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Vol. 59, No. 6, November 19, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 59, No. 6, November 19, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Two Days with Desmond Tutu •Pulitzer Prof •Lawyer Video Game •Save Yourself •Between the Briefs •This is Water •The Tech Column •When You Were Cooler •The Food Court •Halloween Pics
Vol. 59, No. 5, October 29, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 59, No. 5, October 29, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Jenny Runkles Banquet •Letter from the Editor •Tech Column •Save Yourself •Between the Briefs •Presidential Debate •This is Water •Best of LawOpen •The Food Court
Vol. 59, No. 4, October 14, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 59, No. 4, October 14, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•The RG Tries Its Hand at Economic Analysis •Letter to the Editor •Nunc Pro Tunc •Kicking it Old School •Pop Linguistics •Softball Champs •Nannes •Save Yourself •Case Notes •The Food Court •Fall Recipe Bonanza
Vol. 59, No. 2, September 16, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 59, No. 2, September 16, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•The Michigan Law Class of 2011 •Letter from the (New) Editor •A Few Words from Your LSSS President •The Summer Pop Music We Loved to Hate •Continuing What They Started •Don't Be a Slave to the Curve •The Inevitable Grade Curves •The Dean's Public Service PSA •Deviations from the Curve •The Food Court •Between the Briefs •Kicking it Old School •Crossword
Vol. 59, No. 1, August 25, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 59, No. 1, August 25, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•All I Ever Needed to Know About OCI I Learned Doing My Laundry •How to Succeed at OCI Without Really Trying •Baby I'm an L-STAR •Dining for Dollars •Summertime Blues •Expert Advice •Kicking It Old School •Between the Briefs •No Other Warranties, Expressed or Implied •The On-Campus Interview ad Lib •Vintage RG: OCI R(G)ad Lib
Vol. 58, No. 12, April 8, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 58, No. 12, April 8, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Michigan Grads Earning Top Salaries •Juan Luis Tienda •SFF Spread! •Davidson Hoops •Butch Carpenter •Origins Photos •Sex Questions
Vol. 58, No. 10b, April 3, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 58, No. 10b, April 3, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Questions & Answers About Your Future •Preview Weekend Schedule •Spotlight on Snack Bar Staff •Best of Ann Arbor •Student Org. Open House Map •Between the Briefs •Bathroom Survey
Vol. 59, No. 3, September 30, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 59, No. 3, September 30, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•The Inaugural ELPP Conference •Letter to the Editor •MLawLive •Kennedy •Best of LawOpen •Generation Project •Kicking it Old School •Mamdouh •The Food Court •Between the Briefs •LSSS Statements
Vol. 58, No. 11, March 18, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 58, No. 11, March 18, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Law School Building Expansion •PRS, Part Deux •SFF Photos •Lethal Injection Debate •Symposia! •Blast From the Past •New Tax Group
Vol. 58, No. 9, February 19, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 58, No. 9, February 19, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•PRS Registration Explained •Secret Crushes •Sex Answers •Restaurant Review •SFF Auction Preview •Date Auction Pics •Grades
Vol. 58, No. 8, January 29, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 58, No. 8, January 29, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Professor Forman, Jr.'s Dream •Transitioning to Working Life •Bar Month Pics •Between the Briefs •Mr. Wolverine Pics •No Other Warranties Expressed or Implied •Crossword
Teach Justice, Steve Sheppard
Teach Justice, Steve Sheppard
Steve Sheppard
Law schools must improve their preparation of students to practice law ethically. Current law school curricula focus on preparing students to analyze legal issues but not ethical issues. A curriculum that encourages students to distance themselves from their ethical instincts is dangerous. A value-neutral approach to the law eventually leads to distortions of the law. Lawyers will be left without a proper way to sense the purpose behind the law, and they will instead focus solely on what the law requires or allows. While law schools could choose from limitless lists of moral values to include in their curricula, this …
Globalization And Corporate Social Responsibility: Challenges For The Academy, Future Lawyers, And Corporate Law, Faith Stevelman
Globalization And Corporate Social Responsibility: Challenges For The Academy, Future Lawyers, And Corporate Law, Faith Stevelman
NYLS Law Review
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Sentencing: Where Case Theory And The Client Meet, Kimberly A. Thomas
Sentencing: Where Case Theory And The Client Meet, Kimberly A. Thomas
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Criminal sentencing hearings provide unique opportunities for teaching and learning case theory. These hearings allow attorneys to develop a case theory in a context that both permits understanding of the concept and, at the same time, provides a window into the difficulties case theory can pose. Some features of sentencing hearings, such as relaxed rules of evidence and stock sentencing stories, provide a manageable application of case theory practice. Other features of sentencing hearings, such as the defendant's allocution, require an attorney to contend with competing "case theories," and as a result, to face the ethical and counseling challenge of …
Using Ethics Codes To Reinforce Lessons Of Statutory Interpretation, Edward R. Becker
Using Ethics Codes To Reinforce Lessons Of Statutory Interpretation, Edward R. Becker
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To increase my students' exposure to statutory interpretation, I assign them early in the second semester to argue a motion to disqualify counsel based on imputed disqualification under Michigan's ethics ruls. Interpreting ethics rules involves many of the same "pure" statutory interpretation techniques I introduced the previous semester, and the students appear to easily make any needed translations. This exercise also helps prepare students to interpret other quasi-legislative authorities like court or evidentiary rules, administrative codes, and municipal ordinances.