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New York Leads From The Middle: Crowdsourcing The Bar Exam Cut Score, Joan W. Howarth
New York Leads From The Middle: Crowdsourcing The Bar Exam Cut Score, Joan W. Howarth
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In this article, Prof. Howarth urges states to move to a uniform cut score on the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) through the use of crowdsourcing.
The Public Defender's Pin: Untangling Free Speech Regulation In The Courtroom, Michael Kagan
The Public Defender's Pin: Untangling Free Speech Regulation In The Courtroom, Michael Kagan
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Recent disputes in Ohio and Nevada about whether lawyers should be allowed to wear “Black Lives Matter” pins in open court expose a fault line in First Amendment law. Lower courts have generally been unsympathetic to lawyers who display political symbols in court. But it would go too far suggest that free speech has no relevance in courtrooms. This Essay argues for a way to strike a balance.
A Tribute To Douglas Scherer, Howard A. Glickstein
A Tribute To Douglas Scherer, Howard A. Glickstein
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Doing Right By Nevada: Adopting The Uniform Bar Exam, Daniel W. Hamilton
Doing Right By Nevada: Adopting The Uniform Bar Exam, Daniel W. Hamilton
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Big Law, Public Defender-Style: Aggregating Resources To Ensure Uniform Quality Of Representation, M. Eve Hanan
Big Law, Public Defender-Style: Aggregating Resources To Ensure Uniform Quality Of Representation, M. Eve Hanan
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Stories abound of public defenders who, overwhelmed with high caseloads, allow defendants to languish in pre-trial detention and guilty pleas to be entered without examining the merits of the case. Most defendants cannot afford to hire an attorney, and, thus, have no choice other than to accept the public counsel appointed by the court. In this Essay, I consider whether Professor Benjamin Edwards' central argument in The Professional Prospectus: A Call for Effective Professional Disclosure '-that attorneys should provide potential clients with a prospectus disclosing their performance history-applies to criminal defense. I reject the proposition that most people charged with …
Gender, Law, And Culture In The Legal Workplace: A Chilean Case Study, Ann C. Mcginley
Gender, Law, And Culture In The Legal Workplace: A Chilean Case Study, Ann C. Mcginley
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"What has to change is the model of work. It can't be that in order to be a partner in a law firm, a woman has to learn to renounce her children. It is the men who have to renounce this work model and take equal responsibility for their children. It is very difficult for a society to do this. "
How do law and culture affect the behavior of actors on the ground? If culture and law interact, how does this interaction occur? This Article examines how gender and law affect lawyers working in a Latin American country Chile …
Athens Access To Justice Initiative: Judicial Leadership + Bar Support + Local Resources = Powerful Synergy, Eleanor Lanier
Athens Access To Justice Initiative: Judicial Leadership + Bar Support + Local Resources = Powerful Synergy, Eleanor Lanier
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