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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 …
If We Don't Take Care Of Young Lawyers, Who Will?, Gary A. Munneke
If We Don't Take Care Of Young Lawyers, Who Will?, Gary A. Munneke
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
There are now more than 450,000 lawyers in this country, almost double the number of 20 years ago. The American Association of Law Schools estimates that the number of law student graduates averages about 34,000 a year. And the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor projects that there will be 26,400 new legal jobs each year until 1985. If law school enrollments stay at their current level, that would mean about 8,000 graduates each year would not be able to find a law-related job.
Review Of Beverley Tucker: Heart Over Head In The Old South, William Hamilton Bryson
Review Of Beverley Tucker: Heart Over Head In The Old South, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
A book review on, Beverley Tucker: Heart over Head in the Old South, by Robert J. Brugger.