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The Evolving Regulation Of The Legal Profession: The Costs Of Indeterminacy And Certainty, Irma S. Russell
The Evolving Regulation Of The Legal Profession: The Costs Of Indeterminacy And Certainty, Irma S. Russell
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This Article examines the incentive systems of the common law and modern rules of lawyer discipline, which combine to form a dual system of lawyer regulation in this country. The Article considers discontinuities between this dual system of regulation created by the common law, which influenced the 1908 Canons of Professional Ethics, and the current disciplinary rules, presented by the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. While the Model Rules form the basis of lawyer discipline in most states, the approach presented in the Canons continues to have force because the common law applies to lawyers through contract and tort law. …
Fundamental Principles And Challenges Of Humanizing Legal Education, Barbara Glesner Fines
Fundamental Principles And Challenges Of Humanizing Legal Education, Barbara Glesner Fines
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Pressures Toward Mediocrity In The Representation Of Children, Barbara Glesner Fines
Pressures Toward Mediocrity In The Representation Of Children, Barbara Glesner Fines
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When children are the subject of dependency, adoption or guardianship proceedings, protecting those children requires attention to a variety of interests. Children need a voice: an advisor and an advocate whose judgment is unclouded by conflicting interests. Courts need information that the adult parties to the proceedings may not easily discover or willingly provide. The families and social services agencies need monitors and mediators. The attorney guardian ad litem (GAL) is, in many situations, called upon to meet all these needs. During the past decade, major academic conferences and professional organizations have devoted thousands of hours to developing standards of …
Ethical Issues In Collaborative Lawyering, Barbara Glesner Fines
Ethical Issues In Collaborative Lawyering, Barbara Glesner Fines
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