SPECIALITY CERTIFICATION AS AN INCENTIVE FOR INCREASED PROFESSIONALISM: LESSONS FROM OTHER DISCIPLINES AND COUNTRIES

Adrian Evans & Clark D. Cunningham
54 South Carolina Law Review 987 (Spring 2003)

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Links to materials cited in the article:

AUSTRALIA

General Information:
--Paul Redmond & Christopher Roper, Legal Education and Training in Hong Kong: Preliminary Review, Consultation Paper (2000) (contains good overview of legal education in Australia and other Commonwealth countries)
--Christopher Roper, New Zealand Law Society Proposal for a Specialisation Scheme: Report on the Feasibility Study (2002) (contains overview and analysis of lawyer pecialization programs in Australia, United States, Canada and England).

State of New South Wales
--Home Page for Specialist Certification (Law Society of New South Wales)
--Criteria for Specific Specializations (download in Microsoft Word):
----Children's Law
----Criminal
----Family
----Personal Injury
----Trial Practice
----Wills & Estates

State of Victoria
--Home Page for Specialist Certification (Law Institute of Victoria)
--Specialist Accreditation Scheme
--Specialization-Summary
--Rules for Admission to Practice
--Rules for Specialization (download in pdf)
--Specialization Study Groups


LESSONS FROM THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

National Board of Medical Examiners (U.S.)
--Home Page
--Article on Standardized Patient Exam
--Video Explaining Use of Standardized Patients

Lynne Robins, The Establishing Focus Protocol: Training for Collaborative Agenda Setting and Time Management in the Medical Interview, Families, Systems & Health (2001)

Robert Smith et al, The Effectiveness of Intensive Training for Residents in Interviewing, 128 Annals of Internal Medicine 118-26 (1998)

The Use of Standardized Patients in the Teaching of and Evaluation of Clinical Skills, 6 Teaching & Learning in Medicine No. 1 (1994) (Table of Contents to Special Issue)

ALTERNATIVES TO THE BAR EXAM (UNITED STATES)

New York Proposal
--Summary of Proposal
--Download Full Report in PDF

Arizona Proposal
--Summary of Proposal
--Web Site of the Community Legal Access Society

Back to Home Page of the Effective Lawyer-Client Communication Project

Clark Cunningham Home Page

See also:
Professionalism and the Certified Specialist (materials prepared for the 2004 ABA National Roundtable on Lawyer Specialty Certification)
W. Lee Burge Chair: Professionalism Issues and Activities
Clark D. Cunningham Home Page