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Legal Ethics And The Poverty Program, Kenneth D. Korosec

Cleveland State Law Review

This paper has attempted to reconcile the neighborhood legal services plan with the existing Canons of Professional Ethics.The prime argument is that the plan provides benefits to society, and that the Canons were designed to prevent evils far different from the questions presented by the project. This is the fundamental issue: whether the canons are merely bent, or, in reality, broken. In either event, the canons should not prevent justice for those too poor to pay for a lawyer. The"redeeming social interest" spoken of by the Court in obscenity cases and the "overriding social importance" talked about in social legislation …

The Role Of The Law School In Continuing Legal Education, Robert R. Wright

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

A Neighborhood Law Office: The New Haven Project, Charles D. Gill

Cleveland State Law Review

The first new step taken by the New Haven community was the establishment of free legal services for the poor in offices located within poverty stricken neighborhoods. The offices serve all persons residing within a particular geographic area who meet a financial eligibility standard. Our services are available in both civil and criminal matters. The only type of cases specifically excluded are personal injury plaintiff suits, where there is the possibility of a contingent fee arrangement.

Public Legal Assistance In Baltimore City, E. Stephen Derby

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Solicitation By And For Attorneys, Richard R. Gygli, Gordon W. Larson

Cleveland State Law Review

The young attorney often may have time on his hands. He may be tempted to increase his following by advertising or by soliciting clients, but rules of the bar and statutes against solicitation prevent this. There are, of course, some forms of advertising open to all lawyers. National directories and law lists, such as the Martin dale-Hubbell Law Directory, theoretically published only for lawyers, not only advertise the attorney and his firm, but also list the names of any clients whom he wishes to give as representative of his practice and his specialties.

The Solo Practitioner And The Poverty Program, Howard M. Rossen

Cleveland State Law Review

For economic reasons the young individual general practitioner must accept and handle practically all potential new business. He must expect to get, at first, repetitive legal matters that will constitute a large part of his early practice. And he must learn quickly how to handle a very demanding clientele. He will learn very quickly that solo practice is not the most lucrative type of law practice.

Chroust: The Rise Of The Legal Profession In America, William Wirt Blume

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Rise of the Legal Profession in America 2 vol. by Anton-Hermann Chroust

The Problem Of Communications In Meeting The Information Requirements Of The Courts, Layman Allen

Book Chapters

My remarks are addressed to one aspect of the general problem of communication involved in meeting the information requirements of the courts. It transcends merely the court; however, it is a problem throughout the legal decision-making system. The efficiency of t:ourts in processing information is just one part of a larger picture of effective communication within the legal system. Phrased broadly, the question involves discerning the optimum man-machine mix in the processing of information. Nobody can reasonably quarrel with the goal of taking the fullest possible advantage of the benefits of emerging technology, as long as objectives of greater importance …

Reflections On Professor Chroust's The Rise Of The Legal Profession In America, Donald P. Kommers

Journal Articles

A review of Anton-Herman Chroust’s 1965 study on lawyers and the status of the legal profession in the United States from early colonial days to 1830.

Though the review praises the wealth of facts and detail in the work it argues that Chroust is more interested in glorifying the early American legal profession rather than analyzing the conditions for its growth. It also contends that Chroust does not organize his material according to a coherent theory or conceptual scheme. The review, in addition, asserts that Chroust focuses too much on the pious and self-righteous rhetoric lawyers at the time, assuming …

Theoretical Considerations And Practical Proposals, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Book Review. The Lawmakers: Recruitment And Adaptation To Legislative Life By J. D. Barber, A. Dan Tarlock

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Much Ado About Nothing: The J.D. Movement, George P. Smith Ii

Scholarly Articles

In a recent article appearing in The Student Lawyer Journal, Dean John G. Hervey of the Oklahoma City University School of Law presented what, on first reading, appeared to be a very well documented argument in support of the uniform awarding of the Juris Doctor (J.D.) as the first degree in law. There can be little quarrel with Dean Hervey's statistical abstracts which he uses to build the central thesis of his article. The importance of this information to support his sweeping generalities is to be severely questioned. The position of the American Bar Association is also eminently clear. However, …

A Revolution In The Law Practice, F. William Mccalpin

Cleveland State Law Review

When I was a boy, there was a popular abbreviated saying, "Comes the revolution," with the usually unsaid, but well understood additive, "Things will be different around here." My suggestion in this writing is that we may well be on the verge of a revolution in the practice of law, and that things may indeed "be different around here" in the practice.

Meeting Of Special Committee On Evaluation Of Ethical Standards, American Bar Association

American Bar Association Historical Documents on Ethics

Transcript of the December 3-4, 1965 meeting held in Austin, TX.

The Need For A Neighborhood Legal Service And The New York Experience, Charles Grosser

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Expanding Horizons Of Legal Services--Ii, Monrad G. Paulsen

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Scientific Eclat And Technological Change: Some Implications For Legal Education, George T. Frampton

Michigan Law Review

The law-trained man has frequently been viewed as faced toward the past and preoccupied with precedent, form, words, technicalities, and money. Well might such a man be the fitting product of an educational diet of moldering appellate case opinions taken Socratically with a few crusts of casebook "notes" and classroom lapses into lecture. This is not a man for the season of scientific successes or for a society transformed by technological change.

Book Reviews, Elliot E. Cheatham, Joseph B. Board, Jr., Monroe Berkowitz

Vanderbilt Law Review

The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton By Julius Goebel, Ed. and Associate Editors New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1964. Pp. XXV, 898.

reviewer: Elliot E. Cheatham

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Lawyers in Politics: A Study in Professional Convergence By Heinz Eulau and John D. Sprague Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill,1964. Pp. 164. $1.95.

reviewer: Joseph B. Board, Jr.

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Occupational Disability and Public Policy Edited by Earl F. Cheit and Margaret S. Gordon. New York: John Wiley and Sons,Inc., 1963. Pp. xii, 446.

reviewer: Monroe Berkowitz

Legislation, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

In increasing measure the legal profession has come to recognize its public responsibilities. One of these responsibilities is to protect clients from the dishonesty of lawyers. The lawyer who handles funds of a client is a fiduciary in the highest sense. Occasionally, however, an attorney misappropriates the funds of his client. The client's remedy against the lawyer is probably futile, for an embezzler will generally have no funds to cover the loss. Although misappropriation is rare it receives much publicity when it does occur. Embezzlement and loss with consequent publicity impair the reputation of the entire legal profession.In dealing with …

Law School News (1965)

Transcript

No abstract provided.

The Defense Of Indigent Persons Accused Of Crime In Washington—A Survey, Richard B. Amandes, George Neff Stevens

Washington Law Review

Eight months before the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright the American Bar Association, in accordance with its long existing concern with the problem of indigent defendants, authorized the appointment of a special committee with associate subcommittees in each state "to study present practices and to initiate, coordinate and accelerate efforts to assure adequacy of the defense provided indigent persons accused of crime in the United States..." The work of state subcommittees was coordinated and directed by the American Bar Foundation. This article is based upon the report prepared by the Washington subcommittee, and follows …

The Expanding Horizons Of Legal Services--I, Monrad G. Paulsen

West Virginia Law Review

In no country of the world are lawyers so important or so influential as they are in America. Lawyers dominate legislative bodies almost everywhere in the United States; they often provide executive leadership for business enterprize and voluntary associations. The best lawyers are respected highly and rewarded with the greatest prizes. The theme of this paper is that the services offered by the legal profession, a profession already engaged in hundreds of tasks, are rapidly expanding. Some new ways of working are emerging. Some old functions are being performed in a new manner. More resources are being provided for that …

Group Legal Services And The Right Of Association, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The United States Supreme Court has recently curtailed the reach of state statutes that prohibit solicitation of legal business. In two unprecedented opinions the Court has held that the soliciting activities of lay organizations fall within the protection of the right of association.

Infants' Liability For Legal Services, Victor M. Gordon

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Trustees Give Hepburn Chair To Law Dean

Leon Wallace (1951-1952 Acting; 1952-1966)

No abstract provided.

I.U. Dean Leon Wallace Named To Chair Of Law

Leon Wallace (1951-1952 Acting; 1952-1966)

No abstract provided.

Class Of 1965 Fifteen Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This report summarizes the findings of a questionnaire sent to University of Michigan Law School alumni fifteen years after graduation.

Volume 32 (1964-1965)

Tennessee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Law Quadrangle Notes

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

School publishes new soviet code; Class quality shows steady improvement; Wellman outlines steps in selection of new Dean; "A Feeling for Justice" is new U-M television series; Cook lecturer cites six goals and policies for aiding Negro poor; Faculty news notes; Alaskans hit record level in Law School Fund giving; Yearbook sponsors are sought for 1965

Weyrauch: The Personality Of Lawyers, John Donnelly M.D.

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Personality of Lawyers. By Walter 0. Weyrauch