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546I
LAW
The American Legal Profession: Its Past, Present, and Possible Futures
Law School Description
January term provides students the opportunity to explore important contemporary legal topics with national and international experts.
UH Mānoa Catalog Description
January term provides students the opportunity to explore contemporary legal topics with national and international experts. (B) alternative dispute resolution; (C) rule of law; (D) law practice; (E) diversity; (F) access to justice; (G) public law; (H) legal theory; (I) legal practice; (J) rights. Repeatable five times. (Once a year)
Notes
The American legal profession is in fact many different professions, performing different specialized tasks, representing different clienteles, and confronting different economic and ethical challenges. We begin with history: how did the main institutions of the profession – firms, practice specialties, law schools, and the organized bar’s rules regulating admission, training, and ethics -- come to be the way they are? We then examine briefly and critically the ethic of adversary advocacy that is the dominant ideology of the bar; and look at some distinct areas of current practice – corporate law, plaintiffs’ personal-injury law, and criminal prosecution and defense. Finally we try to guess at possible futures of a profession struggling with pressures from clients and with competition from other professions, paraprofessionals, and new technologies to streamline services and cut costs; and demands from unserved or underserved clienteles for solutions to their legal problems.
Credit(s) for this CRN
1
Instructor Approval
No
Competition
No
Enrollment Cap
20
Clinical Requirement
No
Semesters Offered
Class | Instructor(s) | Term | Year |
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J-Term
|
2021 | |
View class page | Stephen Wizner |
J-Term
|
2020 |
View class page | Joseph Singer |
J-Term
|
2019 |
View class page | Kristen A. Stilt |
J-Term
|
2017 |
View class page |
J-Term
|
2013 | |
View class page | Elizabeth Schneider |
J-Term
|
2012 |
View class page | Laurie L. Levensen |
J-Term
|
2011 |