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Increasing Diversity By A New Master's Degree In Legal Principles, Joni Hersch
Increasing Diversity By A New Master's Degree In Legal Principles, Joni Hersch
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Students who leave their JD program before graduation leave empty handed, without an additional degree or other credential indicating that their law school studies had any professional, educational, or marketable value. The absence of such a credential combines with the substantial risks and costs associated with law school education to discourage risk averse students from applying. The adverse impacts of these risks may be especially great for lower income students who have fewer financial resources to draw on and less information about their fit with legal education and the legal profession. I propose that law schools award a master’s degree …
Preventive Law And The Legal Assistant, Louis M. Brown
Preventive Law And The Legal Assistant, Louis M. Brown
Vanderbilt Law Review
An examination of paraprofessionalism may begin with an evaluation of society's need for legal services, a need that is not always obvious,nor indeed even recognized by the general public.' One area in which the provision of legal services to all but the most wealthy clients is notably deficient is that of preventive law. This kind of legal practice seeks to help individuals regulate their activities to avoid legal trouble, in contrast to the litigating aspect of law that comes into play only after a dispute has developed. Since the practice of preventive law requires the use of specialized tools and …