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Clear, Convincing And Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: Montana Lawyers Are Amazing!, Cynthia Ford Apr 2017

Clear, Convincing And Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: Montana Lawyers Are Amazing!, Cynthia Ford

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Ostby, Montana's First Female Federal Judge, Left A Lasting Impact On The Judiciary, Cynthia Ford Jan 2017

Ostby, Montana's First Female Federal Judge, Left A Lasting Impact On The Judiciary, Cynthia Ford

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Preparing Law Students For Meaningful, Healthy Lives As Lawyers, Bari Burke Jan 2007

Preparing Law Students For Meaningful, Healthy Lives As Lawyers, Bari Burke

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This article addresses the question of how to determine guidelines that set professional values for law students. In the article, the author describes her law school seminar class that focuses on lawyers' values, lives, and work and helps students explore four particular questions: 1) what are the sources of lawyers' meaning and satisfaction, as well as stress; 2) in what ways do law schools and the profession transmit professional values and attitudes and create among law students a commitment to those values; 3) what values and attitudes do law students need to cultivate personally to find meaning and satisfaction in …


If Medical Schools Can Do It, Why Can't We?, Bari Burke Jan 2007

If Medical Schools Can Do It, Why Can't We?, Bari Burke

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This articles explores the idea of implementing "white coat ceremonies" for entering law students similar to what medical schools conduct for their entering medical students. The article first describes the medical school ceremony and then addresses three primary objections that critics have raised concerning the ceremony.


Lawyers Must Follow Their Inner Compasses, Bari Burke Jan 2007

Lawyers Must Follow Their Inner Compasses, Bari Burke

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This article reflects on the suicide of a Montana lawyer and offers some assumptions from Larry Krieger, a clinical law teacher and former litigator, on how lawyers can develop workable approaches to living and improving their professional lives.


Bench, Bar, Law School Partnership Can Bring Professionalism Back, J. Martin Burke Sep 1990

Bench, Bar, Law School Partnership Can Bring Professionalism Back, J. Martin Burke

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In this article, the author argues for a new partnership among the law schools, the practicing bar, and the judiciary to effectively address professionalism issues in the field of law.