LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Marshall Rothstein, Legal Education, Judicial Independence
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Admin: term paper details next week, due march 22, topic: juries, update to reading list, ta groups next week, remember portfolio entries. Last week: becoming a lawyer in canada practical barriers, the role of legal education in the development of lawyers but also the law. Issues in legal education, socialization, access to training (lsat) and the profession school is to socialize you into what it means to be a lawyer. People who try to challenge this hierarchy, it is a risky strategy. Role strain being trapped as a player in a bigger machine, The changing face of the legal profession (is it really?) Challenging lawyers monopoly on legal practice (paralegals, mediators, etc. ) Judges de facto (cid:498)final(cid:499) say on rights issues (cid:523)s. (cid:883)& s. (cid:885)(cid:885)(cid:524: raises the question: )f we have better ways for finding (cid:498)truth(cid:499) (cid:523)the trial as outdated fact-finder): return to these issues in juries and reform.
