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CJL 3038 Exam 4 Exam with
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Outline: Lawyers
Where are we today?
Where do lawyers practice? - CORRECT ANSWER--Private Practice
-Government
-Private Employment
-Judiciary
-Readings...
-Lawyers and Money
Lawyers - CORRECT ANSWER-Probably members of no other profession have
simultaneously been the subject of honor and vilification to the extent that lawyers have.
They are either seen as champions or as despicable villains.
Lawyers - CORRECT ANSWER--Professionals must answer ethical questions on their
own
-Generally, professionals want two things:
-To be changed and take on the attributes of the profession
-To keep previous selves intact
-Profession as an addition to their lives
Evolution of a profession - CORRECT ANSWER--The law is a learned profession
-Professionalization
:An attempt to translate one type of resource into another
-Specialized knowledge and skills becomes social and economic reward
Market control - CORRECT ANSWER--the successful assertion of unchallenged
authority over some area of knowledge and its professional instrumentation
-Until the body of knowledge became too much for the ordinary person to handle, there
was no need for a legal profession
Evolution of a profession - CORRECT ANSWER-To become a profession, a discipline
must:
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Become a full-time occupation
Have established training schools
University affiliation of training schools
Local professional associations must started
National professional associations evolved
State licensing laws must exist
Formal codes of ethics must be established
Becoming a full-time occupation - CORRECT ANSWER--Primitive societies
-Lawyers did not exist
-Judges and courts were temporary
-The development of the legal profession has been intimately connected with the rise of
legal systems
Becoming a full-time occupation - CORRECT ANSWER--In the 1200s, the profession of
the advocate (a regulated group of law practitioners with some formal training) emerged
-First lawyers were trained by judges in the courtroom
-Then, training moved out of the courtroom into the Inns of the Court (England)
-Members of the Inns became organized and monopolized the training of lawyer
Becoming a full-time occupation - CORRECT ANSWER--The American Legal
Profession
Pre-Revolution
-Law was practiced by the upper class
-Wealthy sent their sons to the Inns of Courts
-Lawyers were unpopular
-During Revolution
-Many lawyers emigrated to England
-Post-Revolution
-Legal profession became more egalitarian
The American Legal Profession
Pre-Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER-Law was practiced by the upper class
Wealthy sent their sons to the Inns of Courts
Lawyers were unpopular
During Revolution
Many lawyers emigrated to England
Post-Revolution
Legal profession became more egalitarian
Establishing Training Schools - CORRECT ANSWER-1770s-1780s
First law schools established
Grew out of a specialized law office offering an apprenticeship program
Fourteen month program - no diploma
Taught by lecture method
Lax oral exam was maybe required
University law schools
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CJL 3038 Exam 4 Exam with
complete solutions latest version
Outline: Lawyers
Where are we today?
Where do lawyers practice? - CORRECT ANSWER--Private Practice
-Government
-Private Employment
-Judiciary
-Readings...
-Lawyers and Money
Lawyers - CORRECT ANSWER-Probably members of no other profession have
simultaneously been the subject of honor and vilification to the extent that lawyers have.
They are either seen as champions or as despicable villains.
Lawyers - CORRECT ANSWER--Professionals must answer ethical questions on their
own
-Generally, professionals want two things:
-To be changed and take on the attributes of the profession
-To keep previous selves intact
-Profession as an addition to their lives
Evolution of a profession - CORRECT ANSWER--The law is a learned profession
-Professionalization
:An attempt to translate one type of resource into another
-Specialized knowledge and skills becomes social and economic reward
Market control - CORRECT ANSWER--the successful assertion of unchallenged
authority over some area of knowledge and its professional instrumentation
-Until the body of knowledge became too much for the ordinary person to handle, there
was no need for a legal profession
Evolution of a profession - CORRECT ANSWER-To become a profession, a discipline
must:
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Become a full-time occupation
Have established training schools
University affiliation of training schools
Local professional associations must started
National professional associations evolved
State licensing laws must exist
Formal codes of ethics must be established
Becoming a full-time occupation - CORRECT ANSWER--Primitive societies
-Lawyers did not exist
-Judges and courts were temporary
-The development of the legal profession has been intimately connected with the rise of
legal systems
Becoming a full-time occupation - CORRECT ANSWER--In the 1200s, the profession of
the advocate (a regulated group of law practitioners with some formal training) emerged
-First lawyers were trained by judges in the courtroom
-Then, training moved out of the courtroom into the Inns of the Court (England)
-Members of the Inns became organized and monopolized the training of lawyer
Becoming a full-time occupation - CORRECT ANSWER--The American Legal
Profession
Pre-Revolution
-Law was practiced by the upper class
-Wealthy sent their sons to the Inns of Courts
-Lawyers were unpopular
-During Revolution
-Many lawyers emigrated to England
-Post-Revolution
-Legal profession became more egalitarian
The American Legal Profession
Pre-Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER-Law was practiced by the upper class
Wealthy sent their sons to the Inns of Courts
Lawyers were unpopular
During Revolution
Many lawyers emigrated to England
Post-Revolution
Legal profession became more egalitarian
Establishing Training Schools - CORRECT ANSWER-1770s-1780s
First law schools established
Grew out of a specialized law office offering an apprenticeship program
Fourteen month program - no diploma
Taught by lecture method
Lax oral exam was maybe required
University law schools
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