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Diversity From The Perspective Of Corporate Boards And Lawyer Disciplinary Boards, Lissa L. Broome, John M. Conley
Diversity From The Perspective Of Corporate Boards And Lawyer Disciplinary Boards, Lissa L. Broome, John M. Conley
Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
This Article addresses the organizing question of this symposium—whether diversifying state medical boards (SMBs) would improve their effectiveness in disciplining doctors—by drawing on the comparable experiences of corporate boards of directors and lawyer disciplinary boards. Reexamining our own qualitative study of corporate board diversity conducted several years ago, we find that almost of all of the arguments for board diversity raised in the business literature or our own interviews also tend to support diversity on SMBs. Reviewing the legal profession’s experience with the diversity question on lawyer disciplinary boards, we find that many of these arguments have also been recognized, …
Training The Transactional Business Lawyer: Using The Business Associations Course As A Platform To Teach Professional Skills, Constance Z. Wagner
Training The Transactional Business Lawyer: Using The Business Associations Course As A Platform To Teach Professional Skills, Constance Z. Wagner
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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What Is A Lawyer? A Reconstruction Of The Lawyer As An Officer Of The Court, Deborah M. Hussey Freeland
What Is A Lawyer? A Reconstruction Of The Lawyer As An Officer Of The Court, Deborah M. Hussey Freeland
Saint Louis University Public Law Review
This paper engages with the central question in legal ethics concerning the lawyer’s role, analyzing this fundamental question in terms of professional identity. Literature in this debate frames the lawyer either as a professional who exists entirely to serve her client (the “standard conception”), or as a professional whose primary duties are to the legal system. I reposit and examine the lawyer’s professional identity as an officer of the court—an identity marginalized by those who favor the standard conception—noting that “standard conception” was coined to draw attention to a supplanting threat to legal professionalism. Providing a uniquely detailed examination of …
Lawyer Liability And The Vortex Of Deepening Insolvency, Douglas R. Richmond, Rebecca Lamberth, Ambreen Delawalla
Lawyer Liability And The Vortex Of Deepening Insolvency, Douglas R. Richmond, Rebecca Lamberth, Ambreen Delawalla
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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Using Property To Teach Students How To “Think Like A Lawyer:” Whetting Their Appetites And Aptitudes, Peter T. Wendel
Using Property To Teach Students How To “Think Like A Lawyer:” Whetting Their Appetites And Aptitudes, Peter T. Wendel
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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Everything I Needed To Know About Being A Lawyer I Learned In Property, Amanda G. Altman
Everything I Needed To Know About Being A Lawyer I Learned In Property, Amanda G. Altman
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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