Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...finds himself technical consultant to the expedition. Along with these results came some echoes of the past. Simonsen got a friendly phone call from a man who, when an alcoholic, had tried to kill the captain aboard ship in 1943. The man, now reformed, has become a successful lawyer in Boston...
...dweller, minority-group member, school dropout, unsuccessful employee and law violator. Stripped of selfesteem, this loser compensates by hating and hurting life's winners. And the U.S. criminal-justice system all too often reinforces his contempt for society's values. If the suspect cannot afford a skilled lawyer, he is pressured to plead guilty without a trial. For the same crime, different judges hand out wildly disparate sentences...
...explosion. Divorces, housing problems, job denials, welfare claims-all such relatively tiny disputes would entitle the principals to legal representation. Now, even with the OEO law offices that have sprouted around the country, most such cases never enter the legal process at all unless the disputant can afford a lawyer or has a claim that seems likely to establish a precedent...
...value and nature of bar examinations should be reassessed. The bar should consider developing alternative means to verify the competence of a new lawyer." Two possible ways: a set number of years of intern or apprenticeship, or simply automatic admission to the bar upon graduation from an accredited law school...
...limitations were manifold. For one thing, the group had no power to enforce a single suggestion. Such was the prestige of most of the participants, however, that their conclusions could hardly be shrugged off. A book reporting the meeting is now being assembled for distribution to 250,000 lawyers and nonlawyers. Much of what was said at the meeting will seem revolutionary to most of the recipients. But as Philadelphia Lawyer Bernard Segal, president-elect of the A.B.A. for 1969-70, said in one discussion group: "We are stating large principles here, and we should not get sidetracked with specific...