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The Special Role Of Career Services Professionals In The Development And Success Of Law School Incubator Programs, Sumana Wolf, Erica Edwards-Oneal Jan 2016

The Special Role Of Career Services Professionals In The Development And Success Of Law School Incubator Programs, Sumana Wolf, Erica Edwards-Oneal

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Implementing Psychological Resilience Training In Law Incubators, M. Mark Heekin Jan 2016

Implementing Psychological Resilience Training In Law Incubators, M. Mark Heekin

Journal of Experiential Learning

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A Custom Tailored Form Of Post-Graduate Legal Training: The Rhode Island Center For Justice, Robert Mccreanor Jan 2016

A Custom Tailored Form Of Post-Graduate Legal Training: The Rhode Island Center For Justice, Robert Mccreanor

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Creating A Post-Graduate Incubator Program Through A Law School-Bar Association Partnership, Robyn L. Meadows, J. Palmer Lockard, Elizabeth G. Simcox Jan 2016

Creating A Post-Graduate Incubator Program Through A Law School-Bar Association Partnership, Robyn L. Meadows, J. Palmer Lockard, Elizabeth G. Simcox

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Innovate, Collaborate & Serve: Louisiana’S “Lift” – A Legal Incubator And Accelerator Program Startup Guide, Amy Duncan Jan 2016

Innovate, Collaborate & Serve: Louisiana’S “Lift” – A Legal Incubator And Accelerator Program Startup Guide, Amy Duncan

Journal of Experiential Learning

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The Pro Bono Requirement In Incubator Programs: A Reflection On Structuring Pro Bono Work For Program Attorneys, Davida Finger Jan 2016

The Pro Bono Requirement In Incubator Programs: A Reflection On Structuring Pro Bono Work For Program Attorneys, Davida Finger

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Incubating Community Law Practices: Post-Graduate Models For Lawyer Training And Access To Law, Luz E. Herrera Jan 2016

Incubating Community Law Practices: Post-Graduate Models For Lawyer Training And Access To Law, Luz E. Herrera

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Incubator Development At Home And Abroad: Anecdotal Stories From The Trenches, Fred Rooney Jan 2016

Incubator Development At Home And Abroad: Anecdotal Stories From The Trenches, Fred Rooney

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Table Of Contents Jan 2016

Table Of Contents

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Law School Based Incubators And Access To Justice – Perspectives From Deans, Patricia E. Salkin, Ellen Suni, Niels Schaumann, Mary Lu Bilek Jan 2015

Law School Based Incubators And Access To Justice – Perspectives From Deans, Patricia E. Salkin, Ellen Suni, Niels Schaumann, Mary Lu Bilek

Journal of Experiential Learning

At the end of February 2015, law professors, law deans, incubator staff and attorneys, and self-selected others gathered at California Western School of Law for the Second Annual Conference on Law School Incubators and Residency Programs. The incubators that are the subject of this article tend to focus on transition to law practice and access to justice, and some are also working to incorporate technology for the practice of law as a means of enhancing access to justice. As more law schools decide to host, sponsor or offer an incubator, and following our panel discussion at the February 2015 incubator …


Designing A Solo And Small Practice Curriculum, Meredith R. Miller Jan 2015

Designing A Solo And Small Practice Curriculum, Meredith R. Miller

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There is a reality commonly ignored by the curriculum in most law schools: the largest segment of law graduates will eventually be solo or small firm practitioners. Even before the Great Recession, nearly two thirds of lawyers in the United States practiced in solo or small firms. Since 2008, trends show an increase in the number of recent law graduates that “hang a shingle.” According to a 2012 report of the American Bar Association, about three-quarters of lawyers in the United States work in private practice. Of those attorneys, about seventy percent are in solo or small firms. Many find …


Exporting The Legal Incubator: A Conversation With Fred Rooney, Fred Rooney, Justin Steele Jan 2014

Exporting The Legal Incubator: A Conversation With Fred Rooney, Fred Rooney, Justin Steele

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This article is an edited transcript of an interview with Fred Rooney, currently the Director of the International Justice Center for Post-Graduate Development at Touro Law Center. As the inaugural director of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law’s Community Legal Resource Network (CLRN), Mr. Rooney pioneered the first law-school based legal incubator. In this interview he discusses the creation of the CLRN, the evolution and growth of legal incubators, and his experience launching the Community Legal Services Center (Centro Comunitario de Servicios Legales or CECSEL) at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) in the Dominican …