass Ceilings And Dead Ends: Professional Ideologies, Gender Stereotypes, And The Future Of Women Lawyers At Large Law Firms, Eli Wald

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Riaa’S Troubling Solution To File- Sharing , Genan Zilkha Dec 2009

The Riaa’S Troubling Solution To File- Sharing , Genan Zilkha

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Barriers To Representation For Detained Immigrants Facing Deportation: Varick Street Detention Facility, A Case Study, Peter L. Markowitz Jan 2009

Barriers To Representation For Detained Immigrants Facing Deportation: Varick Street Detention Facility, A Case Study, Peter L. Markowitz

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reports Of The Subcommittee On Enhancing Mechanism For Service Delivery, Claudia Slovinsky Jan 2009

Reports Of The Subcommittee On Enhancing Mechanism For Service Delivery, Claudia Slovinsky

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, Rethinking The Public In Lawyers' Public Service: Pro Bono, Statgic Philanthropy, And The Bottom Line, Deborah L. Rhode Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, Rethinking The Public In Lawyers' Public Service: Pro Bono, Statgic Philanthropy, And The Bottom Line, Deborah L. Rhode

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, Way To Represent: The Role Of Black Lawyers In Contemporary American Democracy, Carla D. Pratt Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, Way To Represent: The Role Of Black Lawyers In Contemporary American Democracy, Carla D. Pratt

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Assessing The European Market For Legal Services: Developments In The Free Movement Of Lawyers In The European Union, Julian Lonbay Jan 2009

Assessing The European Market For Legal Services: Developments In The Free Movement Of Lawyers In The European Union, Julian Lonbay

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article focuses on recent developments in European multi-jurisdictional practice rights that have major implications for the control of entry to the legal professions and some of the related deontological rules that govern access to professional legal life across the European Union ("EU") and the European Economic Area ("EEA"). Additionally, it looks at their impact on rules regulating the competence of lawyers and admission to the legal professions, primarily in Europe, but with some reference to the position in the United States as well.


Regulating Immigration Legal Service Provider: In Adequate Representation And Notario Fraud, Careen Shannon Jan 2009

Regulating Immigration Legal Service Provider: In Adequate Representation And Notario Fraud, Careen Shannon

Fordham Law Review

Immigrants are often easy prey for bogus or incompetent attorneys, "notarios," scam artists, and other bad actors who take advantage of immigrants' limited knowledge of U.S. law, lack of English fluency, and lack of cultural knowledge to charge exorbitant fees for wild promises of green cards and citizenship that the bad actors annot-or in some cases never inteded to-deliver. Such exploitation is merely a symptom, however, of the larger prolem of inadequate access to competent legal counsel by foreign nationals seeking to navigate our labyrinthine scheme of immigration laws, regulations, and policies. ontrary to popular belief, not all of these …


Global Cities And The Governance Of Climate Change: What Is The Role Of Law In Cities?, Heike Schroeder, Harriet Bulkeley Jan 2009

Global Cities And The Governance Of Climate Change: What Is The Role Of Law In Cities?, Heike Schroeder, Harriet Bulkeley

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article examines how global cities are governing climate change. Part I of this Article provides an overview of the national and international contexts of urban climate governance focusing on the United Kingdom and the United States. Parts II and III analyze London and Los Angeles, respectively, as examples of global cities. They provide a thorough examination of climate change policies and actions in these two cities, based on approximately thirty in-depth interviews with government, business and civil society representatives during 2007-08, as well as official documents and grey literature. Part IV then examines the modes of governance to understand …


Public Interest Litigation: Insights From Theory And Practice, Scott L. Cummings, Deborah L. Rhode Jan 2009

Public Interest Litigation: Insights From Theory And Practice, Scott L. Cummings, Deborah L. Rhode

Fordham Urban Law Journal

If public interest litigation has not always delivered all that we desire, it has surely provided no lack of experience. Our challenge now is to integrate these lessons from practice with insights from allied disciplines. Taken together, they remind us of the need to coordinate litigation with broader mobilizing efforts, to think strategically about effectiveness, and to create adequate systems of evaluation and accountability.


Public Rights, Global Perspectives, And Common Law, Martha F. Davis Jan 2009

Public Rights, Global Perspectives, And Common Law, Martha F. Davis

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article sets out the case that common law adjudication involving such claims as contractual breaches, wrongful termination, and tort can be, and often are, public rights litigation. Many common law decisions have significant impacts in the community, and—because of the nature of precedent—become quickly embedded in the law where they contribute to the outcomes of future cases as well. Common law cases are a particularly important aspect of public rights litigation because of the paucity of constitutional protections for economic and social rights. In the absence of constitutional protections for such rights, rigorous enforcement of common law claims addressing …


Restoring Legal Aid To The Poor: A Call To End Draconian And Wasteful Restrictions, Rebekah Diller, Emily Savner Jan 2009

Restoring Legal Aid To The Poor: A Call To End Draconian And Wasteful Restrictions, Rebekah Diller, Emily Savner

Fordham Urban Law Journal

A growing number of national, state, and local voices have called for reform of the legal services restrictions. Reports by Access to Justice and legal services commissions in eighteen states have identified the restrictions as substantial barriers to justice.Others have spoken out about the harms of the restrictions, and particularly their application to non-LSC funds. Describing a lawsuit filed by Oregon against the “program integrity rule,” Governor Ted Kulongoski said: “The important point is that for the first time a state is now party to a suit that attempts to free Legal Aid from restrictions that serve no purpose other …


Contracts And Friendships, Ethan J. Leib Jan 2009

Contracts And Friendships, Ethan J. Leib

Faculty Scholarship

This Article aims to give the relational theory of contract new life, sharpening some of its claims against its competitors by refracting its theory of relational contracts through an analogy to friendship. In drawing the analogy between friendships and relational contracts and revealing their morphological similarities, this Article offers a provocative window into friendship's contractual structure--and into relational contracts' approximation of friendships. The analogy developed here is poised to replace the “relational contract as marriage” model prevalent among relationalists. This new model is more honest to relational contract theory and to marriage--and helps relational contract theory produce some new insights, …


The Attorney-Client Privilege And Information Disclosed To An Attorney With The Intention That The Attorney Draft A Document To Be Released To Third Parties: Public Policy Calls For At Least The Strictest Application Of The Attorney-Client Privilege, Daniel Northrop Jan 2009

The Attorney-Client Privilege And Information Disclosed To An Attorney With The Intention That The Attorney Draft A Document To Be Released To Third Parties: Public Policy Calls For At Least The Strictest Application Of The Attorney-Client Privilege, Daniel Northrop

Fordham Law Review

The attorney-client privilege is the oldest evidentiary privilege known to the common law. It exists to encourage clients to openly communicate with their attorneys. Some commentators, however, have questioned the value of the privilege and called for its elimination. This policy debate, though unlikely to influence typical privilege disputes, is important when the application of the attorney-client privilege is unclear. One example is when a client conveys information to her attorney with the intent that the attorney draft a document to be released to a third party. This Note seeks to shed light on the arguments for and against the …


The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, The Juridification Of Social Demands And The Application Of Statutes: An Analysis Of The Legal Treatment Of Antiracism Social Demands In Brazil, Marta Rodriguez De Assis Machado, Flavia Portella Puschel, Jose Rodrigo Rodriguez Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, The Juridification Of Social Demands And The Application Of Statutes: An Analysis Of The Legal Treatment Of Antiracism Social Demands In Brazil, Marta Rodriguez De Assis Machado, Flavia Portella Puschel, Jose Rodrigo Rodriguez

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Remembering Mary C. Daly: A Legal Ethicist Par Excellence, Bruce A. Green Jan 2009

Remembering Mary C. Daly: A Legal Ethicist Par Excellence, Bruce A. Green

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.