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A Teacher’S Trouble: Risk, Responsibility And Rebellion, Lisa G. Lerman

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What follows is an edited transcript of a session at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 7, 1995. The meeting was a joint plenary session of the AALS Section on Professional Responsibility and the Section on Clinical Legal Education. The meeting was planned and the role plays were written by Professors Margaret Martin Barry and Lisa Lerman of The Catholic University of America and Professor Homer La Rue of Howard University.

The purpose of the program was to foster interaction among teachers of professional responsibility and clinical teachers about …

New York Attorney Malpractice Liability To Non-Clients: Toward A Rule Of Reason And Predictability, Lucia A. Silecchia

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This 1995 Article addresses the question of attorney liability in New York. It begins with a brief introduction to the history of the privity requirement nationally to place the New York question in context. It then traces the scope of attorney liability in New York and examines the state of that law - with its contradictions and inconsistences. This Article proposes a rule for New York courts to consider that centers on the “adversariness” of the client and the third party as the touchstone for determining if expanded liability is appropriate.

This differs from the traditional analysis which bases the …

Fee-For-Service Clinical Teaching: Slipping Toward Commercialism, Lisa G. Lerman

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