Re-conceptualizing poverty law clinical curriculum and legal services practice: the need for generalists.
--legal education sharpens the mind by narrowing it. (1) Introduction The Specialization of Poverty Law How Specialization Cheats Impoverished Clients Community-Based, Client-Centered, and Holistic Legal Services Require Generalists Providing General Legal Services--One Clinic's Experience Advantages and Criticisms of a "Generalist" Clinical Model Conclusion INTRODUCTION ...

Tribal incorporation of First Amendment norms: a case study of the Indian tribes of South Dakota.
I. INTRODUCTION As American culture becomes more individualistic, social and legal opposition has arisen regarding expansive judicial interpretations of First Amendment freedoms. According to this opposition, the courts have interpreted such freedoms in an almost exclusively individualistic light, with little regard for community interests and values. This...

What should you consider in selecting a special needs attorney: Information of interest to people with disabilities and other special needs and them families.
Planning for the future care and financial security of a person with a disability or other special need is both a complex and critically important process. It requires the efforts of a team made up of the person's parents or caregivers and a number of professionals, including educators, financial...

Services as objects of international trade: bartering the legal profession.
ABSTRACT The General Agreement on Trade in Service calls for members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to further liberalize and expand opportunities for international trade in services. With legal services included in this mandate, requests for specific commitments and offers have been made by WTO Member...

Bishops support denial of legal services.
THREE CATHOLIC ORGANIZAtions have lobbied the US Senate, urging it to uphold legislation that places extreme limitations on the right of conscience of women seeking safe and legal abortion services. The legislation, approved last December, permits all hospitals, not just those controlled by the Catholic church, to deny women...

New legal services benefit for MTNA members.
An exciting new benefit of MTNA membership will begin on July 1. MTNA will provide legal consultation services exclusively for our members. The service will be provided at no cost as a benefit of membership. The legal services will be provided by a law firm selected by...

The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making (4th ed., 2 vols.).
The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making (4th ed., 2 vols.), by William A. Kaplin and Barbara A. Lee. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. ISBN 0787970948 (vol. 1), 0787986569 (vol. 2). At over 1,700 pages, the fourth edition of The...

It's not easy being pink: the pitfalls--and necessities--of marketing events to female decision-makers.
Back in the old days--when women first began fighting for their places at law firms, legal departments and the C-suites of corporations--law firm client events generally consisted of golf tournaments, hanging out in box suites at sporting events and other manly activities. But as the old boys'...

More awareness needed about Gladue Decision.
TORONTO The 1999 landmark Supreme Court of Canada case called the Gladue Decision is what legal experts from across the country will meet about in Toronto on April 19. "One of the issues is that Gladue is not really being considered to the extent it...

Councilors back mayor's ideas.
Byline: Danielle Williamson GARDNER - The City Council last night backed the mayor's proposals to increase the salaries of the city's Legal Department and to create an economic development coordinator job. Although the coordinator's position was approved unanimously, and only one councilor opposed the city...