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Aba Approval Of Law Schools: Standards, Procedures, And The Future Of Legal Education, Michigan Law Review Apr 1974

Aba Approval Of Law Schools: Standards, Procedures, And The Future Of Legal Education, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Graduation from an accredited law school is a requirement for admission to the bar in most states. Although rule-making power with regard to bar admission lies in the state supreme courts, the courts give great deference to the American Bar Association (ABA) as an accreditor of law schools. Admission requirements frequently prescribe unconditionally that an applicant must be a graduate of a law school that has been approved by the ABA. Other states require either graduation from an ABA-approved law school or some specified alternative. The few remaining states require unconditionally or as an alternative that an applicant for the …


Um Notes Jan 1974

Um Notes

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Alfred F. Conrad is Butzel Professor; Words in memory of Paul G. Kauper; Rosberg amd Waggoner join law faculty; Rhonda R. Rivera is named Assistant Dean; Philosopher Rawls is a visiting professor; Professor Blasi host award-winning show; Professor Kamisar praises Michigan Supreme Court; Harris, Siegal, and Wellman take new positions; Student group urges open agency files; Clerkships accepted by 24 law grads; Recent events.


Class Of 1974 Fifteen Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School Jan 1974

Class Of 1974 Fifteen Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This report summarizes the findings of a questionnaire sent to University of Michigan Law School alumni fifteen years after graduation.


Class Of 1974 Fifteen Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School Jan 1974

Class Of 1974 Fifteen Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This addendum is a compilation of alumni responses to the open-ended comments sections.


Class Of 1974 Five Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School Jan 1974

Class Of 1974 Five Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This addendum is a compilation of alumni responses to the open-ended comments sections.


Class Of 1974 Five Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School Jan 1974

Class Of 1974 Five Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This report summarizes the findings of a questionnaire sent to University of Michigan Law School alumni five years after graduation.


The Myth Of Sisyphus: Legal Services Efforts On Behalf Of The Poor, Lawrence E. Rothstein Jan 1974

The Myth Of Sisyphus: Legal Services Efforts On Behalf Of The Poor, Lawrence E. Rothstein

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

In Greek mythology there is a story about the tyrant, Sisyphus, who is condemned to suffer everlasting anguish. Eternally, he rolls a huge rock up the steep side of a mountain only to have it roll down again just as he reaches the top. Such is the plight in which the poor person finds himself when confronting the legal system. If the poor individual is able to overcome the massive obstacles placed between him and full, fair litigation of his case, he finds that the rules to be applied to the case are stacked against him. This situation is not …


Specialization, Certification, And Exclusion In The Law Profession, John W. Reed Jan 1974

Specialization, Certification, And Exclusion In The Law Profession, John W. Reed

Other Publications

This essay is the published text of an informal address delivered on April 19, 1974 in conjunction with the University of Oklahoma College of Law's Enrichment Program.