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Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2009

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

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Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2009

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Western Europe: Last Holdout In The Worldwide Acceptance Of Clinical Legal Education, Richard J. Wilson Jan 2009

Western Europe: Last Holdout In The Worldwide Acceptance Of Clinical Legal Education, Richard J. Wilson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

Clinical legal education has achieved widespread acceptance throughout the world, growing by leaps and bounds during recent decades in countries like Russia and China, and expanding rapidly in other areas of Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa. It is, arguably, the most significant innovation in legal education since the “invention” of the Socratic-case method in the United States, at the turn of the 20th Century. There is, however, one geographic area where the philosophy and methodology of clinical legal education has been resisted. That area is Continental Western Europe (the UK has some clinics, though not widespread). This article examines …


Why Punctuation Matters; Part One, David Spratt Jan 2009

Why Punctuation Matters; Part One, David Spratt

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Grammar Confidential: Dispelling Common Writing Myths, David Spratt Jan 2009

Grammar Confidential: Dispelling Common Writing Myths, David Spratt

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Experiential Education And The Rule Of Law: Teaching Values Through Clinical Education In China, Elliott Milstein Jan 2009

Experiential Education And The Rule Of Law: Teaching Values Through Clinical Education In China, Elliott Milstein

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

The author summarizes his discussions with Chinese law professors regarding the issues that separate American from Chinese attitudes in creating clinical legal education. The author observes that the baseline orientation of American lawyers to turn to the courts for redress is usually not the same for the Chinese, where bribery of judges is accepted. He also notes that in addition to teaching practical skills such as client interviewing and persuasive advocacy, American clinicians devote attention to value questions, such as client-centeredness, the demands and limits of zealous advocacy, and the commitment to bring about social justice. The inclusion of these …


"Best Practices": What's The Point?, Ira P. Robbins Jan 2009

"Best Practices": What's The Point?, Ira P. Robbins

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Best Practices On "Best Practices": Legal Education And Beyond, Ira P. Robbins Jan 2009

Best Practices On "Best Practices": Legal Education And Beyond, Ira P. Robbins

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

“Best practices” has become one of the most common research and development techniques in the United States and throughout the international community. Originally employed in industry, the con-cept sought to identify superior means to achieve a goal through “benchmarking,” thereby allowing companies to obtain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. In recent decades, the use of best prac-tices has become widely popularized, and is frequently utilized in the areas of administrative regulation, corporate governance, and academia. As the term has grown in popularity, however, so too has room for its abuse. In many instances, the term has been invoked to …


Banding Together: Reflections On The Role Of The Women's Bar Association Of The District Of Columbia And The Washington College Of Law In Promoting Women's Rights, Jamie Abrams, Daniela Kraiem Oct 2008

Banding Together: Reflections On The Role Of The Women's Bar Association Of The District Of Columbia And The Washington College Of Law In Promoting Women's Rights, Jamie Abrams, Daniela Kraiem

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

The Washington College of Law and the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia share an important historical connection; Ellen Spencer Mussey and Emma Gillett founded both institutions together, in 1898 and 1917, respectively. Mussey and Gillett were pioneers in legal education, legal reform, and the development of women lawyers. 2 More significant than the work they performed during their lives, however, is the legacy of activism, reform, and support that they ignited by founding two institutions that advance women in the law. These institutions have trained and supported generations of women lawyers through world wars and depressions, through …


Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2008

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Combating Gender Inequities In Law School: Time For A New Feminist Rhetoric That Encourages Practical Change, Caitlin Howell Jan 2008

Combating Gender Inequities In Law School: Time For A New Feminist Rhetoric That Encourages Practical Change, Caitlin Howell

The Modern American

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Banding Together: Reflections Of The Role Of The Women's Bar Association Of The District Of Columbia And The Washington College Of Law In Promoting Women's Rights, Jamie R. Abrams, Daniela Kraiem Jan 2008

Banding Together: Reflections Of The Role Of The Women's Bar Association Of The District Of Columbia And The Washington College Of Law In Promoting Women's Rights, Jamie R. Abrams, Daniela Kraiem

The Modern American

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Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2008

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Project Reveals Challenges And Recommendations For Teaching International Humanitarian Law In U.S. Law Schools, Hadar Harris, Solomon Shinerock Jan 2008

Project Reveals Challenges And Recommendations For Teaching International Humanitarian Law In U.S. Law Schools, Hadar Harris, Solomon Shinerock

Human Rights Brief

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Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2008

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Clinical Legal Education And The Public Interest In Intellectual Property Law, Christine Haight Farley, Peter Jaszi, Victoria Phillips, Joshua D. Sarnoff, Ann Shalleck Jan 2008

Clinical Legal Education And The Public Interest In Intellectual Property Law, Christine Haight Farley, Peter Jaszi, Victoria Phillips, Joshua D. Sarnoff, Ann Shalleck

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

Clinical legal education provides a powerful methodology for students to learn about the relationships among intellectual property law theories, policies and practices; to encounter the experiences of persons who seek protection or who feel the legal regimes of intellectual property impinging on their ability to engage in educational, creative, innovative and culturally significant work; and to develop as lawyers. We describe in this article our motivations for forming an intellectual property law clinic at the American University Washington College of Law, the goals that we seek to achieve, and the tripartite pedagogical structure that we adopted - (1) a seminar …


Short Notes On Teaching About The Micro-Politics Of Class, With Examples From Torts And Employment Law Casebooks, Susan Carle Jan 2008

Short Notes On Teaching About The Micro-Politics Of Class, With Examples From Torts And Employment Law Casebooks, Susan Carle

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INTRODUCTION: This short Essay explores several potential teaching moments in which one might raise issues concerning the micro-politics of socioeconomic class. I discuss cases found in popular casebooks for three course areas in which I teach: torts, employment, and employment discrimination law. All of these courses raise questions of distributive justice, in the sense that they all deal with issues about how economic and social resources, including legal rights or protections, get allocated between "haves" and "have nots." Tort law, as Guido Calabresi pointed out long ago, is at its center about the politics of distribution; its core questions are …


Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2007

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Reflections Of A Community Lawyer, Luz E. Herrera Jan 2007

Reflections Of A Community Lawyer, Luz E. Herrera

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Putting Thoughts Into Action: The Creation Of The Latino/A Alumni Association Of The Washington College Of Law , Carlos Quintana Jan 2007

Putting Thoughts Into Action: The Creation Of The Latino/A Alumni Association Of The Washington College Of Law , Carlos Quintana

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2007

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2007

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The Importance Of The Secret Ballot In Law Faculty Personnel Decisions: Promoting Candor And Collegiality In The Academy, Ira Robbins Jan 2007

The Importance Of The Secret Ballot In Law Faculty Personnel Decisions: Promoting Candor And Collegiality In The Academy, Ira Robbins

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This article began as an exercise in self-education. At a recent faculty meeting, my colleagues were preparing to vote on a slate of candidates. Because discussion had become heated, a tenured faculty member moved for a secret ballot on the appointments committee's recommendation. The main argument in favor of the secret ballot was that, for the protection of untenured professors (who have equal votes with tenured professors on questions of hiring new faculty), neither their senior colleagues nor the Dean should be permitted to know how they voted. The ensuing discussion on whether to hold a secret ballot was no …


Training Law Students To Be International Transactional Lawyers - Using An Extended Simulation To Educate Law Students About Business Transactions, Daniel D. Bradlow, Jay Finkelstein Jan 2007

Training Law Students To Be International Transactional Lawyers - Using An Extended Simulation To Educate Law Students About Business Transactions, Daniel D. Bradlow, Jay Finkelstein

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

The article describes an innovative approach to educating law students about the legal issues and the role of lawyers in negotiating international business transactions. It is based on our experiences in developing and teaching a course that is built around a semester-long simulation exercise and taught in counterpart classes at two law schools. The students in these classes represent the opposing parties and negotiate a cross-border business transaction involving a joint venture agreement, a licensing agreement and a long-term supply contract. The students, who attend either the American University Washington College of Law or the Centre for Energy Mineral and …


The Role Of International Arbitrators, Susan Franck Apr 2006

The Role Of International Arbitrators, Susan Franck

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

With the advent of the global economy, arbitration has become the preferred mechanism for resolving international disputes. Today international arbitrators resolve billions of dollars worth of disputes.' Arbitration has taken on such prominence in the international context that commentators express "little doubt that arbitration is now the first-choice method of binding dispute resolution" and has "largely taken over litigation."'


Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2006

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The Man, The State And You: The Role Of The State In Regulating Gender Hierarchies, Meredith Render Jan 2006

The Man, The State And You: The Role Of The State In Regulating Gender Hierarchies, Meredith Render

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2006

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2006

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2005

Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.