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Interest Or Principles?: The Legal Challenge To Iolta In Washington State, Jay Carlson
Interest Or Principles?: The Legal Challenge To Iolta In Washington State, Jay Carlson
Washington Law Review
Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) programs exist in all fifty states and raise significant funding for legal services for the poor. A recent series of federal court lawsuits seeks to eliminate IOLTA programs on the grounds that they violate the Fifth and First Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Washington Legal Foundation v. Legal Foundation of Washington, currently on appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, is one such lawsuit challenging Washington State's IOLTA program. In Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation, a similar case from Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that funds raised …
Coming Of Age: Recognizing The Importance Of Interdisciplinary Education In Law Practice, Janet Weinstein
Coming Of Age: Recognizing The Importance Of Interdisciplinary Education In Law Practice, Janet Weinstein
Washington Law Review
This Article proposes that lawyers need to be creative problem solvers if they are truly to serve the needs of their clients. The ability to collaborate with professionals from other disciplines is an important aspect of creative problem solving. The Article examines the skills required for creative problem solving and law students' and attorneys' facility with these skills.The Article further discusses the barriers to providing interdisciplinary training in law schools and suggests ways to incorporate such training.