Yakima Herald-Republic articles from April 2008

Yakima Herald-Republic archives from April 2008

The market for bad legal advice: academic professional responsibility consulting as an example.
April 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION I. THE PROBLEM OF QUASI-THIRD-PARTY ACADEMIC ADVICE A. Defining the Problem B. Professional Responsibility 1. Lessons from tax practice 2. An Illustration: Charles Wolfram on Vinson & Elkins (Enron)...

The market for bad legal scholarship: William H. Simon's experiment in professional regulation. (response to article in this issue, p. 1555)
April 1, 2008... 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 ...

Transparency is the solution, not the problem: a reply to Bruce Green.(response to article in this issue, p. 1605)
April 1, 2008... 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...

Legal barriers to innovation: the growing economic cost of professional control over corporate legal markets.
April 1, 2008... 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 ...

"If you can't join 'em, beat 'em!": the rise and fall of the black corporate law firm.
April 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION I. FROM SHARING SPACE TO SHARING DREAMS A. A Starvation Profession B. A Typology of Black Corporate Law Firms 1. First movers: Neotraditionalists and Start-Ups 2. Act Two: The Dropouts drop in II....

The rise and fall of the WASP and Jewish law firms.
April 1, 2008... 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....

The elastic tournament: a second transformation of the big law firm.
April 1, 2008... 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....

Professional independence in the Office of the Attorney General.
April 1, 2008... 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...

Lawfare and legal ethics in Guantanamo.
April 1, 2008... 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...

Public interest law: the movement at midlife.
April 1, 2008... 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...

Supply, demand, and the changing economics of large law firms.
April 1, 2008... 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...

Doctrines without borders: the "new" Israeli exclusionary rule and the dangers of legal transplantation.
April 1, 2008... 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 ...