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Do We Need A Bar Exam . . . For Experienced Lawyers?, David Adam Friedman Oct 2022

Do We Need A Bar Exam . . . For Experienced Lawyers?, David Adam Friedman

UC Irvine Law Review

The fierce determination to require a bar exam during the COVID-19 pandemic left quite an impression on new lawyers entering the profession. State bars and state supreme courts made their position clear: the bar exam provides a screening function necessary to safeguard the public. Many disagreed.

Even a cursory look at attorney discipline reveals that the lawyers who get into disciplinary trouble are not mostly new lawyers. The lawyers who get into trouble tend to be more experienced lawyers, who have not had any formal or objective tests of their ability to function since their original bar exam pass. The …


What The Access To Justice Crisis Means For Legal Education, Kathryne M. Young Feb 2021

What The Access To Justice Crisis Means For Legal Education, Kathryne M. Young

UC Irvine Law Review

Despite enormous social, legal, and technological shifts in the last century, the structure of legal education has remained largely unchanged. Part of the reason so little change has occurred is that the current model mostly “works”; it produces a professional class of lawyers to populate the ranks of law firms and government entities. At the same time, for decades, legal education researchers have considered it practically axiomatic that law school has room for improvement.

In this Article, I argue that the access to justice crisis—a deficit of just resolutions to justiciable civil justice problems for everyday people—compels an overdue examination …


Battles Around Legal Education Reform: From Entrenched Local Legal Oligarchies To Oligopolistic Universals. India As A Case Study, Yves Dezalay, Bryant G. Garth Sep 2018

Battles Around Legal Education Reform: From Entrenched Local Legal Oligarchies To Oligopolistic Universals. India As A Case Study, Yves Dezalay, Bryant G. Garth

UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Cross-Border Student Flows And The Construction Of International Law As A Transnational Legal Field, Anthea Roberts Sep 2018

Cross-Border Student Flows And The Construction Of International Law As A Transnational Legal Field, Anthea Roberts

UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Who Rules The World? The Educational Capital Of The International Judiciary, Mikael Rask Madsen Sep 2018

Who Rules The World? The Educational Capital Of The International Judiciary, Mikael Rask Madsen

UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Sticky Floors, Springboards, Stairways & Slow Escalators: Mobility Pathways And Preferences Of International Students In U.S. Law Schools, Carole Silver, Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen Sep 2018

Sticky Floors, Springboards, Stairways & Slow Escalators: Mobility Pathways And Preferences Of International Students In U.S. Law Schools, Carole Silver, Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen

UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Who Wants The Global Law School?, Kevin E. Davis, Xinyi Zhang Sep 2018

Who Wants The Global Law School?, Kevin E. Davis, Xinyi Zhang

UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Escape From The Navel-Gazing Academy: A Modest Proposal For Student-Edited Legal Scholarship, Michael Klinger Apr 2015

Escape From The Navel-Gazing Academy: A Modest Proposal For Student-Edited Legal Scholarship, Michael Klinger

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Foreword: Reigniting Community: Strengthening The Asian Pacific American Identity, Denny Chan, Jennifer Chin, James Yoon Dec 2013

Foreword: Reigniting Community: Strengthening The Asian Pacific American Identity, Denny Chan, Jennifer Chin, James Yoon

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Foreword: Environmental Law At Uci, Alejandro E. Camacho, Joseph F.C. Dimento, Michael Robinson-Dorn Dec 2011

Foreword: Environmental Law At Uci, Alejandro E. Camacho, Joseph F.C. Dimento, Michael Robinson-Dorn

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Ideal Law School For The 21st Century, Erwin Chemerinsky Mar 2011

The Ideal Law School For The 21st Century, Erwin Chemerinsky

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Foreword Mar 2011

Foreword

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Law School For The 21st Century: A Portrait Of The Inaugural Class At The University Of California, Irvine School Of Law, Carroll Seron Mar 2011

A Law School For The 21st Century: A Portrait Of The Inaugural Class At The University Of California, Irvine School Of Law, Carroll Seron

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Our Institutional Commitment To Teach About The Legal Profession, Ann Southworth, Catherine L. Fisk Mar 2011

Our Institutional Commitment To Teach About The Legal Profession, Ann Southworth, Catherine L. Fisk

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Statutory Analysis: Using Criminal Law To Highlight Issues In Statutory Interpretation, Jennifer M. Chacón Mar 2011

Statutory Analysis: Using Criminal Law To Highlight Issues In Statutory Interpretation, Jennifer M. Chacón

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Collaborating To Deter Potential Public Enemies: Social Science And The Law, Elizabeth F. Loftus, Gilbert Geis Mar 2011

Collaborating To Deter Potential Public Enemies: Social Science And The Law, Elizabeth F. Loftus, Gilbert Geis

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Acknowledgments Mar 2011

Acknowledgments

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Uci Law: The First Half Century, Joseph F.C. Dimento Mar 2011

Uci Law: The First Half Century, Joseph F.C. Dimento

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Why And How To Study "Transnational" Law, Carrie Menkel-Meadow Mar 2011

Why And How To Study "Transnational" Law, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Writing On A Blank Slate: Drafting A Blueprint For Experiential Learning At The University Of California, Irvine School Of Law, Carrie Hempel Mar 2011

Writing On A Blank Slate: Drafting A Blueprint For Experiential Learning At The University Of California, Irvine School Of Law, Carrie Hempel

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Academic Law Library In The 21st Century: Still The Heart Of The Law School, Beatrice A. Tice Mar 2011

The Academic Law Library In The 21st Century: Still The Heart Of The Law School, Beatrice A. Tice

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


What Would Langdell Have Thought? Uc Irvine’S New Law School And The Question Of History, Christopher Tomlins Mar 2011

What Would Langdell Have Thought? Uc Irvine’S New Law School And The Question Of History, Christopher Tomlins

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Orange County Human Rights Association: A New Law Student Group For A New Era, Denisha P. Mckenzie, David Rodwin Mar 2011

Orange County Human Rights Association: A New Law Student Group For A New Era, Denisha P. Mckenzie, David Rodwin

UC Irvine Law Review

No abstract provided.