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A Review: Unequal Justice: Lawyers And Social Change In Modern America, Lawrence Mayberry
A Review: Unequal Justice: Lawyers And Social Change In Modern America, Lawrence Mayberry
IUSTITIA
Unequal Justice is a social history of the legal profession from the emergence of The American Bar Association in the 1870's until the 1970's. Auerbach is a professional historian and not a member of the legal profession who writes history, nor is he a sociologist. But before his graduate work in history, the author entered and quickly left law school. The honesty with which he relates the experience and the competent research and analysis manifest in his work demonstrate that he writes this book from a perspective of understanding rather than of bitterness or indifference. In fact Auerbach's unique frame …
Future Roles For Lawyers: Reflections On Crossing The Bar, Thomas Ehrlich
Future Roles For Lawyers: Reflections On Crossing The Bar, Thomas Ehrlich
Cleveland State Law Review
Sometime ago, the New York Times reported that Erwin Griswold -former Dean of the Harvard Law School, former President of the American Bar Foundation, former Solicitor General of the United States, and one of my own mentors and friends -was asked whether all private lawyers should donate some of their time and talents to serving the poor. "Should carpenters build houses free?" he responded. The question was obviously intended as rhetorical, but in view of Mr. Griswold's stature in the legal profession his analogy deserves serious consideration, and his views deserve a serious response. My comments attempt to provide that …