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Admissions To The Bar Jan 2022

Admissions To The Bar

West Virginia Law Review

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Milking The Estate, David R. Hague Sep 2018

Milking The Estate, David R. Hague

West Virginia Law Review

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The History Of The West Virginia Code, Robert W. Kerns Jr. Sep 2017

The History Of The West Virginia Code, Robert W. Kerns Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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Peter Singer, Drowning Children, And Pro Bono, John M.A. Dipippa Sep 2016

Peter Singer, Drowning Children, And Pro Bono, John M.A. Dipippa

West Virginia Law Review

This Article uses the ethicist Peter Singer's principles to examine and critique the legal profession's pro bono efforts in the face of the persistent gap between the public's legal needs and their ability to meet them. Singer argues that adults should jump into a pond to save a drowning child. Using the drowning child as an analogy, this Article argues that lawyers are morally obligated to (1) increase the amount of their pro bono efforts, (2) be more selective in the cases they take, and (3) be significantly more generous in their financial support for legal services providers. These obligations …


From The Great Depression To The Great Recession: (Non-)Lawyers Practicing Deregulated Law, Michael A. Bush Apr 2013

From The Great Depression To The Great Recession: (Non-)Lawyers Practicing Deregulated Law, Michael A. Bush

West Virginia Law Review

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Bypassing Civil Gideon: A Legislative Proposal To Address The Rising Costs And Unmet Legal Needs Of Unrepresented Immigrants, Erin B. Corcoran Dec 2012

Bypassing Civil Gideon: A Legislative Proposal To Address The Rising Costs And Unmet Legal Needs Of Unrepresented Immigrants, Erin B. Corcoran

West Virginia Law Review

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Courtiers Of The Marble Palace: The Rise And Influence Of The Supreme Court Law Clerk, Harvey Gee Jan 2008

Courtiers Of The Marble Palace: The Rise And Influence Of The Supreme Court Law Clerk, Harvey Gee

West Virginia Law Review

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The Ethical Mine Field: Corporate Internal Investigations And Individual Assertions Of The Attorney-Client Privilege, Lawton P. Cummings Apr 2007

The Ethical Mine Field: Corporate Internal Investigations And Individual Assertions Of The Attorney-Client Privilege, Lawton P. Cummings

West Virginia Law Review

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Institutional Professionalism For Lawyers: Realizing The Virtues Of Civic Professionalism, Steven K. Berenson Sep 2006

Institutional Professionalism For Lawyers: Realizing The Virtues Of Civic Professionalism, Steven K. Berenson

West Virginia Law Review

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Private Practice, Public Profession: Convictions, Commitments, And The Availability Of Counsel, Barry Sullivan Sep 2005

Private Practice, Public Profession: Convictions, Commitments, And The Availability Of Counsel, Barry Sullivan

West Virginia Law Review

I would like to start by stating a proposition that may strike you as either simple-minded or self-evident, but, more likely, will simply seem strange because of the way in which I state it. My proposition is this: In a democratic society, the legal profession, its rights and privileges, exist to serve public purposes. The legal profession serves two principal public purposes: to provide representation to those who lack the specialized training to represent themselves, that is, non-lawyers, and to promote justice in society. One might object that representing clients is not a public purpose, but that, I would suggest, …


Diversity: Denied, Deferred Or Preferred, Carl G. Cooper Apr 2005

Diversity: Denied, Deferred Or Preferred, Carl G. Cooper

West Virginia Law Review

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Who Is The Corporation's Lawyer, Ethan S. Burger Apr 2005

Who Is The Corporation's Lawyer, Ethan S. Burger

West Virginia Law Review

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 307 - The Price Of Accountability: How Will Section 307 Affect The Role Of The Corporate Attorney, Sara B. Smith Apr 2005

Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 307 - The Price Of Accountability: How Will Section 307 Affect The Role Of The Corporate Attorney, Sara B. Smith

West Virginia Law Review

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Expanding Attorney Liability To Third Party Adversaries For Negligence, Jody M. Offutt Jan 2005

Expanding Attorney Liability To Third Party Adversaries For Negligence, Jody M. Offutt

West Virginia Law Review

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Riner V. Newbraugh: The Role Of Mediator Testimony In The Enforcement Of Mediated Agreements, Joshua S. Rogers Sep 2004

Riner V. Newbraugh: The Role Of Mediator Testimony In The Enforcement Of Mediated Agreements, Joshua S. Rogers

West Virginia Law Review

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Cooperation And Self-Interest Are Strange Bedfellows: Limited Waiver Of The Attorney-Client Privilege Through Production Of Privileged Documents In A Government Investigation, Ashok M. Pinto Jan 2004

Cooperation And Self-Interest Are Strange Bedfellows: Limited Waiver Of The Attorney-Client Privilege Through Production Of Privileged Documents In A Government Investigation, Ashok M. Pinto

West Virginia Law Review

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Shared Responsibility: The Duty To Legal Externs, Kathleen Connolly Butler Sep 2003

Shared Responsibility: The Duty To Legal Externs, Kathleen Connolly Butler

West Virginia Law Review

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What's A Mediator To Do - Adopting Ethical Guidelines For West Virginia Mediators, Madeleine H. Johnson Sep 2003

What's A Mediator To Do - Adopting Ethical Guidelines For West Virginia Mediators, Madeleine H. Johnson

West Virginia Law Review

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Subordinate Lawyers And Insubordinate Duties, Douglas R. Richmond Jan 2003

Subordinate Lawyers And Insubordinate Duties, Douglas R. Richmond

West Virginia Law Review

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The Clintons' Legal Defense Fund: Income From Payment Of Legal Expenses By Another And Deductibility Of Such Expenses, John R. Dorocak Sep 2001

The Clintons' Legal Defense Fund: Income From Payment Of Legal Expenses By Another And Deductibility Of Such Expenses, John R. Dorocak

West Virginia Law Review

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The Politics Of The Clinton Impeachment And The Death Of The Independent Counsel Statute: Toward Depoliticization, Marjorie Cohn Sep 1999

The Politics Of The Clinton Impeachment And The Death Of The Independent Counsel Statute: Toward Depoliticization, Marjorie Cohn

West Virginia Law Review

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Comments Celebrating The 100th Anniversary Of The West Virginia Law Review, David C. Hardesty Jr. Sep 1997

Comments Celebrating The 100th Anniversary Of The West Virginia Law Review, David C. Hardesty Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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The Defunding Of The Post Conviction Defense Organizations As A Denial Of The Right To Counsel, Roscoe C. Howard Jr. Apr 1996

The Defunding Of The Post Conviction Defense Organizations As A Denial Of The Right To Counsel, Roscoe C. Howard Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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A Survivor's Guide To Law School, Erik M. Jensen Jun 1994

A Survivor's Guide To Law School, Erik M. Jensen

West Virginia Law Review

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Project Challenge: Pro Bono Opportunity In Private Corporate Practice, Wendy E.D. Smith, Cheryl J. Terai Jan 1994

Project Challenge: Pro Bono Opportunity In Private Corporate Practice, Wendy E.D. Smith, Cheryl J. Terai

West Virginia Law Review

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The Lawyer's Duty Of Public Service: More Than Charity, Tigran W. Eldred, Thomas Schoenherr Jan 1994

The Lawyer's Duty Of Public Service: More Than Charity, Tigran W. Eldred, Thomas Schoenherr

West Virginia Law Review

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Determining The Appropriate Time Limitations On Attorney Malpractice Lawsuits In West Virginia: A Brief Overview, Vincent Paul Cardi Jun 1993

Determining The Appropriate Time Limitations On Attorney Malpractice Lawsuits In West Virginia: A Brief Overview, Vincent Paul Cardi

West Virginia Law Review

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Attorney's Fees Under The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977: A Primer, E. Ann Compton Keel Jun 1990

Attorney's Fees Under The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977: A Primer, E. Ann Compton Keel

West Virginia Law Review

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Death By Lottery--Procedural Bar Of Constitutional Claims In Capital Cases Due To Inadequate Representation Of Indigent Defendants, Stephen B. Bright Apr 1990

Death By Lottery--Procedural Bar Of Constitutional Claims In Capital Cases Due To Inadequate Representation Of Indigent Defendants, Stephen B. Bright

West Virginia Law Review

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Admission And Reinstatement Of Felons To The Bar: West Virginia And The General Rule, Leonard Copeland Jan 1989

Admission And Reinstatement Of Felons To The Bar: West Virginia And The General Rule, Leonard Copeland

West Virginia Law Review

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