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Personal Statement on Lawyers, 2004.
A narrative essay portraying the writer's opinion of lawyers.
1,243 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 42.95
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This paper is a personal account of the writer's experiences with lawyers. The paper asserts that the lawyer has come to represent all that is wrong in American society, from dishonesty to abject greed. The paper provides real-life scenarios to illustrate the points made.
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"My father, on the other hand, perhaps due to his greater financial resources, seemed to have a different kind of attorney, the kind who actually prepared for court, as well as seemed to have some grasp of what he was doing. You see, according to my mother, while she made her best showing in professional attire (no matter that she worked the night shift in a grocery store and purchased her getup at Goodwill), my father, who was at the time living in style with his new mistress, showed up in a faded work shirt and threadbare blue jeans. As my mother tells it, she went home without the child support increase she so desperately needed, burned the unused documents, notes, and receipts she had so carefully prepared for her ?useless? attorney, and cried herself to sleep in her secondhand suit."
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The Role of Lawyers in Pop Culture, 2002.
Examines the themes of four famous novels about lawyers and looks at the role of lawyers in popular culture.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper examines the role of lawyers in popular culture and relates the themes of "To Kill a Mocking Bird", "Presumed Innocent", "12 Angry Men", and "A Few Good Men" to Steven Vago's theories in his 1997 book "Law and Society".
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Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Lawyers Ethics, 2002.
Examines the ethical responsibility of lawyers to offer their clients alternate dispute resolution to resolve conflicts.
6,466 words (approx. 25.9 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 149.95
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In today?s society, lawyers are encouraged to present the option of pursuing alternate dispute resolution to clients as a matter of good practice and lawyers who fail to do so may be subject to malpractice liability. This paper explores the growing popularity of alternate dispute resolution (ADR) due to the high costs, both financially and to relationships, of traditional litigation.
Subtitles in the Paper: Alternate Dispute Resolution; Ethics and Dispute Resolution; The Costs of Conflict; Ethical Issues in Choosing Whether and How to Mediate; Client Satisfaction; Methods of Dispute Resolution in Businesses; The Role of Counsel; Results of Alternate Dispute Resolution; A Lawyer?s Duty to Advise About ADR; Ethical Rules of ADR; Lawyer as Client Representative or Advocate; Lawyers as Neutrals; Conflict of Interest; Malpractice and Negligence; History of ADR; Everyday Disputes; Determining the Role of a Mediator; Conclusion.
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"Alternate dispute resolution is a practical business and personal solution, as there are significant costs associated with different ways of resolving disputes, which often outweigh the conflict itself .
The direct costs associated with disputes include the fees of lawyers and other professionals. In 1994, nearly 18 million cases were filed in U.S. courts at a cost of $300 billion.
Productivity costs involve the value of lost time, or the cost of what those involved would otherwise be producing. Continuity cost is the eventual end of relationships that would have continued without the conflict. Emotional cost reflects the pain of focusing on emotions and the problems this can cause psychologically."
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Private Practice Lawyers, 2004.
A discussion of the importance of honest private practice lawyers.
1,586 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper contends that because of the few lawyers that have not lived up to their responsibilities, private practice lawyers are considered by many to be dishonest. It discusses the importance of private practice lawyers being able to bring justice to people who have been wrongly accused and whose constitutional rights have been violated.
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"The first step to becoming a lawyer is receiving an education. Receiving a good education is a vital key to the success of lawyers. After receiving a Bachelors degree in a certain major, students must then go to law school which usually takes about 3 years of full time classes to complete. After graduating from law school and passing the American Bar Associations approved Bar exam, the student is free to practice law. The average salary for recent graduates who go into private practice ranges from $40,000 to about $120,000 per year (Thompson 67-73). But because recent grads must usually relocated to a different area, pay off student loans, and acquire a professional wardrobe; many of them struggle to make ends meet the first couple of years after graduating. Due to these expenses, many law students are drawn to private practice, because of the opportunity to make large amounts of money."
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Law Lawyers and the N.C.A.A., 2004.
This paper discusses lawyers and the N.C.A.A. in terms of rules and regulations.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 95.95
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In this article, the writer looks at the subject of lawyers and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The writer studies this matter in terms of rules and regulations, student athletes, eligibility and ethics. The writer discusses issues related to the law, student athletes and lawyers and their conduct.
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"This report will address several issues related to the law, lawyers and their conduct and student athletes. After reviewing some of the duties owed by lawyers to their clients specifically with regard to ethical conduct as described by the American Bar Association the report will consider issues that law firms representing athletes in general must address. Next, the report will consider how and why these duties change to the extent that they change when the athlete is covered by the National Collegiate ... "
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Negative Portrayal of Judges and Lawyers in American Literature, 1990.
This paper examine the unfavorable portrayal of judges and lawyers in American literature: Including Hawthorne's "House of Seven Gables', Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and Willa Cather's "A Lost Lady".
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 6 sources, $ 87.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the unfavorable portrayal of judges and lawyers in American literature. The plan of the research will be to cite selected works of American fiction and drama with a view toward showing negative characterizations of persons in the legal profession, in physical appearance, habits, attitudes, and the like. Based upon the presentation of this evidence, the research will address reasons that literature appears to present lawyers and judges in such an unfavorable manner.
A negative characterization of the same judge is treated in two works of American literature dealing with the same period of history: the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts in 1692. In The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne and the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the historical figure of Judge ... "
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Truth, Lies, Lawyers and Film, 2001.
Reviews the films "Liar, Liar" and "Trial and Error" focusing on how they treat the issues of honesty and the legal system, specifically the propensity for dishonesty among lawyers.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 71.95
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"Two recent comedy films explore the same essential theme--the importance of telling the truth--though they do so in very different ways. As it happens, both films also feature characters who are lawyers. "Liar Liar"'s main character is a lawyer who embodies the stereotype of the lawyer who is unable to tell the truth and who can lie with great facility because he has been trained to do just that. He is on the verge of achieving great success and becoming a partner in his firm precisely because he is able to lie with such abandon. One of the principle characters in Trial and Error is also a lawyer who in this case has just made partner in his firm, but he is a man with scruples far exceeding those of the head of that firm, leaving the viewer to wonder how he did make partner without compromising himself. He is now faced with a situation which forces him to lie..."
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Lawyers in Literature, 1996.
Positive & negative portrayals of lawyers' ethical images in fiction & non-fiction, from servant of society to amoral anti-hero.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 17 sources, $ 87.95
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"This research paper outlines and discusses the ethical images of lawyers, as they are portrayed in fiction and in non-fiction, including legal writings. For centuries in Western literature-in novels, short stories and plays, lawyers have been cast in a negative light, as corrupt, untrustworthy and shifty, which reflected popular perceptions of the workings of the law. American literature through the Depression continued and elaborated upon this theme. Then, for a relatively brief period in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, lawyers were seen in fiction in a more positive light, a period which corresponded with the growth of a widespread and more equitably shared prosperity in the United States and a rethinking by many lawyers of their role in society. In the 1980s and 1990s, a new moral image of the lawyer..."
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Divorce Lawyers, 2002.
A guide to finding the best divorce lawyer.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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What is the best way to find the best lawyer? It is more than simply getting recommendations from family and friends. The best place to begin is by listing the problems and finances of the situation. This paper will present steps to finding the best divorce lawyer, depending upon the case.
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Internet and Lawyers, 2002.
A study of the ethical use of the Internet by the legal profession.
1,170 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses lawyers? use of Internet technology in their practices. It investigates the methods and techniques that lawyers use to communicate in their profession. The paper describes the legal responsibility to protect the privacy of the lawyer?s client, and questions if it is truly possible through email and other network distribution technologies. The author states that the Internet has increased the likelihood that lawyers will participate in unethical procedures.
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"The popularity of the Internet is based on a simple, yet very powerful, principle: it is a very fast and very inexpensive, yet strong, communication and information retrieval system. The fact that lawyers depend mainly upon their time and expertise to earn a living makes the Internet a very appealing economic incentive for lawyers."
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Health Care System and Lawyers, 2006.
A discussion regarding the role of the lawyer in incidents of medical negligence.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper considers the idea in the question "To what extent has the lawyer's role in bringing justice to patients injured by medical negligence actually been a cause of the crisis in our health care delivery system?". The paper finds that the problem with health care is not litigation but aspects of the system itself, as reflected in an article by Gibbs and Bower.
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"America is facing a health care crisis on several levels, with one aspect being rising costs as well as a climate of fear that prevents medical personnel from doing all that they can to make the system more responsive. One aspect of this is the system of litigation doctors often face when they make a mistake, raising the following question: "To what extent has the lawyer's role in bringing justice to patients injured by medical negligence actually been a cause of the crisis in our health care delivery system?" The issue is raised by those who see high insurance costs for malpractice insurance and who cite large jury awards to plaintiffs who sue doctors or hospitals when a treatment fails."
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Female Minority Lawyers., 2002.
This paper analyzes one aspect of prejudice in the United States, the position of minority women within the legal profession. Initially
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 15 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses the concept of barriers and multiple barriers (racism and sexism) to opportunity. The author identifies the disadvantaged position of minority women within the legal profession. The paper outlines recent assaults on affirmative action and future policies to improve women's status within the profession .
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Lawyers and Judges In Film, 1995.
Examines the negative portrayals in "And Justice For All", "From the Hip", "Suspect" and "Presumed Innocent".
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, $ 71.95
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" "Let's kill all the lawyers," wrote Shakespeare in one of his earliest plays, and ever since that time, members of the legal profession have been frequent subjects of barbs in the popular media. There have, to be sure, been popular entertainments that presented a positive view of the legal profession, from "Inherit the Wind" to the "Perry Mason" television show. But at least in the last couple of decades, negative portrayals have been more frequent. Lawyers have routinely been portrayed, and--perhaps even more strikingly--judges as corrupt.
The following discussion will take an analytical view of the negative portrayal of judges and lawyers in four films of recent years, "And Justice For All" (1979), "From the Hip" and "Suspect" (both 1987), and "Presumed Innocent" (1990). Of these films, the ..."
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Female Physicians and Lawyers, 2006.
This paper explores the struggle for women's rights and autonomy.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 10 sources, $ 115.95
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The paper describes how historically, women have been considered the caregivers in society. Taking care of children, the home and catering to their husbands needs have been acceptable roles for women in the social order. However, in the twentieth century women began to demand that they be capable of being independent of men and that their societal roles be of their own choosing. The paper discusses how the struggle for women's rights that reached its climax in the 1960s forced society to begin to view women as intelligent, capable and resilient human beings that could take on multiple roles and still be as successful as their male counterparts in business. Yet, although women proved their capabilities, the paper notes that there was often still an issue of respect for them as professionals that was lacking.
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"The New Deal Lawyers" ( Peter Irons ), 1997.
Reviews work on role of attorneys as advocates & courtroom defenders of social & economic programs of President Franklin Roosevelt.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, $ 79.95
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"LAWYERS AND THE NEW DEAL
This report is a review of Peter Irons' The New Deal Lawyers. The book is a well documented and fascinating account of the influential role played by a relatively small group of young lawyers, graduates mostly of the leading Ivy League law schools, and their mentors in reshaping the institutions of the federal government during the first four years of the New Deal (1933-1937) and in establishing the legal foundations of the modern American regulatory state. Irons' main focus is on their role as drafters of laws and regulations, as legal enforcers and as advocates for reform during the great battle which ensued to reshape constitutional law to accommodate the political objectives of the New Deal.
An important subtheme is their personal struggles to achieve.."
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