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Jerome Organ, What Do We Know About the Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction of Lawyers? A Meta-Analysis of Research on Lawyer Satisfaction and Well-Being New York State Bar Association: Report of the Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession (2011) Alan Morrison, … Continue reading
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Two Women, Three Men on a Raft, by Robert Schrank
This article discusses workplace collaboration dynamics in the context of a rafting trip, with a special emphasis on the changing nature of gender roles. The author particularly discusses how women can effectively assert themselves, and how men should be aware … Continue reading
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Group Learning in Law Schools, A Key to Fostering Professional Formation, by Verna Monson
Verna Monson and Michelle Tichy draw upon empirical research to encourage small (4-5 member) group learning techniques as means to educating students academically, ethically, and socially. The authors further promote peer review and coaching as methods for enhanced student assessment. … Continue reading
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Ruining it for the Rest of Us, by This American Life
Will Felps, a professor at Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands, confirms a long-attested adage about workplace collaboration: a bad apple can spoil the bunch. Felps has conducted studies in which actors playing “bad apples” would join collaborative teams, … Continue reading
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The Struggles of Lawyer-Leaders and What They Need to Know, by Roland B. Smith
Smith proposes that, in order to excel in the modern law practice environment, lawyers must be effective workplace leaders. This article draws from current research to clearly list some of the most desirable leadership skills for practicing lawyers. Smith, The Struggles … Continue reading
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Developing Attorneys for the Future: What Can We Learn From the Fast Trackers?, by Lori Berman et al
Berman et al. discuss the known attributes of “fast trackers,” or individuals who set themselves apart as workplace leaders. Senior partners and the like tend to recognize these high-performing individuals easily, but businesses would benefit from labeling and categorizing early … Continue reading
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Mines, Meyer, Mines, Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Toxicity.
“Emotional intelligence” (EI) is an increasingly influential concept in business at large, and lawyers can benefit by developing and applying their EI in the workplace. Abilities to understand others’ emotions, manage one’s own emotions, generate motivation, and handle business relationships … Continue reading
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A Judge’s Perspective on Pro Se Litigants, by Helen Gunnarsson
This short article presents a judge’s difficulties in balancing the pro se litigant’s interest in effective self-representation against the public’s interest in procedural consistency and fairness. While the pro se litigant deserves an opportunity to present their claim, formal and … Continue reading
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Subordination, Rhetorical Survival Skills, and Sunday Shoes: Notes on the Hearing of Mrs. G., by Lucie White
Lucie White contends that Goldberg v Kelly suggests “the Nation’s basic commitment” to provide “procedural justice” to all individuals within its borders. Equal and just treatment under our justice system requires of us an ongoing pursuit of “procedural justice,” which … Continue reading
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Goldberg v. Kelly
This 1970 SCOTUS ruling held that the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment requires an evidentiary hearing before a recipient of certain government benefits can be deprived of such benefits. While an individual is not always entitled to a … Continue reading
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