Course:LAW 481C - Access to Justice and the Future of the Legal Profession

Let's use this as a main page for our LAW 481C group project. Information relevant to the entire group can be posted here (e.g., time constraints, comments on targeting the Law Society audience that will be present, etc.).

Below are links to separate group pages. This way, we can each stay on top of what other teams are doing, to see if there is any overlap / opportunity for synergy / etc.

Law Schools: currently Menka, Selina

Young Lawyers: currently Jessica, Andrew, Dustin

Articling: currently David, Tyson

Public Legal Education: currently Joshua, Richard

Courts and Judiciary: currently Taylor, Sam

If you want to add something to this page, simply:

1. Log in with your CWL (to the left),

2. Hit "Edit" (top right of this text window), and

3. When you're done adding comments, hit "Save Page" (bottom left of the text window).

Here are links to two book sections by Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe (both at Swarthmore), from "Practical Wisdom" (Riverhead Books, 2010). The File:Practical Wisdom - Mrs Jones.pdf section emphasizes the effect that a lawyer can play on client decision-making, and is meant as a cautionary tale. The File:Practical Wisdom - Law Teaching and Practice.pdf section weaves together some ideas that have come up in class regarding law pedagogy and forms of practice. I've posted them here in case they're of general interest. Also, here's a link to Professor Wexler's article (from 1970): http://www.jstor.org/stable/795211 - Andrew Pilliar