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And Now A Crisis In Legal Education, James E. Moliterno Aug 2019

And Now A Crisis In Legal Education, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

The current crisis in legal education coincides with a crisis in the practice of law. Law practice has changed as a result of technology, globalization, and economic pressures. The market for legal education's product, law graduates, have diminished. Law schools cannot remain the same in this environment. Except for a very small number of elite schools, those that do not adjust are at serious risk of failing.

An economic change has taken place against a system in which mostly corporate clients willingly paid for the training of beginners at major law firms. Law firms could absorb those costs if partners …


The Future Of Legal Education Reform, James E. Moliterno Aug 2019

The Future Of Legal Education Reform, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

The article discusses the criticism raised against legal education including high cost, disconnection between law schools and profession, and lack of employment opportunities. It examines the role of the bar examinations and reflects that the model in place is dysfunctional. It suggests that modern law school should teach students not only legal analysis but also business aspect of law practice such as project management and creative resolutions of disputes.


Can Law Schools Prepare Students To Be Practice Ready?, Sara Rankin, Susanna K. Ripken, R. Michael Cassidy, James E. Moliterno Sep 2015

Can Law Schools Prepare Students To Be Practice Ready?, Sara Rankin, Susanna K. Ripken, R. Michael Cassidy, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

The transcription of 2013 Chapman Law Review Symposium: “The Future of Law, Business, and Legal Education: How to Prepare Students to Meet Corporate Needs”. Professor Rankin, along with James E. Moliterno, R. Michael Cassidy, and Susan B. Myers, answer the first panel question, "Can law schools prepare to students to be practice ready?" Professor Rankin discusses the importance of innovations in legal education, and explains how she is actually changing the first year to focus on real-client and real-world experiences. She explains the innovations taking place at Seattle University in her first year lawyering skills classes, where her first-year students …


Exporting American Legal Education, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Exporting American Legal Education, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Teaching Legal Ethics In A Program Of Comprehensive Skills Development, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Teaching Legal Ethics In A Program Of Comprehensive Skills Development, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Professional Preparedness: A Comparative Study Of Law Graduates' Perceived Readiness For Professional Ethics Issues, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Professional Preparedness: A Comparative Study Of Law Graduates' Perceived Readiness For Professional Ethics Issues, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


The Administrative Judiciary's Independence Myth, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

The Administrative Judiciary's Independence Myth, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


On The Future Of Integration Between Skills And Ethics Teaching: Clinical Legal Education In The Year 2010, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

On The Future Of Integration Between Skills And Ethics Teaching: Clinical Legal Education In The Year 2010, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

Twelve years ago Anthony G. Amsterdam looked into the 21st century for a description of clinical legal education. With the decided advantage of being that much closer to the turn of the century, I think I will take a similar stab. This essay is less a contradiction of Amsterdam's predictions than it is a supplement with the advantages of the passage of time. I will adopt his 21st-century perspective and look at clinical legal education from the vantage point of the year 2010.


Practice Setting As An Organizing Theme For A Law And Ethics Of Lawyering Curriculum, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Practice Setting As An Organizing Theme For A Law And Ethics Of Lawyering Curriculum, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Legal Education, Experiential Education, And Professional Responsibility, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Legal Education, Experiential Education, And Professional Responsibility, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


A Good Lawyer And A Good Person, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

A Good Lawyer And A Good Person, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Broad Prohibition, Thin Rationale: The Acquisition Of An Interest And Financial Assistance In Litigation Rules, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Broad Prohibition, Thin Rationale: The Acquisition Of An Interest And Financial Assistance In Litigation Rules, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


The Legal Skills Program At The College Of William And Mary: An Early Report, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

The Legal Skills Program At The College Of William And Mary: An Early Report, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Goodness And Humanness: Distinguishing Traits, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Goodness And Humanness: Distinguishing Traits, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Why Formalism?, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Why Formalism?, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, The Lawyer As Catalyst Of Social Change, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, The Lawyer As Catalyst Of Social Change, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Ethical Challenges To Legal Education And Conduct, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Ethical Challenges To Legal Education And Conduct, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Public Service, Ethics, And Constitutional Practice, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Public Service, Ethics, And Constitutional Practice, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


The Joe Isuzu Dean Search: A Guide To The Interpretation Of Announcement Letters, Paul A. Lebel, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

The Joe Isuzu Dean Search: A Guide To The Interpretation Of Announcement Letters, Paul A. Lebel, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Experience And Legal Ethics Teaching, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Experience And Legal Ethics Teaching, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Lawyer Creeds And Moral Seismography, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

Lawyer Creeds And Moral Seismography, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


In-House Live-Client Clinical Programs: Some Ethical Issues, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

In-House Live-Client Clinical Programs: Some Ethical Issues, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Ethics Teaching In Law Schools: Replacing Lost Benefits Of The Apprentice System In The Academic Atmosphere, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

An Analysis Of Ethics Teaching In Law Schools: Replacing Lost Benefits Of The Apprentice System In The Academic Atmosphere, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


The Federal Government Lawyer's Duty To Breach Confidentiality, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

The Federal Government Lawyer's Duty To Breach Confidentiality, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

The lawyer's duty of confidentiality springs from the lawyer-client relationship and its parameters are determined by the nature of that relationship. The federal government lawyer's client is like no other. The uniqueness of representing the United States calls for a unique approach to the duty of confidentiality. Unlike the private individual client, the government as a client does not speak with a single, unmistakable voice. Unlike the private entity client, the federal government has a paramount interest in the public good, including the public's right to know about government (the entity's conduct), especially its misconduct. The result is a client …


The Lawyer As Catalyst Of Social Change, James E. Moliterno Jan 2013

The Lawyer As Catalyst Of Social Change, James E. Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


The American Legal Profession In Crisis: Resistance And Responses To Change, James Moliterno Dec 2012

The American Legal Profession In Crisis: Resistance And Responses To Change, James Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

Reviewed by Herbert Kritzner in Law and Politics Book Review, 227-231.


Professional Responsibility, James Moliterno Dec 2012

Professional Responsibility, James Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Cases And Materials On The Law Governing Lawyers, James Moliterno Dec 2011

Cases And Materials On The Law Governing Lawyers, James Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


The Litigation Department Lawyer, James Moliterno Dec 2010

The Litigation Department Lawyer, James Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.


Professional Responsibility, James Moliterno Dec 2009

Professional Responsibility, James Moliterno

James E. Moliterno

No abstract provided.