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Judicial Opinion Writing: An Annotated Bibliography, Ruth C. Vance 2011 Valparaiso University School of Law

Judicial Opinion Writing: An Annotated Bibliography, Ruth C. Vance

Law Faculty Publications

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Clinical Professors' Professional Responsibility: Preparing Law Students To Embrace Pro Bono, Douglas L. Colbert 2011 University of Maryland School of Law

Clinical Professors' Professional Responsibility: Preparing Law Students To Embrace Pro Bono, Douglas L. Colbert

Faculty Scholarship

This article begins by examining the current crisis in the U.S. legal system where approximately three out of four low- and middle-income litigants are denied access to counsel's representation when faced with the loss of essential rights - -a home, child custody, liberty and deportation - - and where most lawyers decline to fulfill their ethical responsibility of pro bono service to those who cannot afford private counsel. The article traces the evolving ethical standards of a lawyer's professional responsibility that today views every attorney as a public citizen having a special responsibility to the quality of justice.

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The New Rules For Law Schools, Barbara S. Gontrum 2011 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Thurgood Marshall Law Library

The New Rules For Law Schools, Barbara S. Gontrum

Faculty Scholarship

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Modeling The American Lawyer Ethics System, James E. Moliterno 2011 Washington and Lee University School of Law

Modeling The American Lawyer Ethics System, James E. Moliterno

Scholarly Articles

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Seven Principles: Increasing Access To Law School Among Students Of Color, Catherine E. Smith 2011 Washington and Lee University School of Law

Seven Principles: Increasing Access To Law School Among Students Of Color, Catherine E. Smith

Scholarly Articles

In Fall 2010, I became one of the first tenured professors in the nation to hold a deanship dedicated exclusively to diversity in a school of law. As the Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Inclusiveness at the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law ("SCOL"), I am charged with strengthening access to the legal academy, particularly among, but not limited to, students and faculty of color. This Essay describes the evolution of my role and the seven principles that currently guide student pipeline and recruitment efforts at the SCOL. These principles help the SCOL focus those efforts, work strategically, …


The Most Ethical Of People, The Least Ethical Of People: Proposing Self-Determination Theory To Measure Professional Character Formation, Lawrence S. Krieger 2011 Florida State University College of Law

The Most Ethical Of People, The Least Ethical Of People: Proposing Self-Determination Theory To Measure Professional Character Formation, Lawrence S. Krieger

Scholarly Publications

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Volume 78 (2010-2011), 2011 University of Tennessee College of Law

Volume 78 (2010-2011)

Tennessee Law Review

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Big Law And Risk Management: Case Studies Of Litigation, Deals, And Diversity, Anthony V. Alfieri 2011 University of Miami School of Law

Big Law And Risk Management: Case Studies Of Litigation, Deals, And Diversity, Anthony V. Alfieri

Articles

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Winter 2011 Magazine, 2011 Maurer School of Law: Indiana University

Winter 2011 Magazine

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Careers In International Commercial Arbitration, Safina Lakhani 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Careers In International Commercial Arbitration, Safina Lakhani

Arbitration Brief

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Amendments To The Mexican Arbitration Statute, Francisco González de Cossío 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Amendments To The Mexican Arbitration Statute, Francisco González De Cossío

Arbitration Brief

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Toward Integrated Law Clinics That Train Social Justice Advocates, Marcy L. Karin, Robin R. Runge 2011 University of the District of Columbia David A Clarke School of Law

Toward Integrated Law Clinics That Train Social Justice Advocates, Marcy L. Karin, Robin R. Runge

Journal Articles

The integrated approach to clinical legal education enables law students to explore and to utilize more than one legal advocacy strategy simultaneously to achieve social change. This framework facilitates law students’ ability to develop a range of essential lawyering skills including reflecting upon the connection between law and social justice by addressing the broader social problems impacting our communities. The integrated approach has been accepted as an effective clinic structure, and is being successfully developed and applied in a range of ways that are best suited to specific legal issues and geographic regions. In this article the authors, who are …


Lawyering In A Vacuum, James A. Cohen 2011 Fordham Law School

Lawyering In A Vacuum, James A. Cohen

Faculty Scholarship

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Should American Law Schools Continue To Graduate Lawyers Whom Clients Consider Worthless?, Clark D. Cunningham 2011 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Should American Law Schools Continue To Graduate Lawyers Whom Clients Consider Worthless?, Clark D. Cunningham

Maryland Law Review

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The Value Of “Thinking Like A Lawyer”, Michelle M. Harner 2011 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

The Value Of “Thinking Like A Lawyer”, Michelle M. Harner

Maryland Law Review

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Learning To Be Lawyers: Professional Identity And The Law School Curriculum, Charlotte S. Alexander 2011 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Learning To Be Lawyers: Professional Identity And The Law School Curriculum, Charlotte S. Alexander

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Equipping The Garage Guys In Law, Gillian K. Hadfield 2011 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Equipping The Garage Guys In Law, Gillian K. Hadfield

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Confidentiality And Claims Of Ineffective Assistance, Peter A. Joy, Kevin C. McMunigal 2011 Case Western University School of Law

Confidentiality And Claims Of Ineffective Assistance, Peter A. Joy, Kevin C. Mcmunigal

Faculty Publications

This column discusses what a defense lawyer should do when called upon to reveal client information in response to an ineffective assistance of counsel claim.


Investigative Deceit, Kevin C. McMunigal 2011 Case Western University School of Law

Investigative Deceit, Kevin C. Mcmunigal

Faculty Publications

Is it ever ethical for a lawyer to ask or assist another person to lie on behalf of a client? Despite ethical rules categorically banning both personal and vicarious deceit, prosecutors routinely supervise police officers and informants who use deceit in investigating drug and sex offenses, organized crime, and terrorism. May defense lawyers make use of investigative deceit in criminal investigations? In this Essay, the Author examines this issue, the ethical rules bearing on it, and the recent trend in a number of jurisdictions allowing the use of investigative deceit by the defense. Drawing on his participation in a series …


A Tribute To Professor Arthur Austin, Leon Gabinet 2011 Case Western Reserve University School of Law

A Tribute To Professor Arthur Austin, Leon Gabinet

Faculty Publications

Tribute to Author Austin


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