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Faculty Collective Bargaining And The Law Schools, Alvin L. Goldman

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Introductory address for a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools.

Manners, Morals And Legal Education, Thomas Ehrlich

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Many spokesmen for the legal profession have been calling on the law schools to pay more attention to ethical responsibilities, usually meaning manners and civility. But many of today's law students believe that the profession is not meeting some of its public responsibilities. When that problem is squarely faced, with the law schools' help, then good manners should follow.

The Law School's Role In Post-J.D. Specialty Education, Guy O. Kornblum

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

As members of a profession which is largely self-policing, attorneys must find ways to protect the public by identifying the areas of practice that require special expertise and by ensuring that those who hold themselves out as specialists possess the necessary expertise. Simply because one claims a specialty or even practices a specialty does not mean that he has the requisite competence to practice in the field. Because one is presently competent in a specialty does not mean that he will continue to practice and maintain his competence and keep abreast of new techniques and developments. Certainly the profession should …

John W. Wade: Friendly Critic And Sensitive Scholar, Wex S. Malone

Vanderbilt Law Review

The teacher could boast only three or four years of maturity over his students; hence, he was vulnerable and was often at-tacked with considerable spirit. From the beginning John Wade faced me with the kind of challenge that can be both the delight and the despair of a beginning law teacher. His characteristic mode of attack by way of imperturbable but relentless prodding will be recalled with admiring pleasure by more than a generation of his own law students. This role of the friendly, reflective skeptic, which is so fundamental a part of the intellectual make-up of John Wade, has …

Dean John Webster Wade, Robert J. Farley

Vanderbilt Law Review

John Wade began his teaching career at Ole Miss the next year after graduation from Harvard. It was a difficult initiation because many of his students were former contemporaries and all of the faculty were his former instructors. He handled this situation with natural dignity and the assurance of superior capability, yet modestly and conscientiously. Although during the next several years he was offered visiting position elsewhere, both Chancellor Butts and Dean Kimbrough found that they could not spare him. Perhaps they would not recommend him for a leave of absence because they were afraid of losing such a prize. …

John W. Wade: An Appreciation, Reber Boult

Vanderbilt Law Review

Without going back to the year of his advent as Dean when the placement of law graduates was largely a catch-as-catch-can proposition, but starting with the academic year 1965-66, there were approximatly 35 law firms, government agencies, or other entities that sent representatives to the Law School to interview candidates and to make offers for legal opportunities. During the 1971-72 academic year, there were over 100 such interviewers, a number of whom represented some of the most prestigious law firms in the United States. This record of achievement speaks eloquently of the end work product of the Vanderbilt School of …

Some Professorial Fallacies About Rights, John M. Finnis

Journal Articles

Why do students usually get into a muddle when analysing legal situations in Hohfeldian terms? What is the use of trying to straighten out the muddles, and of teaching Hohfeldian analysis at all? The short answer to the first question is that Hohfeld was clear-headed in applying his scheme, but because of his writing style and his odd views about definition was regrettably gnomic about the meaning and inter-relations of the terms of that scheme. The short answer to the second question is that clear-headed familiarity with Hohfeld's scheme can bring with it an awareness of the questions regularly begged …

John W. Wade And The Development Of The Vanderbilt Law School, Paul H. Sanders

Vanderbilt Law Review

John W. Wade made a decided imprint upon the Vanderbilt Law School in the years before he became Dean in 1952. His contributions to the development of the institution were impressive, not only as a skillful "case-method" teacher in the classroom, but also as Faculty Editor for volumes two through five of the Vanderbilt Law Review at a time when this position entailed responsibilities for all phases of the publication greatly in excess of those imposed upon the Faculty Adviser in later years. Without question he was the person most responsible for the firm and early establishment of the Vanderbilt …

Virginia Bar Exam, December 1971, Day 2

Virginia Bar Exam Archive

No abstract provided.

Virginia Bar Exam, December 1971, Day 1

Virginia Bar Exam Archive

No abstract provided.

December 10, 1971, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•This Week •Letter •Inter-Pollute •Pleya •Books •Sis! •RG Offed •Griddie Goodies

December 3, 1971, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies •Critique 2 •What's Coming Down in the Courts •Who Defends 'U' •I.F. Stone's Bi-Weekly •Hmm… •Sis! •The Stone Mystique •Notices, Announcements, & Asides •Griddie Goodie

Report To The President For The Year, 1970-71, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Report to the President of the University from the Dean of the Law School.

Issue No. 21 (December 1971)

The Appeal

No abstract provided.

Afro-Drumbeat Newsletter, November 30, 1971, Afro-American Club Of Suffolk University

Limited-run Student Newspapers

Newsletter published by Suffolk University's Afro-American Club

Afro-Drumbeat Newsletter, November 23, 1971, Afro-American Club Of Suffolk University

Limited-run Student Newspapers

Newsletter published by Suffolk University's Afro-American Club

November 19, 1971, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Reform Group •This Week •Five Easy Leases •Notices, Announcements, & Asides •Photo Phreaks •Benjamin De Mott •Codicil •Report on Student Files •Sis! •Griddie Goodies

Humanistic Legal Education, Cheri Weismantel

About the Law School

Thomas Shaffer is the new dean at Notre Dame's Law School and he has thoughts to share about the role of legal education in shaping future lawyers.

"We are beginning to find something unique by way of educational focus, something hopeful. It is a kind of humanistic legal education in Thomas More's understanding of humanism....We are beginning to find at Notre Dame Law School the possibility of a people-centered professional school." (Thomas L. Shaffer, Dean of ND Law School).

The University Of Michigan Bulletin Law School 1972-73, University Of Michigan Law School

Law School Announcement and Bulletins

Law School Calendar; The Regents of the University; Administrative Officers and Members of the Faculty; Introduction; The Law Quadrangle; Library Facilities; Requirements for Admission; Advanced Legal Studies; Requirements for Graduation; Admission to the Bar; The Law Curriculum; Concurrent Graduate Programs; Officer Education Programs; Legal Writing and Advocacy (Case Clubs); Michigan Law Review; The Journal of Law Reform; Order of the Coif; The Lawyers Club; Law Student Senate; Black Law Student Alliance; Women Law Students Association; Law Wives Association; International Law Society; Legal Aid Society; Inmate Assistance Program; Legislative Aid Bureau; Research Program; Michigan Legal Publications; Legislative Research Center; Institute of …

Afro-Drumbeat Newsletter, November 16, 1971, Afro-American Club Of Suffolk University

Limited-run Student Newspapers

Newsletter published by Suffolk University's Afro-American Club

November 11, 1971, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Legal Aid Conflagration Aid •Lorraine Beebe Will Speak •Griddie Goodies

Afro-Drumbeat Newsletter, November 9, 1971, Afro-American Club Of Suffolk University

Limited-run Student Newspapers

Newsletter published by Suffolk University's Afro-American Club

November 5, 1971, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Clinical Law •What's Coming Down in the Courts •R.G. Plans Spelling Bee for Coveted Posts •Sis! •Note •Griddie Goodies

The Education Of Legal Paraprofessionals: Myths, Realities, And Opportunities, William P. Statsky

Vanderbilt Law Review

The response to the challenge of training legal paraprofessionals is in a state of disarray. This is due not so much to poor planning on the part of the trainers as it is to the inherent difficulty of designing a training program for a role that as yet has no clear boundary lines. On the one hand, this difficulty invites the trainer to give full rein to his imagination in breaking new ground, but on the other hand, the instability in the area has been sufficiently great to scare off would-be participants from a much needed dialogue about how to …

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 …

Issue No. 20 (November 1971)

The Appeal

No abstract provided.

The Legal Paraprofessional: An Introduction, Elliott E. Cheatham

Vanderbilt Law Review

In this country, persons who have not been admitted to the bar are widely used in law offices. In fact, A Lawyer's Handbook, edited by the American Bar Association's Committee on the Economics of Law Practice, devotes an entire chapter to the nonlawyer employee. Investigators and accountants are common and legal secretaries are universal. There are pressing questions on what more should be done to utilize laymen in making legal services available. This issue of the Vanderbilt Law Review considers the paraprofessional in law. The Symposium opens with an article by Mr. William P. Statsky. In his discussion, The Education …

October 29, 1971, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Lefcourt •Editorial •Sis! •Letters •Prome •Critique •Cookpix •Law Firms of the Week •Flicks •Codicil •Griddie Goodies

October 22, 1971, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Ups 'n Downs •What's Coming Down in the Courts •Children's Hour •Letter •Critique •Job •Law Firms of the Week •ELS •Griddie Goodies

October 15, 1971, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•$$ •Freshpeople •Letters •Sis! •Usar •Books •ELS •Note •A New Law School Course •What's Coming Down in the Courts •PIRG •Films •Griddie Goodies