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Forming Involuntary Client Relationships, Paul R. Tremblay Dec 2007

Forming Involuntary Client Relationships, Paul R. Tremblay

Paul R. Tremblay

No abstract provided.


The Law Review Article Selection Process: Results From A National Study, Jason P. Nance Dec 2007

The Law Review Article Selection Process: Results From A National Study, Jason P. Nance

Jason P. Nance

The student-edited law review has been a much criticized institution. Many commentators have expressed their belief that students are unqualified to determine which articles should be published in which journals, but these discussions have been largely based on anecdotal evidence of how journals make publication decisions. It was against that backdrop that we undertook a national survey of law reviews in an attempt to determine how student editors responsible for making publication decisions went about their task. This article compiles the results of that survey, which received 191 responses from 163 different journals. We analyzed 56 factors that influence the …


'No Right To Judge': Feminism And The Judiciary In Third Republic France, Sara L. Kimble Dec 2007

'No Right To Judge': Feminism And The Judiciary In Third Republic France, Sara L. Kimble

Sara L Kimble

No abstract provided.


The Ladies' Health Protective Association: Lay Lawyers And Urban Cause Lawyering, Felice J. Batlan Dec 2007

The Ladies' Health Protective Association: Lay Lawyers And Urban Cause Lawyering, Felice J. Batlan

Felice J Batlan

The legal history of women and gender is a crucial and radical project that seeks to rewrite the dominant legal narratives that we tell about the development of law and the role that law has played. It is in part about how law shapes culture and society and how society and culture shape law. Crucial to any understanding of law, culture, and society is how gender functions. Yet gender is a slippery term that is at once historically contingent, malleable, shifting, and unstable. This indeterminacy makes gender such a rich mode of analysis.' Creating a women's or gendered legal history …


Final Research Report: Identification, Development, And Validation Of Predictors For Successful Lawyering, Marjorie M. Shultz, Sheldon Zedeck Dec 2007

Final Research Report: Identification, Development, And Validation Of Predictors For Successful Lawyering, Marjorie M. Shultz, Sheldon Zedeck

Marjorie M. Shultz

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The Future Regulation Of The Legal Profession: The Impact Of Treating The Legal Profession As 'Service Providers', Laurel S. Terry Dec 2007

The Future Regulation Of The Legal Profession: The Impact Of Treating The Legal Profession As 'Service Providers', Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

In the past fifty years, one has heard debates about whether law is a business, a profession, or both, what these terms mean and whether it matters. Regardless of what one thinks about these debates, there is a new paradigm that must be added to the mix, which is the paradigm of lawyers as "service providers." In the "service providers" paradigm, the legal profession is not viewed as a separate, unique profession entitled to its own individual regulations, but is included in a broader group of "service providers," all of whom can be regulated together. This new paradigm represents a …