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On Living One Way In Town And Another Way At Home, Thomas L. Shaffer
On Living One Way In Town And Another Way At Home, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
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Is Pro Bono Practice In Legal “Backwaters” Beyond The Scope Of The Model Rules?, Barbara Graves-Poller
Is Pro Bono Practice In Legal “Backwaters” Beyond The Scope Of The Model Rules?, Barbara Graves-Poller
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
[Excerpt] "While many private sector attorneys offer pro bono legal services that reflect the same level of diligence and skill characteristic of the work done on behalf of their paying clients, the egregious failures described in the MC v. GC case and those that occur in many unreported matters highlight the dangers of pro bono initiatives designed to bridge the “access to justice gap.” As used here, the term “justice gap” refers to the chasm between the need for legal representation in civil disputes and public interest attorneys available to serve poor and working class clients. Justice gap pro bono …
Love, Anger, And Lawyering, Deborah J. Cantrell
Love, Anger, And Lawyering, Deborah J. Cantrell
Publications
This essay explores how mindfulness practices helped one lawyer, now legal scholar, explore the roles of love and anger in lawyering.
In Defense Of The Devil’S Advocate, Lonnie T. Brown
In Defense Of The Devil’S Advocate, Lonnie T. Brown
Scholarly Works
mong the many controversial positions for which Monroe Freedman advocated during his illustrious career, the one that I find most surprising and uncharacteristic is his contention that lawyers who undertake morally questionable representations have a duty to explain or justify their choice of client. Specifically, in 1993 Professor Freedman penned a well-known column in the Legal Times — titled “Must You Be the Devil’s Advocate?” — in which he took Professor Michael Tigar to task for his representation of reputed Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk. Professor Freedman tacitly criticized Professor Tigar for his client choice and expressly called upon him …
When It Comes To Lawyers… Is An Ounce Of Prevention Worth A Pound Of Cure?, Laurel S. Terry
When It Comes To Lawyers… Is An Ounce Of Prevention Worth A Pound Of Cure?, Laurel S. Terry
Laurel S. Terry