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Law And Lawyers, Harry Pratter
Aggregation, Auctions, And Other Developments In The Selection Of Lead Counsel Under The Pslra, Jill E. Fisch
Aggregation, Auctions, And Other Developments In The Selection Of Lead Counsel Under The Pslra, Jill E. Fisch
All Faculty Scholarship
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Making Progress The Old-Fashioned Way, Stephen B. Burbank
Making Progress The Old-Fashioned Way, Stephen B. Burbank
All Faculty Scholarship
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Legal Skills For A Transforming Profession, Gary A. Munneke
Legal Skills For A Transforming Profession, Gary A. Munneke
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
The legal profession is undergoing dramatic changes that will drive a reformation in legal education. Legal educators must anticipate these changes to effectively prepare students for the practice of law in the twenty-first century. In order to be proficient practitioners, these students will require an expanded set of professional skills. Although the current legal skills paradigm was articulated by the American Bar Association MacCrate Task Force in 1991, it is time to reexamine legal skills with an eye toward preparing students to practice law in the new millennium. In Section II, this article examines trends in modern society and the …
Creativity And The Law, Alfred C. Aman Jr.
Creativity And The Law, Alfred C. Aman Jr.
Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)
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The American Prosecutor: Independence, Power, And The Threat Of Tyranny, Angela J. Davis
The American Prosecutor: Independence, Power, And The Threat Of Tyranny, Angela J. Davis
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
This Article compares the power, practices, and policies of the Independent Counsel with those of ordinary state and federal prosecutors and suggests that the purported distinctions turn out to be illusory. Part I charts the principal structural characteristics of the Independent Counsel and regular prosecutors, with particular focus on prosecutorial discretion and the charging power. This section notes the public outrage over former Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and argues that the American prosecutor deserves similar scrutiny. Using illustrations from the author’s former experience as a public defender, this Part explains how regular prosecutors engage in the same acts of misconduct …
Taking Action Against Auctions: The Third Circuit Task Force Report, Jill E. Fisch
Taking Action Against Auctions: The Third Circuit Task Force Report, Jill E. Fisch
All Faculty Scholarship
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Lawyers Without Frontiers - A View From Germany, Martin Henssler, Laurel S. Terry
Lawyers Without Frontiers - A View From Germany, Martin Henssler, Laurel S. Terry
Faculty Scholarly Works
This article addresses the effect in Germany of the globalization of legal services. The first section of the article consists of reflections about the development of the German legal market in the past decade and how this development has been influenced by Anglo-Saxon law firms from the U.S. and England. The second section of this paper provides a more detailed analysis of the legal framework that governs the practice of foreign lawyers in Germany will follow. The third section of this paper addresses the issue of Multi-Disciplinary-Practices between lawyers and accountants. These MDPs are forbidden almost everywhere in the world …
Billable Hours And Ordinary Time: A Theological Critique Of The Instrumentalization Of Time In Professional Life, M. Cathleen Kaveny
Billable Hours And Ordinary Time: A Theological Critique Of The Instrumentalization Of Time In Professional Life, M. Cathleen Kaveny
M. Cathleen Kaveny
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