Recently added articles from Stanford Law Review:
The market for bad legal advice: academic professional responsibility consulting as an example.
Apr 01, 2008; Simon, William H. ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. THE PROBLEM OF QUASI-THIRD-PARTY ACADEMIC ADVICE A. Defining the Problem B. Professional Responsibility1. Lessons from tax practice2. An Illustration: Charles Wolfram on Vinson & Elkins (Enron) C. Academic Responsibility II. A CASE ...
The market for bad legal scholarship: William H. Simon's experiment in professional regulation.(response to article in this issue, p. 1555)
Apr 01, 2008; Green, Bruce A. ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. A BRIEF CRITIQUE OF WILLIAM SIMON'S THEORY OF LEGAL AND ACADEMIC PRACTICES A. An Outline of Simon's Theory B. Critiquing Simon's Theory of Law Practice 1. The duties of legal advisors 2. The duties of expert witnesses C ....
Transparency is the solution, not the problem: a reply to Bruce Green.(response to article in this issue, p. 1605)
Apr 01, 2008; Simon, William H. ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. LEEDS, MORELLI & BROWN AND THE NEXTEL SETTLEMENT A. Information B. "Factual Unreliability" C. "Legal Unreliability" II. THE ROLE OF THE EXPERT WITNESS A. Publicity and Credibility B. Litigation Process and Accountability CONCLUSION ...
Legal barriers to innovation: the growing economic cost of professional control over corporate legal markets.
Apr 01, 2008; Hadfield, Gillian K. ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. THE REGULATORY STRUCTURE OF LEGAL MARKETS A. The Self-Governing Profession in the United States: Not We the Titmice of England B. Distinct Professions: The Political and Economic Functions of Law II. A HEAVILY REGULATED MARKET: WHAT ...
"If you can't join 'em, beat 'em!": the rise and fall of the black corporate law firm.
Apr 01, 2008; Wilkins, David B. ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. FROM SHARING SPACE TO SHARING DREAMS A. A Starvation Profession B. A Typology of Black Corporate Law Firms1. First movers: Neotraditionalists and Start-Ups2. Act Two: The Dropouts drop in II. BUILDING A BETTER MOUSETRAP: 1965-1990 ...
The rise and fall of the WASP and Jewish law firms.
Apr 01, 2008; Wald, Eli ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. THE RISE AND GROWTH OF THE LARGE WASP LAW FIRM A. The Theory." The A-Religious Identity of the Large Law Firm B. The Reality: The "Hidden" WASP and White-Shoe Identity of the Large Firm 1. Nativism, anti-Semitism, and snobbery ...
The elastic tournament: a second transformation of the big law firm.
Apr 01, 2008; Galanter, Marc ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. AN UPDATED TOURNAMENT: A NEW MODEL OF LARGE LAW FIRM GROWTH II. REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE OF A SECOND TRANSFORMATION A. Firm Size, Geography, and Competition B. Tier Structure and the Tournament C. Partner Mobility D. The Emerging ...
Professional independence in the Office of the Attorney General.
Apr 01, 2008; Spaulding, Norman W. ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. SELF-RELIANCE, DISCIPLINE, AND THE ETHIC OF RESPONSIBILITY A. Independence as Self-Reliance B. Transcendental Conflict: Independence as Personal Detachment C. Independence Lost: From Detachment to Discipline II. INDEPENDENCE THROUGH POLITICAL ...
Lawfare and legal ethics in Guantanamo.
Apr 01, 2008; Luban, David ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. BACKGROUND II. THE DTA LAWYERS A. The Mechanics of Access B. Sowing Mistrust C. Making the Lawyers Look Powerless in Their Clients' Eyes III. THE MILITARY COMMISSIONS DEFENSE COUNSEL A. Who Are the JAGs? B. Conflicts of Interest ...
Public interest law: the movement at midlife.
Apr 01, 2008; Rhode, Deborah L. ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. METHODOLOGY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SURVEYED ORGANIZATIONS A. Scale and Complexity B. Goals C. The Political and Judicial Climate D. Achievements and Challenges E. Strategies F. The Contemporary Landscape II. THE STRUCTURE ...
Supply, demand, and the changing economics of large law firms.
Apr 01, 2008; Bruck, Andrew ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. THE RISE AND FALL OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALISM A. The Transformation: The Tournament Intensifies B. The Effects of the Transformation 1. Billable hour escalation 2. A lack of racial and gender diversity 3. High associate attrition ...
Doctrines without borders: the "new" Israeli exclusionary rule and the dangers of legal transplantation.
Apr 01, 2008; Blum, Binyamin ... <Pre> INTRODUCTION I. EXCLUDING ILLEGALLY OBTAINED EVIDENCE IN ISRAEL: THE ISSACHAROV DECISION A. Issacharov and Meiri: Has Anything Really Changed? B. Distinguishing Admissibility from Weight in Bifurcated and Unitary Courts II. LOST IN TRANSLATION: ...