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Breaking The Silence: Holding Texas Lawyers Accountable For Sexual Harassment, Savannah Files Dec 2018

Breaking The Silence: Holding Texas Lawyers Accountable For Sexual Harassment, Savannah Files

St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics

Following the 2017 exposure of Harvey Weinstein, the #MeToo movement spread rapidly across social media platforms calling for increased awareness of the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault and demanding change. The widespread use of the hashtag brought attention to the issue and successfully facilitated a much-needed discussion in today’s society. However, this is not the first incident prompting a demand for change.

Efforts to bring awareness and exact change in regards to sexual harassment in the legal profession date back to the 1990s. This demonstrates that the legal profession is not immune from these issues. In fact, at least …


Ethical Cannabis Lawyering In California, Francis J. Mootz Iii Dec 2018

Ethical Cannabis Lawyering In California, Francis J. Mootz Iii

St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics

Cannabis has a long history in the United States. Originally, doctors and pharmacists used cannabis for a variety of purposes. After the Mexican Revolution led to widespread migration from Mexico to the United States, many Americans responded by associating this influx of foreigners with the use of cannabis, and thereby racializing and stigmatizing the drug. After the collapse of prohibition, the federal government repurposed its enormous enforcement bureaucracy to address the perceived problem of cannabis, despite the opposition of the American Medical Association to this new prohibition. Ultimately, both the states and the federal government classified cannabis as a dangerous …


Role And Significance Of Law Oriented Works In Pre-Service Training Of Legal Specialists, O.A. Choriev Mar 2018

Role And Significance Of Law Oriented Works In Pre-Service Training Of Legal Specialists, O.A. Choriev

Review of law sciences

The article deals with the role and value of fiction on legal topics and also considered that they are tend to be an essential resource for training highly qualified lawyers.


Honoring Our History: The Bench And The Bar As Legal Educators And The Resurrection Of Legal Apprenticeships, Antonette Barilla Jan 2018

Honoring Our History: The Bench And The Bar As Legal Educators And The Resurrection Of Legal Apprenticeships, Antonette Barilla

Journal of Experiential Learning

No abstract provided.