The recent economic recession has brought new urgency to longstanding problems in the
delivery of legal services. For decades, bar studies have consistently estimated that more …

The economist Herbert Stein once remarked that if something cannot go on forever, it will
stop. Over the past four decades, the cost of legal education in America has seemed to belie …

Deputy Staff Director, United States Sentencing Commission; Adjunct Professor of Law,
Georgetown University Law Center and Washington College of Law, American University. I …

Over the past decade, a growing body of research has focused on the significant role that
pro bono service has come to play in the overall provision of civil legal aid and public …

"[Ilfy'all, this is how I feel, ify'all think I did it, I know that I didn't do it so why don't youjust give
me a lawyer dog cause this is not what's up." In law school, professors train their students to …

Each new generation of law students presents its own set of challenges for law teachers
seeking to develop competent and committed members of the legal profession. This article …

A long line of survey findings at a range of law schools have suggested that roughly half or
more of the incoming law students who state a preference for working in the public-interest …

Although historically slow to change, law schools are now facing enormous pressure from
educators, students, lawyers, judges, clients, and the public to rethink legal education and …

There is a body of literature on clinical legal theory that urges clinics to focus beyond single
clients to explicitly teach social justice lawyering.'This article seeks to add to this body of …

" There is a global revolution taking place within university legal education. It is taking place
on many fronts, particularly since the dawning of the twenty-first century. The focus of this …