Visual images in introductory textbooks play an important role in constructing the concept of race for students entering the field of criminal justice/criminology. Prior studies on race depictions in criminal justice/criminology textbooks have focused on individual images depicting persons as criminal justice personnel, relating to type of crime…

This article employs the method of prosopography to reach a deeper understanding of a group of 53 trailblazing Chinese students who were the first to enrol in American law schools between 1878 and 1911, during the waning years of the Qing era. Most of them contributed greatly to the subsequent development of China's legal and diplomatic…

Background: In England and Wales, if a person is thought to lack capacity to make a decision to undergo a sterilisation operation, a specific process occurs. A Judge sitting in the Family Division of the High Court receives evidence from relevant parties including psychiatric and gynaecological experts and subsequently decides on the lawfulness of…

This manual is intended to introduce attorneys to the concept of home equity conversion (HEC) so that they can knowledgeably advise elderly homeowners who may be considering this type of transaction. It is directed to attorneys representing the elderly rather than to attorneys representing lenders or investors in home equity conversion…

Surveys clinical scholarship about the lawyer's role in constructing a case from facts and law. Contends that this literature is creating a deeper analysis of what lawyers do when they represent clients, and that this developing analysis of the lawyer's role can improve the ability of practicing lawyers to anticipate problems and resolve them, and…

This article provides a conceptual framework to review and discuss studies of explaining in various professional contexts including teaching, medicine and health professions, and law. (Author/MT)

Drawing on the model of social responsibility that colleges of business have been teaching, the boom in lawyer education is examined. It is argued that law schools are irresponsible in overselling the benefits of law school graduation, creating a surplus of lawyers whose abilities could be used as well elsewhere. (MSE)

Converging lines of evidence suggest that attorneys are influencing data relied on by psychological experts in forensic cases, usually by advising clients how to respond to psychological tests or by prompting them in other ways. This article alerts psychologists to this threat to the validity of psychological and neuropsychological evaluations.…

Summarizes problems specific to remarrying families with children including complex kinship networks, ill defined roles, and financial and legal issues. Focuses on the family counselor's involving an attorney in services to remarrying families, with discussions of pre-marital agreements, inventories, living trust, estate planning, post-marital…

When a therapist becomes a courtroom witness, he often is in unfamiliar territory. This article reviews trial preparation and illustrates examination and cross-examination, opinion testimony, and hypothetical questions. Rules of effective response to cross-examination are set forth to aid therapists in providing meaningful, credible testimony…

Court decisions on the exclusion of noncitizens from teaching certification and appointment to the state police force in New York State and from the practice of law in Connecticut are reviewed. The issue of blanket discrimination and the concept of "governmental function" are considered. (GC)

Defines some ethical issues involved in the counseling of public offenders and formulates a set of ethical principles that could make meaningful counseling possible with public offenders. These central ethical issues include confidentiality, confrontation, client-advocate role, research issues, consenting clients, testing and appropriate testing…

Steeped in the values of the civil rights movement, James Forman Jr. has charted a path into academia that has demonstrated both a keen commitment to social justice as well as impressive legal and academic achievements. Among his most notable accomplishments prior to his Georgetown appointment in 2003, Forman co-founded the nationally acclaimed…

This paper addresses recurring ethical questions faced by college and university attorneys concerning who is the client, representation of individual and institutional defendants, and the witness-advocate rule. It also provides an overview of ethical considerations which can arise when the college/university attorney participates in the…

Contributions of various clinical schools of thought to the theories about lawyering are examined, categorized by their emphasis on the individual attorney's role or the profession's in general. Although clinical legal education has matured, it is lacking in legal scholarship. Available from Dennis & Co., 251 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14203. (MSE)