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Indigenous Lawyers In Canada: Identity, Professionalization, Law, Sonia Lawrence, Signa Daum Shanks Oct 2015

Indigenous Lawyers In Canada: Identity, Professionalization, Law, Sonia Lawrence, Signa Daum Shanks

Dalhousie Law Journal

For Indigenous communities and individuals in Canada, "Canadian" law has been a mechanism of assimilation, colonial governance and dispossession, a basis for the assertion of rights, and a method of resistance. How do Indigenous lawyers in Canada make sense of these contradictory threads and their roles and responsibilities? This paper urges attention to the lives and experiences of Indigenous lawyers, noting that the number of self-identified Indigenous lawyers has been rapidly growing since the 1990s. At the same time, Indigenous scholars are focusing on the work of revitalizing Indigenous law and legal orders. Under these conditions, Indigenous lawyers occupy a …


The Call For Lawyers Committed To Social Justice To Champion Accessible Legal Services Through Innovative Legal Education, George Critchlow, Brooks Holland, Olympia Duhart Sep 2015

The Call For Lawyers Committed To Social Justice To Champion Accessible Legal Services Through Innovative Legal Education, George Critchlow, Brooks Holland, Olympia Duhart

Nevada Law Journal

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Tilting At Stratification: Against A Divide In Legal Education, Rebecca Roiphe Sep 2015

Tilting At Stratification: Against A Divide In Legal Education, Rebecca Roiphe

Nevada Law Journal

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The Legal Profession: A Time For Self-Anaylsis, Ralph M. Nader Jul 2015

The Legal Profession: A Time For Self-Anaylsis, Ralph M. Nader

Akron Law Review

Law Day is always a good occasion to look over the role of the profession. Traditionally in many gatherings around the country, the profession has used Law Day to praise itself. This is an occupational trait of the legal profession which is not restricted to Bar Association banquets. I was asked to speak to a number of New York lawyers recently at one such event in New York. As I sat awaiting my turn, the lawyers first praised themselves and after they finished, they began praising judges and gave them awards, scrolls, and plaques. Finally I got up and I …


Franz Kafka’S “Before The Law”: A Parable, Geoffrey L. Brackett Jul 2015

Franz Kafka’S “Before The Law”: A Parable, Geoffrey L. Brackett

Pace Law Review

Despite Francis Bacon’s cautionary note, I have always been a fan of parables, and perhaps the most poignant one to speak for perils of the legal profession is Franz Kafka’s “Vor dem Gesetz” (“Before the Law”), one of the relatively few works to be published in his lifetime. It was seen first in the almanac Vom Jüngsten Tag: Ein Almanach Neuer Dichtung in December 1915 before it was included in his novel Der Prozess (The Trial), which was unpublished in his lifetime. He wrote it at one sitting on December 13, 1914, and in fewer than 650 words, Kafka illustrates …


The Statute, The Constitution, The Caselaw, And The Appellate Lawyer As Sleuth, Leslie Hyman Apr 2015

The Statute, The Constitution, The Caselaw, And The Appellate Lawyer As Sleuth, Leslie Hyman

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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