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…

Article takes into account the functional view of legal education and the experiential process in law teaching-learning. (HS)

Proposes that current law school curricula might be enriched by supplementing casebook readings with "lawyer stories." Discusses these books, written for the intelligent nonprofessional reader, which recount and reflect upon stories of attorneys' work and explain relevant doctrinal and practical issues. (EV)

Speech at the American Association of Law Schools Convention of Robert W. Meserve, the president of the American Bar Association on December 29, 1972 in New York. (PG)

The conceptions of legal ethics or professional responsibility as (1) disciplinary rules or codes; and (2) as the personal moralities of individual lawyers prevail. However, it is the application of general norms to specific circumstances through complex, creative judgment that is the ethical component of the ideal of legal professionalism. (MSE)

Presented in the form of a debate and rebuttals are both sides of the issue, first stated by Lord Brougham in 1820, of a client's legal and moral rights to his counsel's total support. It is concluded that advocacy in law does not carry some special authority or excuse the lawyer from accepting moral responsibility for his professional choices.…

Thirty-five law students discuss topics ranging from reasons a person chooses law school to the legal profession's responsibility to underprivileged minorities. (Author/PG)

Speech delivered by Erwin N. Griswold, Solicitor General of the United States, at the American Association of Law Schools Convention in New York, December 29, 1972. (Editor)

The Uniform Probate Code, a significant instrument of legal reform, relies heavily on the involvement of law teachers to continue its progress. (HS)

Describes in detail the development of a course at the Syracuse University College of Law titled General Counsel Applied Learning Course. Its aim is to meet the need of corporate America for new lawyers versed in the functions, techniques, and legal environment of in-house counsel. (EV)

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)

This article attempts to be a guide in a search for a dean, and also to aid those who want to know how to become a dean, or how to recommend another for a deanship. (Author)

Describes a course concerning the judicial profession and its five principal areas of discussion: (1) the selection of adjudicators, (2) their independence institutionally and individually, (3) their conduct in their capacity as adjudicators both on and off the bench, (4) their nonadjudicative responsibilities, and (5) the sanctions at hand to…