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In Memorium: Bernard Wolfman, Michael A. Fitts
In Memorium: Bernard Wolfman, Michael A. Fitts
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Trends And Challenges In Lawyer Regulation: The Impact Of Globalization And Technology, Laurel Terry, Steve Mark, Tahlia Gordon
Trends And Challenges In Lawyer Regulation: The Impact Of Globalization And Technology, Laurel Terry, Steve Mark, Tahlia Gordon
Faculty Scholarly Works
Globalization and technology have changed the practice of law in dramatic ways. This is true not only in the United States, but around the world. In this article, author Laurel Terry, along with Australian regulators Steve Mark and Tahlia Gordon, documented some of these global trends in lawyer regulation. Their article concluded that regulators face issues in common regarding “who” is regulated, “what” or whom is regulated, “when” regulation occurs, “where” regulation occurs, “how” it occurs, and “why” regulation occurs.
This article uses this who-what-when-where-why-and-how framework to discuss events around the world. These developments include the 2007 UK Legal Services …
Dean's Desk: Effective Legal Education Depends On Strong Partnerships, Hannah Buxbaum
Dean's Desk: Effective Legal Education Depends On Strong Partnerships, Hannah Buxbaum
Hannah Buxbaum (2011-2013 Interim)
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Preserving The Rule Of Law In The 21st Century: The Importance Of Infrastructure And The Need To Create A Global Lawyer Regulatory Umbrella Organization, Laurel S. Terry
Preserving The Rule Of Law In The 21st Century: The Importance Of Infrastructure And The Need To Create A Global Lawyer Regulatory Umbrella Organization, Laurel S. Terry
Faculty Scholarly Works
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Supervisory Responsibility For The Office Of Legal Counsel, Avidan Y. Cover
Supervisory Responsibility For The Office Of Legal Counsel, Avidan Y. Cover
Faculty Publications
In the wake of the notorious Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) torture memoranda, various reforms have been proposed to prevent future erroneous and poorly reasoned legal opinions on matters of the utmost national importance. The need for reform is all the more pressing in a post-9/11 world in which the Executive Branch will continue to arrogate, often in secret, various national security-related powers. None of the proposals, however, addresses the supervisory role that Justice Department and other Executive Branch lawyers play in the formation of OLC opinions.
This Article argues that the failure to hold more senior government …
States Side Story: Career Paths Of International Ll.M. Students, Or "I Like To Be In America", Carole Silver
States Side Story: Career Paths Of International Ll.M. Students, Or "I Like To Be In America", Carole Silver
Articles by Maurer Faculty
This Article draws on an empirical study of the careers of international law graduates who earned an LL.M. in the United States, and considers the role of a U.S. LL.M. as a path for building a legal career in the United States. It identifies the institutional, political, and economic forces that present challenges to graduates who attempt to stay in the United States. While U.S. law schools prize the international diversity of their graduate students, this study reveals that the U.S. legal profession is most accessible to international students from English-speaking common law countries, whose language and background allow them …