THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TEACHING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM (NIFTEP)

SPRING 2010 WORKSHOP

March 19-21, 2010

NEW PROFESSIONALISM OPPORTUNITIES IN A TIME OF CRISIS

Advance Reading Materials

The name of the person who will present on each reading at the workshop appears in parentheses.

A  General Background

  1   Empirical Legal Studies Blog: “Selling BigLaw Short” (Bill Henderson)

  2   Legal Profession Blog: “How Most Law Firms Misapply the Cravath System” (Bill Henderson)

  3   American Bar Association: Commission on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Profession and Legal Needs (Clark Cunningham)

B  Supporting law students and lawyers who wish to begin solo or small firm practices

  1   City University of New York Law School (Fred Rooney)

     (a)   “Lawyers Learn How to Be Businesslike,” New York Times (January 2, 2008)

     (b)   “Community Legal Resource Network: A Decade of Sharing Legal Knowledge, Experience and Resources, ” CUNY Law School Magazine (Spring 2009)

  2   Louisiana State Bar Association: Third Annual Solo and Small Firm Conference (Billy King)

  3   University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law: Entrepeneurial Lawyering – Solo & Small Firm Practice (Course Syllabus and Program for Annual Missouri Solo/Small Conference) (Barbara Glesner Fines)

  4   Georgia State University College of Law: Fundamentals of Law Practice (Charlotte Alexander)

  5   “Hanging Out Your Shingle: Ethical Considerations for the New Solo Practitioner” (draft powerpoint presentation for discussion at workshop) (Rodney Hastings)

C  Supporting lawyers providing pro bono services

  1   Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (Toby Rothschild)

     (a)   “Introduction to Legal Services: Free Webinars for Deferred Associates and New Attorneys”

     (b)   “Teaching Ethics in a Legal Services Context,” Management Information Exchange Journal

  2   Harvard Law School: Post-Foreclosure/Eviction Defense Workshop (Maureen McDonagh)

     (a)   “Housing Court Lawyer for the Day”

     (b)   “Boston Housing Court Attorney for the Day Turns Ten”

     (c)   Massachusetts Rule of Professional Conduct 6.5: Nonprofit and Court-Annexed Limited Legal Services Programs

D  “Low Bono” – Providing free or affordable legal services to persons of “modest means”

  1   Oregon State Bar : Modest Means Program (Sylvia Stevens)

  2   Los Angeles County Bar Association Access to Justice Committee: Projects for 2010 (Toby Rothschild)

  3   “The Meaning of Pro Bono in Solo and Small Firms,” 37 Hoftra Law Review 699 (2009) (reprinted with author’s permission) (Leslie Levin)