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Access To Legal Services Through Advertising And Specialization, Robert H. Staton

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Hired Gun Or The Social Engineer, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Future Roles For Lawyers: Reflections On Crossing The Bar, Thomas Ehrlich

Cleveland State Law Review

Sometime ago, the New York Times reported that Erwin Griswold -former Dean of the Harvard Law School, former President of the American Bar Foundation, former Solicitor General of the United States, and one of my own mentors and friends -was asked whether all private lawyers should donate some of their time and talents to serving the poor. "Should carpenters build houses free?" he responded. The question was obviously intended as rhetorical, but in view of Mr. Griswold's stature in the legal profession his analogy deserves serious consideration, and his views deserve a serious response. My comments attempt to provide that …

A Model Act For The Certification Of Paralegals And The Accreditation Of Paralegal Training Programs, Raymond B. Marcin

Scholarly Articles

Over the past decade or so, lawyers have become accustomed to socio-legal "explosions": the explosion into the law scene of legal services corporations; the explosion in malpractice insurance rates as the result of the explosion in medical malpractice suits and favorable jury verdicts; the explosion in no-fault law, both in negligence and family disputes; and the legal profession's own population explosion.

Therefore, it should come as no great shock that over the past decade there has been one additional socio-legal explosion: the explosion in the use of paralegals by lawyers, law firms, corporations, and government agencies of all descriptions. Although …

If We Can't Teach Our Students To Write... Let's Examine Some Alternatives That May Have A Chance To Work, Michael Botein

Articles & Chapters

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Future Roles For Lawyers: Reflections On Crossing The Bar, Thomas Ehrlich

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Foreign Law School Dilemma, Douglass G. Boshkoff

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Attempt To Improve Criminal Defense Representation, Peter W. Tague

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Improvement of criminal defense representation is one of the most critical problems that faces the criminal justice system. The problem is extensive; some attorneys are frequently ineffective and probably all attorneys are occasionally inadequate because of error, overwork, personal problems or ethical conflicts.

The defendant's only remedy against his attorney's ineffectiveness is through direct appeal or collateral post-conviction attack. This article discusses the reasons why courts cannot improve defense representation through these avenues of review. Deep disagreement among judges about the purpose of post-conviction review has crippled any attempt at improvement. The key unresolved question is whether the standard for …

"Ethics" And The Study And Practice Of Law: The Problem Of Being Professional In A Fuller Sense, James F. Bresnahan S.J.

Journal of Legal Education

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Oral History: John Floyd Sutton, Jr., American Bar Foundation

American Bar Foundation Oral Histories

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Oral History: Edward L. Wright, American Bar Foundation

American Bar Foundation Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

Pratter Named Acting Dean; Search Continues For Dean

Harry Pratter (1976-1977 Acting)

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Black Businesses And Their Lawyers, John T. Baker, Jerome Davis

North Carolina Central Law Review

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Attorneys' Fees—Public Interest Law—Beyond Alyeska: Creating A Workable Private Attorney General Exception—Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. V. Wilderness Society, 421 U.S. 240 (1975), Stephen M. Todd

Washington Law Review

Following a successful appeal in litigation undertaken in the public interest, plaintiffs Wilderness Society and others requested an award of attorneys' fees. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit adopted the "private attorney general" exception to the American rule which bars fee shifting and authorized an award against codefendant Alyeska Pipeline Service Company of one-half of the reasonable value of the legal services utilized by plaintiffs. On certiorari, the Supreme Court reversed. Held: Absent congressional authorization, federal courts lack the equity power to award attorneys' fees to a private litigant for the vindication of a statutory right. …

Vol. 8, No. 1; Fall 1976

Bill of Particulars

No abstract provided.

Pratter Acting Dean For Iu Law School

Harry Pratter (1976-1977 Acting)

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Legal Services Revisted, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Powell Speeches

No abstract provided.

Evidence--Attorney-Client Relationship--Client's Identity Privileged, Robert B. Lipman

Mercer Law Review

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in In re Grand Jury Proceedings held that a client's identity, fee and bonding arrangements may be privileged from disclosure by his attorney to the grand jury when such protection is necessary to preserve the client's privileged motive.

The Review Of The College Of Law Alumni Association, Summer/Fall 1976, University Of Kentucky College Of Law

Annual Magazines

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Prisoners' Right Of Access To Courts: Planning For Legal Aid, Geoffrey P. Alpert

Washington Law Review

The civil rights movement has reached into prisons and jails, directing public attention to the fact that prisoners are also beneficiaries of the rights and privileges that the Constitution extends to all citizens. After a discussion of the development of prisoners' rights, this article will survey the major cases establishing prisoners' rights of access to courts and legal assistance. It will summarize previous research dealing with prisoners and their legal problems on a national scale, and extend that research by presenting the findings of a recent research project conducted in the Washington State prison system evaluating the legal needs of …

Competency For What?, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Florida Bar V. Thomson, 310 So. 2d 300 (Fla. 1975), Douglas A. Shropshire

Florida State University Law Review

Attorney Discipline- SUSPENDED LAWYER MAY TAKE EMPLOYMENT AS A LAW CLERK.

Nolan Keeping Things Going

Val Nolan Jr. (1976 Acting; 1980 Acting)

No abstract provided.

Vol. 7, No. 3; Spring 1976

Bill of Particulars

No abstract provided.

Recent Developments In Attorneys' Fees, W. Perry Brandt, Pendleton C. Waugh, Richard C. Stark Special Project Editor

Vanderbilt Law Review

Special Project--

Recent Developments in Attorneys' Fees

In recent years, the subject of attorneys' fees has become the focal point of pressures to improve the accessibility of legal services for those unable to pay large fees. Courts, scholars, and special interest groups have examined in detail the relationship between fees and the ability to assert legal rights. This increased scrutiny has led to the elimination of minimum fee schedules, the criticism of and possible relaxation of restrictions on fee advertising, and the establishment of maximum contingent fee schedules by court rule. Private enforcement of newly enacted federal statutes against private …

The Other View Of The Other Government, Mark Green

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Other View of The Other Government: A Reply

Acting Dean Nolan Was 'Natural' Choice, Bruce C. Smith

Val Nolan Jr. (1976 Acting; 1980 Acting)

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Book Reviews, Ernest Van Den Haag, James F. Neal

Vanderbilt Law Review

Consensual Government "The Morality of Consent" by Alexander M. Bickel

Reviewed by Ernest van den Haag

Bickel wanted to make the scope of the law comprehensive enough to proclaim the norms that are consensually perceived to be necessary to social life, yet to let individuals and groups pursue their choices without being forced to conform altogether to majority views or being strapped into judicial strait jackets. His work, and the unifying theme of this posthumous collection of essays, very largely consisted of elaborations of his answer to the question: how can we define the province of constitutional interpretation so as …

Paul J. Hartman And The Vanderbilt Law Alumni, Wilson Sims

Vanderbilt Law Review

One of the greatest assets of the Vanderbilt Law School is Professor Hartman's obvious love and appreciation for the School. When the Dutchman gets serious, this comes across in a powerful way. His unending effort on behalf of the Law School in working with the alumni over these many years has resulted in numerous tangible benefits for the Law School, but even more importantly, in many intangible ways, including the great sense of loyalty held by many of these alumni, all of them the Dutchman's former students. The School has no better salesman. He and his wife Dorothy command the …

The Florida Bar V. Moriber, 314 So. 2d 145 (Fla. 1975), Carol Ann Turner

Florida State University Law Review

Attorney Discipline- ATTORNEY MAY BE PUNISHED FOR CHARGING EXCESSIVE FEE ABSENT AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES, FRAUD, OR DISHONESTY.