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Taking The Lawyer's Craft Into Virtual Space: Computer-Mediated Interviewing, Counseling, And Negotiating, Robert M. Bastress, Joseph D. Harbaugh
Taking The Lawyer's Craft Into Virtual Space: Computer-Mediated Interviewing, Counseling, And Negotiating, Robert M. Bastress, Joseph D. Harbaugh
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Bellow's and Moulton's The Lawyering Process emphasized the need for law students and lawyers to draw on other disciplines for effective skills development, to make self-analysis of their professional skills and principles a career-long practice, and to remain ever vigilant of emerging ethical issues. This article attempts to honor those lessons by applying them to lawyers' use of computer mediated communication (CMC) in interacting with clients and in negotiating for clients. The article examines the social science research on CMC, applies that research to the lawyer's context, and makes some tentative assessments about the skills involved in lawyers' use of …
A Law Culture Diagnostic, James R. Elkins
A Law Culture Diagnostic, James R. Elkins
Law Faculty Scholarship
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How A Sole Practitioner Uses The "Electronic Office" To Maintain A Competitive Law Practice, Jesse Richardson
How A Sole Practitioner Uses The "Electronic Office" To Maintain A Competitive Law Practice, Jesse Richardson
Law Faculty Scholarship
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Reflections On The Contents Of The Lawyer's Work - Three Models Of Spirituality - And Our Struggle With Them, Charles R. Disalvo, William L. Droel
Reflections On The Contents Of The Lawyer's Work - Three Models Of Spirituality - And Our Struggle With Them, Charles R. Disalvo, William L. Droel
Law Faculty Scholarship
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Pathologizing Professional Life: Psycho-Literary Case Stories, James R. Elkins
Pathologizing Professional Life: Psycho-Literary Case Stories, James R. Elkins
Law Faculty Scholarship
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Symptoms Exposed When Legalists Engage In Moral Discourse: Reflections On The Difficulties Of Taking Ethics, James R. Elkins
Symptoms Exposed When Legalists Engage In Moral Discourse: Reflections On The Difficulties Of Taking Ethics, James R. Elkins
Law Faculty Scholarship
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Lawyer Decision Making: The Problem Of Prediction, Marjorie Mcdiarmid
Lawyer Decision Making: The Problem Of Prediction, Marjorie Mcdiarmid
Law Faculty Scholarship
This Article examines three competing models for lawyer decision making. Reviewing literature drawn from other disciplines, Professor McDiarmid applies each model to a particular lawyer decision task and provides a critique both of applicability and of the underlying assumptions of the models themselves. The Article concentrates on the problem of prediction in the face of uncertainty.
The Paradox Of A Life In Law, James R. Elkins
The Paradox Of A Life In Law, James R. Elkins
Law Faculty Scholarship
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The Legal Persona: An Essay On The Professional Mask, James R. Elkins
The Legal Persona: An Essay On The Professional Mask, James R. Elkins
Law Faculty Scholarship
The legal profession offers little opportunity for the practitioner to analyze the fundamental constructs underlying the legal system or the dynamics of the lawyering process. Jurisprudence and legal education traditionally have emphasized the external aspects of law, implying that man is a rational decisionmaker who freely controls his life and shapes societal institutions., This approach is unrealistic because it neglects the psychological dimension of man and the complexity of man's behavior. Jurisprudential scholars and legal educators should recognize that a growing body of sophisticated literature in linguistics and anthropology as well as social psychology and psychiatry is also relevant to …