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Avocats Et Divorce Aux Etats-Unis: La Transformation Des Pratiques Professionnelles, Lynn M. Mather, Craig A. Mcewen, Richard J. Maiman

Journal Articles

Les transformations sociales et les évolutions juridiques qui sont intervenues aux États-Unis depuis les années 60 ont eu de multiples effets sur le travail des avocats en matière de divorce. Le présent article analyse ces transformations en s'appuyant sur des entretiens avec des avocats et sur l'analyse de l'activité des tribunaux dans les États du Maine et du New Hampshire. Il souligne notamment l'importance que revêt l'accroissement du nombre des divorces parmi les couples ayant des ressources moyennes ou faibles. Il décrit aussi la féminisation rapide du barreau, une tendance qui se trouve particulièrement accentuée en ce qui concerne les …

Are Law Firm Partners Islands Unto Themselves? An Empirical Study Of Law Firm Peer Review And Culture, Susan Saab Fortney

Faculty Scholarship

This article examines how attitude and law firm culture affect peer review and principal accountability by using empirical data obtained from a survey of Texas law firms. Part I briefly describes the research design and the general profiles of respondents of the survey. Part II discusses the peer review measures used by the firms surveyed for this article. Part III analyzes attitudes about peer review. Part IV focuses on the obstacles to peer review. Part V considers the connection between firm culture and the implementation of peer review measures. Finally, the conclusion explains how firm managers can reshape attitudes to …

Service Is Our Raison D'Etre, Winnie F. Taylor

Faculty Scholarship

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The Constitution And Racial Preference In Law School Admissions, Robert A. Sedler

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Moral Discourse, Bioethics, And The Law, Carl E. Schneider

Articles

Dan Callahan follows a distinguished tradition when he uses the phrase "moral discourse" to describe the law's work. The frequency with which that image is deployed suggests its resonance and even rightness: When we think about the way society considers moral issues and develops moral positions, it can be useful to imagine the law as one of many social institutions that contribute to a social discussion. Nevertheless, this image is misleading. At least for our (graying and balding) genera- tions, the law is regarded as a worthy participant in American moral discourse preeminently because of its part in the civil …

Constitutional Law—Supreme Court Upholds Thirty-Day Moratorium On Lawyers' Direct Mail Solicitation Of Accident Victims, Mark W. Hodge

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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A New Direction In Attorney Advertising: Florida Bar V. Went For It, Inc., Kent Harrell

North Carolina Central Law Review

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Esq. Wires Fall 1996, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Alumni Association

Yearbooks and Newsletters

Published quarterly by the Office of Development and Public Affairs of Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center for alumni/alumnae and friends.

Lights, Camera, Litigate: Lawyers And The Media In Canada And The United States, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Drawing on recent high profile cases in Canada and the United States, the author examines the different extent to which lawyers in those two countries comment to the media about ongoing litigation. He investigates various formal constraints upon lawyer comment, such as court-imposed publication bans and rules of professional responsibility. He also looks at the way in which lawyer behavior is attributable to non-formal, cultural determinants.

A Tribute To Professor Edward J. Littlejohn, John E. Mogk

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Supreme Court Pronouncements On The Conduct Of Lawyers, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Journal of the Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics

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Fall 1996

Transcript

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Fall 1996

Bill of Particulars

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Dean's Message And Report, Alfred C. Aman Jr.

Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)

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The Rule Of Law In An Unruly Age, Craig M. Bradley

Indiana Law Journal

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Supreme Court Pronouncements On The Conduct Of Lawyers, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Journal of the Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics

No abstract provided.

Volume 19, Issue 2 (Fall 1996)

Transcript

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Attorney-Client Privilege Versus The Pto's Duty Of Candor: Resolving The Clash In Simultaneous Patent Representations, Todd M. Becker

Washington Law Review

Patent attorneys play dual roles: they are simultaneously attorneys and patent practitioners. Their dual role causes problems when the rules that govern one role conflict with the rules that govern the other. One such problem is illustrated in Molins PLC v. Textron, Inc., where a patent attorney simultaneously representing two clients was caught between the Patent & Trademark Office's duty of candor and the attorney's duty of confidentiality imposed by the rules of professional responsibility. The Molins decision presents a problem because it creates uncertainty about whether confidentiality can be maintained by using the attorney-client privilege to defeat the …

The Death Of An Honorable Profession, Carl T. Bogus

Indiana Law Journal

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Clark Memorandum: Fall 1996, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The Clark Memorandum

• A Brief Tribute to Dean H. Reese Hansen
• Reenter the Realm of Feelings (Elder Dallin H. Oaks)
• Perception versus Reality (Frederick Mark Geddicks)
• The Charter Class Looks Back (Jonathan Brett Kalstrom)
• Making a Difference (Norman H. Jackson)

Rule, Story, And Commitment In The Teaching Of Legal Ethics, Roger C. Cramton, Susan P. Koniak

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Speculating On The Future Of Attorney Responsibility To Nonclients, Barbara Glesner Fines

Faculty Works

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Noted Japanese Jurist Speaks Out Against Capital Punishment

Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)

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In Defense Of Lawyers, Alfred C. Aman Jr.

Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)

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Taxing Contingency Fee Attorneys As Investors: Recognizing The Modern Reality, Robert M. Amkraut

Washington Law Review

In the 1995 case of Boccardo v. Commissioner, the Ninth Circuit changed the tax treatment of advances made by attorneys working on contingency fee arrangements. The court held that, in a specific type of contingency fee arrangement, costs paid by an attorney are deductible as ordinary and necessary business expenses. This decision not only challenges assumptions underlying decades of case law and centuries of legal ethical tradition, but it also undermines the tax accounting principle of matching expenses with related income. This Note summarizes the traditional rationales for prohibiting attorneys from deducting such costs and analyzes the Boccardo decision. …

Rediscovering Discovery Ethics, W. Bradley Wendel

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Using Decision Trees As Tools For Settlement, Marjorie Corman Aaron

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

While experienced lawyers can some­ times develop an intuitive sense of what a case is worth, their intuition may not be sufficient in a case of considerable complexity. Furthermore, intuitive "gut sense" valuations are hard to support or explain to clients.

Decision trees allow the parties and their lawyers to see more clearly how the strengths and weaknesses of their positions on specific issues will affect the overall value of a case. Long popular in the business community, deci­sion analysis has evolved as a tool for lawyers to help make decisions in complex litigation.

Children Of A Lesser God: Gdr Lawyers In Post-Socialist Germany, Inga Markovits

Michigan Law Review

In this essay, I want to investigate German vetting policies by looking at one particular subgroup of examinees: GDR lawyers. In Germany, no other former socialist elite has been submitted to so thorough an ideological cleansing process as the legal profession. After reunification, all GDR judges and prosecutors hoping to remain in office had to undergo investigations that by March 1994 had left only 9.2% of their former numbers in permanent positions. Virtually all East German law professors were removed from their university posts. More than 5000 attorneys in Germany's eastern half are currently being examined for former contacts with …

In Memoriam: Rex E. Lee, H. Reese Hansen

BYU Law Review

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Dream Makers: Black Judges On Justice, Julian Abele Cook Jr.

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Linn Washington, Black Judges on Justice