Presents some of the questions raised during debate within the American Bar Association about multidisciplinary practice (MDP). Provides responses based on recorded testimony and other communications with the bar's commission on MDP. (EV)

Describes a program for legal service assistants at Columbia Law School. (HS)

Provides a snapshot of the debate on multidisciplinary practice within the legal field, explores what lessons legal educators should take away from the debate, and examines the curricular implications of those lessons. (EV)

Most people find their legal rights severely compromised by the cost of legal services, the baffling complications of existing rules and procedures, and the long, frustrating delays involved in bringing proceedings to a conclusion. Some of the problems of the legal system are outlined. (MLW)

The course, "Roles and Relations in Legal Practice," is an attempt to commence students' professional training in a manner that does not depend on external clients, in which the volume and content of work can be effectively regulated, and which can be introduced into the earliest phases of the curriculum to prepare students for clinic work. (LBH)

Preventive detention of an individual before trial on the position of dangerousness" is a discriminatory system of justice. (IR)

Brooklyn Law School's Big Apple Clinic, in which law student interns represent New York City and its employees in civil litigation, provides a realistic setting for teaching about bias in the courts and the legal system generally, and for teaching students to explore methods for dealing with prejudiced behavior. (MSE)

A law school term paper project for a course in preventative law is described which requires students to gather information concerning a client and use it to judge legal health. The project requirements, a list of the contents of the "Manual for Periodic Checkup," and a copy of the form used to obtain legal documents are appended. (JMD)

Several studies indicate the complexity of both the problems and the solutions to delivering needed legal services to the elderly. Leadership to bring about the necessary changes rests with the legal profession; however, minimal resources, few available programs, and lack of interest remain obstacles. (MSE)

Three law students at New York University (NYU) detail components and implementation of NYU's loan assistance program for graduates with low earnings (usually employed by public interest firms, the government, or small firms). NYU's program is intended to preserve student body diversity and minimize debt concerns as a factor in career choice.…

The University of Maine School of Law's cooperative program with a local legal clinic to provide law students with training in and experience with counseling techniques in a field experience program, to help clients solve complex problems, is described and discussed. (MSE)

Law students at Washburn University have the opportunity to intern for a semester at Washburn Legal Clinic. The use of psychologically-based learning group methods to help these interns in their transition from book-oriented students to practicing attorneys is described. Attorney client relationships and stages in attorney development are among…