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Guidebook for Law Schools

How to Extend Legal Education to Support Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners and Increase Access to Justice to Low and Moderate-Income Individuals and Communities


A Guidebook for Law Schools  

by Deborah Howard
Law School Consortium Project
December 18, 2001


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1

Acknowledgements

Contact Information

A Description of the Law School Consortium Project      

Description of the Practitioner Network Models

University of Maryland School of Law Model

City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law Model

The Northeastern University School of Law Domestic Violence and Economic Development Models

Northeastern University School of Law Domestic Violence Model

Northeastern University School of Law Economic Development Model

Part 2

Review of the Benefits of Developing Law School-Supported Practitioner Networks 

  I.     Benefits to Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners

  II.    Benefits to Low and Moderate-Income Individuals and Communities

  III.     Benefits to the Participating Law Schools

Part 3

Suggestions for the Development of a Successful Practitioner Network Model

   I.    Developing the Practitioner Network

   II.     Integrating the Practitioner Network into the Institution

   III.     Sustaining the Practitioner Network

Part 4

Potential New Models

Network Created by a Faculty Member

Network Created by an Administrator

Network Hosted by a Bar Association/Legal Services Organization With Law School Support

Part 5

Conclusion

How to Join the Law School Consortium Project

Contact Information for the Original Models



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