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

English legal education is examined in its professional context, with focus on the present rules governing the admission of solicitors and the call of barristers to the bar. (LBH)

The necessary prerequisites for Call to the Bar in England are identified, including successful completion of the two-part bar examination and membership in one of the four Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple, Middle Temple, and Gray's Inn. The ceremony of dining at Gray's Inn is described. (LBH)

Notes increasing influence of government over pharmacy practice and reports results of a survey undertaken to locate as many pharmacist-lawyers as possible. Presents a profile of the group (estimated at 200) including education, work activities, factors influencing entry into law school, and perceptions of problems facing pharmacy. (JT)

Careers and problems encountered by the large majority of M.D.-LL.B's who practice legal medicine are examined. The author argues that the legal profession must strive to create institutionalized career lines so that interprofessional medical-legal practice is a well-founded career choice. (JT)

The system of legal clerkships in early Massachusetts is described from the writings of John Adams and others. Ideally, the clerkship placed the student in an environment of law where education was a total and many faceted experience. In reality, the student endured many difficulties and spent most of his time copying papers. (LBH)

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)

The problem of ethics in the practice of law is a problem of uncertainty, but also a dimension of professional competence. It is suggested that ethics must be more than an addition to the technical proficiency in legal procedure and substance. (LBH)

During the first half of the century, progressive law school teachers considered the promotion of law as a social institution a primary professional and public responsibility. Specific actions by individual lawyers and teachers are reviewed. (LBH)

The development of law school teaching as a profession in its own right, apart from that of lawyers and judges, and its relationship to the history of legal education in the United States are discussed. (MSE)

A comparison of an academic law career to private legal practice and to other professional careers suggests that law school provides a substantial monetary return. While earning less than the quartile earnings of practicing attorneys, the academics earn more than the quartile earnings of professionals in general. (MSE)

The trend in rising tuitions at law schools is documented as is the increasing reliance of students on loans to finance their legal education. Among concerns raised are that the need to "hustle" to make ends meet will present problems in maintaining standards of professionalism. (DB)

Argues that law schools systematically and pervasively fail to study and teach about the legal profession. This is seen as an ethical failure by the legal academy to meet the needs of its three principal constituencies: students; the bar; and society. Three concrete strategies that all law schools should undertake to address issues graduates will…