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The Legal Skills Program At The College Of William And Mary: An Early Report, James E. Moliterno

Journal of Legal Education

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The Role Of The Lawyer In Society, Wm. Reese Smith Jr.

St. Thomas Law Review

The task of adequately addressing the role of the lawyer in society is not without challenge because of the breadth and complexity of the subject. And necessarily, because my background has given me greater knowledge of the role of law and lawyers in the West, my analysis here draws heavily on the history and traditions of Western societies, while trying to be mindful of other legal traditions as well. Because the great difference among legal systems seems so obvious, perhaps one should begin by focusing on shared experiences in the development of the role of law in society. All legal …

Corporate Law Practice As A Public Calling, Robert W. Gordon

Maryland Law Review

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Should A Good Lawyer Do The Right Thing? David Luban On The Morality Of Adversary Representation, David Wasserman

Maryland Law Review

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Freedom And Constraint In Legal Ethics: Some Mid-Course Corrections To Lawyers And Justice, David Luban

Maryland Law Review

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On The Transformation Of The Legal Profession: The Advent Of Temporary Lawyering, Vincent R. Johnson, Virginia Coyle

Faculty Articles

The structure of the legal profession and the nature of law practice have changed dramatically during the past quarter of a century. Indeed, the transformation has been so thorough that it is difficult to say with confidence which of the many developments has had the greatest impact on the culture of law practice. The growth in the number of attorneys and law firms has been exponential; women and minorities comprise increasingly larger percentages of law school graduates, practitioners, and the academic bar; law firms are taking on greater and greater numbers of associates; starting salaries in major firms now approach …

The Devolution Of The Legal Profession: A Demand Side Perspective, Ronald J. Gilson

Faculty Scholarship

Economic analysis has not played a significant role in the increasingly intense debate over the decline of professionalism among lawyers.Economists' lack of interest in the issue may be understandable. The lawyers' lament is that the legal profession is devolving into the business of law. That this concern has not captured the economists' attention may reflect only that economists do not view the label "business" as a pejorative. If becoming a business means efficiently rendering an important service in a competitive environment, then of what is there to complain?

Lawyers, more directly concerned with maintaining their professional status, would find little …

Professionalism: Rekindled, Reconsidered Or Reformulated?, Nancy J. Moore

Faculty Scholarship

It is increasingly commonplace for bar officials and others to decry what they see as a decline in "professionalism" among lawyers in recent years. For example, in 1984, former Chief Justice Warren Burger gave a speech to an ABA meeting in Las Vegas in which he chastised some members of the profession for taking their freedom to advertise as a "release from all professional restraints," as they use the "same modes of advertising as other commodities from mustard, cosmetics and laxatives to used cars.' 1 Catchy phrases, attractive well-dressed lawyers, and special rates on lossleader items are but some of …

What Women Are Teaching A Male-Dominated Profession, Robert Maccrate

Fordham Law Review

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The Inside Counsel Movement, Professional Judgment And Organizational Representation, Robert Eli Rosen

Articles

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Women Professionals: The Slow Rise To The Top, Ellen V. Futter

Fordham Law Review

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Lawyers As Officers Of The Court, Eugene R. Gaetke

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Lawyers like to refer to themselves as officers of the court. Careful analysis of the role of the lawyer within the adversarial legal system reveals the characterization to be vacuous and unduly self-laudatory. It confuses lawyers and misleads the public. The profession, therefore, should either stop using the officer of the court characterization or give meaning to it. This Article proposes certain modifications of the existing rules of professional responsibility that would bring lawyers' actual obligations more in line with those suggested by the label of officer of the court.

The Role Of Legal Education In Shaping The Profession, Harry T. Edwards

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

The theme of the 1988 Annual Conference of the Association of American Law Schools - "The Law School's Opportunity to Shape the Legal Profession: Money, Morals & Social Obligation" - raises enormous issues. I suspect that many law professors might find it easy to dismiss this theme as a trite and overworked cliche, but I think that would be an unfortunate mistake. From my present vantage point in the profession, I fear that legal education is falling short in terms of any meaningful effort to "shape the legal profession." This may explain the choice of the theme for this year.

Common Issues Of Professional Responsibility, Thomas Ehrlich

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Rhetoric Of Professional Reform, Deborah L. Rhode

Maryland Law Review

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Ethics: Professionalism, Craft, And Failure, James R. Elkins

Kentucky Law Journal

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Access To Justice -- Variations And Continuity Of A World-Wide Movement, Bryant G. Garth, Mauro Cappelletti, Nicolo Trocker

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Rites Of Passage, Rites Of Spring: The Honors Convocation And Senior Day Speeches. A Senior Day Address, Patricia M. Wald

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Like the new leaves on the Quadrangles trees, Honors Convocation and Senior Day demarcate the end of the Law School academic year. In speeches made on these occasions last May, Law Professor Thomas Kauper and Federal Judge Patricia M. Wald urged graduates to take the risks that excellence mandates and to live full lives both inside and outside the law. Their addresses follow in abridged form.

A Clinical Experience, Edwin H. Greenebaum

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Legal Competence Yesterday And Tomorrow, Leon E. Trakman

Dalhousie Law Journal

Attacks have been lodged against the legal profession for many years, indeed, since even before Shakespeare commented in Henry VI, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." However, it is only more recently, with the growth of mass education and public awareness and with technological advances, that suspicions of the incompetence of lawyers has arisen again with a vengeance. Some would credit this new trend to the condemnation of alleged incompetence among trial lawyers by Chief Justice Burger of the American Supreme Court. But to limit the attack on lawyers to this Chief Justice is to ignore …

Social Problems And Legal Answers, William T. Coleman Jr.

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Mr. Coleman delivered these remarks on the integration of public service and private practice of law at Law School Senior Day last spring. Mr. Coleman' own career is an eloquent testimonial to his argument that skilled and principled lawyers are uniquely qualified to serve their nation and society...

In his lecture , Mr. Coleman draws on his various experiences to construct an argument for lawyers' vital contribution to many aspects of traditional American life. He urges this year's graduates to consider the particular challenges they will face in fulfilling the lawyer' profesional responsibilities today.

Rethinking The Legal Profession's Approach To Collective Self-Improvement: Competence And The Consumer Perspective, Bryant G. Garth

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Professional School As A Focus For Clinical Education, Edwin H. Greenebaum

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Why Lawyers Should Be Allowed To Advertise: A Market Analysis Of Legal Services, Jeffrey W. Stempel

Scholarly Works

In Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, a 1977 decision, the United States Supreme Court overturned the American Bar Association's (ABA) sixty-nine-year-old prohibition of advertising by lawyers. The Bates holding invalidated comprehensive bans on lawyer advertising but left unsettled the scope of permissible regulation. While the Bates Court found attorneys' price advertising to be protected speech under the first amendment, it also stated that false and misleading advertising could be prohibited. The majority expressly declined to consider the problems of advertising claims relating to the quality of legal services.

The organized bar's reaction to Bates has been hesitant and inconsistent. …

Private Lawyers And Public Responsibilites, Carl A. Mcgowan

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Dedication address delivered by Carl McGown, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Attorney Accountability In Kentucky--Liability To Clients And Third Parties, Gerald P. Johnston

Kentucky Law Journal

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Book Review. Law In The Balance: Legal Services In The Eighties By Philip A. Thomas (Ed.), Bryant G. Garth

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Mid-City Law Center: Opportunity For Academic Innovation, Andrew S. Watson

Seattle University Law Review

This paper will explore some aspects of legal educaton in the context of the Norton Clapp Law Center, a new mid-city law school complex. The innovations in this Center will bring certain educational hazards, many of which are at the center of recent pedagogical discussions about law schools. This paper attempts to identify these hazards and contemplate ways to forestall them. I will not explore these issues as either a lawyer, an economist, a sociological or anthropological analyst. Rather, my observations will be those of a working psychiatric clinician who is a long-time member of a law faculty, and who …

Towards A Comprehensive Approach To Clinical Education: A Response To The New Reality, Terence J. Anderson

Articles

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Professional Independence And The Associate In A Law Firm: A French Case Study, Tang Thi Thanh Trai Le

Journal Articles

In June 1977, as a result of a case brought before the Tribunal de la Seine, a "mini-revolution" erupted in French legal circles. A young woman associate of a law firm was discharged at mid-month and paid half (F. 1250) her monthly salary. Mme X considered her dismissal improper and filed a complaint with the Bdtonnier (President) of the Paris Bar. After a hearing, the Conseil de l'Ordre (Executive Committee of the Bar) advised the firm to pay Mme X an additional F. 1250 in settlement. Not satisfied, Mine X took her case to the Tribunal de la Seine requesting …