Add to ORKGThe inherent importance of civility in the legal profession necessitates teaching civility by law schools. This Article demonstrates how civility applies to advocacy and the practice of law, the efficiency of our justice system, lawyer well-being, obtaining a job and professional identity formation, and public confidence in the legal system. The Article can assist courts, attorneys, and professors in understanding civility and its significance. Most critically, this Article provides a turnkey lesson plan for law schools on civility that professors can employ in a variety of classes including, among others, Professional Responsibility, Civil Procedure, and Constitutional Law. Teaching law students the importance of how to interact civilly wi...
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Many spokesmen for the legal profession have been calling on the law schools to pay more attention t...
What difference does the teaching of civil procedure as an academic subject make to the practice of ...
This article is about lawyers and professional behaviour in litigation. Its basic argument is that t...
Despite the rise of voluntary civility codes and calls for professionalism, incivility persists in t...
This Article suggests some concrete ways to teach civility— one component of professionalism—to law ...
The need to reclaim civility in the practice of law has become a rallying cry in the profession. L...
As there continue to be incidents of attorneys slapping opposing counsel at depositions, attorneys p...
Recent discussion of legal ethics in Canada has focused on the importance of civility as a fundame...
There is considerable controversy on the question of whether courts can require civil conduct by law...
The misconception that the Texas legal system is equivalent to the “Wild West” casts an unflattering...
Many law students come to law school after being indoctrinated by television and movies, believing t...
Historically, the concept of civility has been bound up with undemocratic notions of hierarchy and d...
This essay emanates from a talk that was given to the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana at its annu...
In the last decade, most commentators assume that lawyers’ behavior is now diving to new lows, notwi...
In a country that has continued to be divided along political lines in a profession that is by its o...
Many spokesmen for the legal profession have been calling on the law schools to pay more attention t...
What difference does the teaching of civil procedure as an academic subject make to the practice of ...
This article is about lawyers and professional behaviour in litigation. Its basic argument is that t...