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On Being A Happy, Healthy, And Ethical Member Of An Unhappy, Unhealthy, And Unethical Profession, Patrick J. Schiltz

Vanderbilt Law Review

Dear Law Student: I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that the profession that you are about to enter is one of the most unhappy and unhealthy on the face of the earth--and, in the view of many, one of the most unethical. The good news is that you can join this profession and still be happy, healthy, and ethical. I am writing to tell you how. I. THE WELL-BEING OF LAWYERS Lawyers play an enormously important role in our society. "It is the lawyers who run our civilization for us-our governments, our business, our private …

Resisting The Current, Stephen L. Pepper

Vanderbilt Law Review

The occasion was a faculty lunch with presentations from three members of the local bar. One was a partner at one of the largest and most respected firms in the city. Another was a former student of great ability and charm who had left one of the other large elite firms to form his own small, successful firm. The third, if I recall correctly, practiced with one of the federal agencies. Our purpose was to reinforce contacts with the city's practitioners and learn more concerning their views of contemporary law practice. I remember the two private practitioners more clearly because …

Thinking About The Business Of Practicing Law, Michael J. Kelly

Vanderbilt Law Review

The core of Schiltz's argument with which I most disagree is that large firms are all alike, or, to put it in its more modest, plausible, and compelling form, that big firms and big-firm lawyers are be- coming more alike. The claim of what academics call isomorphism-- in this case, that large-firm practices converge ultimately in similarity-- is his principal descriptive claim. It is also the primary rhetorical device that allows Schiltz to attack large law firms as if they were one, to transpose the caricature of the managing partner in his third marriage to all large law practices. Schiltz's …

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Michael Traynor

Vanderbilt Law Review

Ills that beset our profession are addressed by Professor Patrick Schiltz in the alert he sounds in his lead article, On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession,' and his earlier article, Legal Ethics in Decline: The Elite Law Firm, the Elite Law School, and the Moral Foundation of the Novice Attorney. His articles call for attention and introspection by law students and others in the profession.

The editors invited me to comment because of the transitions I have experienced since graduating from law school in 1960. I agreed, not realizing the extent …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 41 Number 1, May 1999, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

8 - A BRIDGE BETWEEN WORLDS By President PaulL. Locatelli, S.J. 'Go. President Locatelli examines the value of service learning for students, the University, and America's social fabric.

12 - A GIANT ARTIST By Ann Granning Bennett. Auguste Rodin's sculptures are now on view at the de Saisset Museum. The question is: How do high-profile art shows like this one come about?

18 - ARIZONA'S DIPLOMATIC TOP COP By Tamara Straus. Janet Napolitano ' 79 , Arizona's newly elected attorney general , discusses the challenges of public office as well as politics, ethics, and fighting crime.

Further Saith Naught, K.K. Duvivier

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

Among professions, the law is one most bound by tradition. Not only does the law look back in time for substantive precedents, it also borrows heavily from the language of the past. Do words like "notwithstanding" and "herein" creep their way unnoticed into your legal documents? Do your affidavits contain an "ss" at the top and use alliterative wording such as "subscribed, sworn, and sealed"? These antiquated expressions are not used in standard Modem English, and before you entered law school, they probably were familiar only if you read Old or Middle English literature. To help determine which are expendable, …

Katzenbach V. Mcclung: The Abandonment Of Federalism In The Name Of Rational Basis, James M. Mcgoldrick

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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National Sovereignty: Must It Be Sacrificed To The International Criminal Court? , David A. Nill

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

At War With The Constitution: A History Lesson From The Chief Justice, Thomas E. Baker

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

The Downfall Of Grease Hazard Technicians And Product Delivery Specialists Or "Why French Fry Cooks And Pizza Delivery Guys Should Not Pad Their Resumes": Scrutinizing Crawford Rehabilitation Services, Inc. V. Weissman, Hoang Huynh

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

Fairness Is In The Eye Of The Beholder: The Conflicting Interpretations Of The Correct Measure Of Damages For Breaches Of Natural Gas Contracts Containing Take-Or-Pay Provisions, Rodrick J. Coffey

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

Greasing The Squeaky Wheels Of Justice: Designing The Bankruptcy Courts Of The Twenty-First Century, Christopher F. Carlton

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

Ndls Update 05/1999, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Update

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Atticus Finch, In Context, Randolph N. Stone

Articles

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The Assault That Failed: The Progressive Critique Of Laissez Faire (Reviewing Barbara H. Fried, The Progressive Assault On Laissez Faire : Robert Hale And The First Law And Economics Movement (1998)), Richard A. Epstein

Articles

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Co-Operation Between Regulators And Law Enforcement: N Regulators And Law Enforcement:, Daniel P. Murphy

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Money Laundering: Is It Now A Corporate Problem?, William F. Bruton Cfe

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Sound The Trumpets! Quebec Is Shouting, "Victory!" Despite The Canadian Supreme Court's Denial Of Unilateral Secession, Elizabeth L. Wiltanger

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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The 1998 Ilo Declaration On Fundamental Principles And Rights At Work: Promoting Labor Law Reforms Through The Ilo As An Alternative To Imposing Coercive Trade Sanctions, Christopher R. Coxson

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Comments On Rooker-Feldman Or Let State Law Be Our Guide, Jack M. Beermann

Faculty Scholarship

I feel privileged to have been asked to be a commentator on the three principal papers in this symposium. These are three excellent papers, and although there has been some valuable commentary on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, there will be no need to go beyond these papers to gain a full appreciation of the doctrine, its applications, and its problems, which run as deep as the problems of any doctrine.

Judicial Federalism In The Trenches: The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine In Action, Suzanna Sherry

Notre Dame Law Review

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Digital Legal Information: Ensuring Access To The "Official" Word Of The Law, Claire M. Germain

Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers

In the United States today, digital versions of current decisions, bills, statutes, and regulations issued by federal and state entities are widely available on publicly accessible Internet Web sites. Worldwide, official legal information issued by international organizations and foreign governments is also becoming available on the Web. However, there are currently no standards for the production and authentication of digital documents. Moreover, the information is sometimes available only for a short time and then disappears from the site. Most of that digital information provides only a right of access, and no ownership, or control over the data, unless it is …

A Panel Discussion On A Proposed Code Of Ethics For Legal Commentators

Mercer Law Review

Featuring:

• Raymond M. Brown
• Paul Butler
• Erwin Chemerinsky
• Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.
• Laurie L. Levenson
• John H. McElhaney
• Barry C. Scheck
• Mary Tillotson

Moderator: Professor James P. Fleissner

National Endowment For The Arts V. Finley: First Amendment Free Speech No Longer Guaranteed For The Arts, Andrea Mccoy

Mercer Law Review

In National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley, the United States Supreme Court confronted the decency and respect criteria of the 1990 Amendment ("Amendment") to the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965. At issue was whether the Amendment violated the First and Fifth Amendments of the United States Constitution by impermissibly discriminating based on viewpoint and being void for vagueness. The Supreme Court upheld the Amendment as facially valid.

Comment On Steve Lubet: Reconstructing Atticus Finch, Rob Atkinson

Scholarly Publications

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Second Generation Of Law And Economics Of Conflict Of Laws: Baxter's Comparative Impairment And Beyond, Erin O'Hara O'Connor, William H. Allen

Scholarly Publications

In his 1963 article in the Stanford Law Review, “Choice of Law and the Federal System,” Professor William F. Baxter criticized the choice-of-law approach of the First Restatement of the Conflict of Laws. According to the Restatement, courts should apply the law of the state where the last act or event deemed necessary to create a cause of action occurred. In contrast, Baxter advocated a comparative-impairment approach, whereby judges were obligated to apply the law of the state whose public policy would suffer the greatest impairment if its law was not applied. The authors contend that although Baxter’s approach caries …

On Recovery In Tort For Pure Economic Loss, Eileen Silverstein

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Pure economic loss is not considered a recoverable harm in tort law. Professor Silverstein asks, "Why not?"

Is There An Obligation To Listen?, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Article thoroughly considers the question whether the constitutional guarantee of "freedom of speech" includes an obligation to listen. It first reviews the scopes of the right to speak, the right to listen, and the right to be left alone from things other than unwanted speech, and the relevance to each of physical location. It concludes that, consistent with constitutional doctrine and the Court's articulations, the government's ability to protect individuals from unwanted speech should not vary according to the listener's location. After noting that the actual protection of unwilling listeners may differ because of the different physical realities of …

Deconstructing Privacy: And Putting It Back Together Again, Richard A. Epstein

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Museletter: May 1999, Gail F. Zwirner

Museletter

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Nancy Martin Retires from Law Library

[Library Hours]

John Barden Joins Reference Staff Full-Time

Carrel Information

Extending Lexis and Westlaw Passwords for Summer Use