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Going Paperless And Beyond: Attorney's Guide To A Mobile Law Practice, Eliza Boles
Going Paperless And Beyond: Attorney's Guide To A Mobile Law Practice, Eliza Boles
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As part of a larger Continuing Legal Education Seminar, the materials herein cover "Supporting Your Mobile Law Office: What You Ned to Practice Law on the Go" and "The Best Apps, Tools and Tricks for the Mobile Attorney."
Mindfulness - Finding Focus In A Distracted World, Heather Simmons, Kyle K. Courtney
Mindfulness - Finding Focus In A Distracted World, Heather Simmons, Kyle K. Courtney
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Law school and law practice can be an intense and chaotic experience. Library outreach can include programs that support the growing movement within the legal profession toward personal wellness; that is, valuing self-care and paying attention to our emotional, psychological, and physical health while practicing law. Mindfulness and meditation fall squarely within this movement’s mission
Finishing The Job Of Legal Education Reform, Mary Beth Beazley
Finishing The Job Of Legal Education Reform, Mary Beth Beazley
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In this article, Professor Beazley advocates for the extension of tenure to skills faculty for the good of law faculty and of legal education. She argues that extending tenure to legal writing and other skills faculty will help to advance the goals of education reform in a variety of ways. First, equalizing the power of skills faculty will allow law schools to get the full benefit of their teaching and scholarship, a benefit that is currently blunted by ignorance and bias. Second, fair treatment of skills faculty will advance the values of equality, diversity, and inclusion: law students will benefit …
Writing For A Mind At Work: Appellate Advocacy And The Science Of Digital Reading, Mary Beth Beazley
Writing For A Mind At Work: Appellate Advocacy And The Science Of Digital Reading, Mary Beth Beazley
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Professor Beazley explores the future implications to appellate advocacy as we move into the digital age. Understanding how that digital world affects legal reading is vital to understanding the future of appellate advocacy. Lawyers need to understand some of the science of how people read and interact with the written word; unfortunately, we have been slow to grasp the importance of this science. She defines and explains the concepts of "Active Readers" and "Knowledge Work." She then addresses some of the issues that arise as active readers transition from paper to digital platforms. Professor Beazley concludes by describing some of …
In Defense Of The Devil’S Advocate, Lonnie T. Brown
In Defense Of The Devil’S Advocate, Lonnie T. Brown
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mong the many controversial positions for which Monroe Freedman advocated during his illustrious career, the one that I find most surprising and uncharacteristic is his contention that lawyers who undertake morally questionable representations have a duty to explain or justify their choice of client. Specifically, in 1993 Professor Freedman penned a well-known column in the Legal Times — titled “Must You Be the Devil’s Advocate?” — in which he took Professor Michael Tigar to task for his representation of reputed Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk. Professor Freedman tacitly criticized Professor Tigar for his client choice and expressly called upon him …