Lawyering in the 21st Century

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Course Documents

• * Syllabus (pdf)
• *Presentation Schedule (pdf)
• *Okla. Modification on Proof of RPC Rule Violation as Evidence of Breach (pdf)
• *OK 2008 RPC redlined to ABA 2002 RPC (without Okla. Modification to Scope ¶ 20) (pdf)
• Lawyering in the 21st Century Weeks 1-3 (ppt)
• *Kowalski, Mitchell, Avoiding Extinction: Reimagining Legal Services for the 21st Century (Chicago: American Bar Association, 2012) http://catalog.lib.ou.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/3?searchdata1=3935902{CKEY}&searchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^&user_id=WEBSERVER
  *Melcher, Michael F., The Creative Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction (Chicago, American Bar Association, 2007) http://catalog.lib.ou.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/3?searchdata1=2842876{CKEY}&searchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^&user_id=WEBSERVER
  *Henry, Deborah Epstein, Law and Reorder: Legal Industry Solutions for Restructure, retention, Promotion and Work/Life Balance (Chicago, American Bar Association, 2010) http://catalog.lib.ou.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/3?searchdata1=3720859{CKEY}&searchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^&user_id=WEBSERVER
• *Work Life Balance (pdf)
• *Presentation Skills (pdf)
• Model Policies for Work-life Balance http://www.americanbar.org/groups/women/publications.html

Reading for Session 1 - January 17, 2012

• *Mary Daly, Integrity in the Practice of Law (pdf)

Reading for Session 2 - January 23, 2012

• *Heatherjarvis.wordpress.com (opens in a new window)
• Heather Jarvis, Student Loan Expert (pdf)
• http://askheatherjarvis.com/
• http://askheatherjarvis.com/uploads/images/Five%20Easy%20Steps%20for%20PSLF%20v_2.pdf
• http://askheatherjarvis.com/uploads/images/The%20Right%20Kind%20of%20Job%20for%20PSLF.pdf
• http://askheatherjarvis.com/uploads/images/The%20Right%20Kind%20of%20Loans%20for%20PSLF.pdf
• http://askheatherjarvis.com/uploads/images/The%20Right%20Kind%20of%20Payments%20for%20PSLF.pdf
• *Schrag, Coordinating Loan Repayment Assistance (pdf)
• *Schrag, Federal Student Loan Repayment Assistance for Public Interest Lawyers and Other Employees of Governments(pdf)

Reading for Session 3 - January 24, 2012

• * Eric Jackson, The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unscuccessful Executives (pdf)

Reading for Session 4 - January 30, 2012

Guest Speaker, Casey Delaney

• *Job Searching in Today's Market (pdf)

Reading for Session 5 - January 31, 2012

• *Michael Greco, Remarks to the Conference of Chief Justices (pdf)
• *Bruce Green, ABA Ethics Reform (pdf)
• * ABA Plus OK 6.1 (pdf)


READ BLACKLETTER TEXT AND SCAN THE COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING RULES. THINK ABOUT THE CORE VALUES REPRESENTED BY THESE RULES

• *ABA Rule 1.1 (pdf)
• *ABA Rule 1.6 (pdf)
• *ABA Rule 1.7 (pdf)
• *ABA Rule 3.3 (pdf)
• *ABA Rule 5.4 (pdf)

Reading for Session 6 - February 6, 2012

General class discussion

Reading for Session 7 - February 7, 2012

• *Biography of Gina L. Hendryx (pdf)
• *Top 20 Frequently Asked Ethic Questions (pdf)
• *Oklahoma Discliplinary Procedure (pdf)
• * 2011 Annual Report (pdf)

Reading for Session 8 - February 13, 2012

Guest Lecturer, Library Director Darin Fox
• * Researching Legal Ethics (ppt)

Reading for Session 9 - February 14, 2012

Guest Lecturer, Associate Library Director Joel Wegemer

Reading for Session 10 - February 20, 2012

• *Maute, Happy Lawyer Powerpoints (ppt)
• *Ethical Issues Relating to Balance (or Lack Thereof) (pdf)
• * Nancy Levit & Douglas Linder, THE HAPPY LAWYER: MAKING A GOOD LIFE IN THE LAW (OXFORD U. PRESS 2010) (pdf)

Reading for Session 11 - February 21, 2012

• Thomas Morgan, The Last Days of the American Lawyer

Reading for Session 12 - February 27, 2012

• *Thomas Morgan, The Last Days of the American Lawyer (ppt)

Reading for Session 13 - February 28, 2012

• * The End of Lawyers, Richard Susskind, Intro and Chapter 2 (pdf)
• *Susskind slides (ppt) - NOTE: We will resume this next Tuesday
• * The End of Lawyers, Richard Susskind, Chapter 8 (pdf)

Reading for Session 14 - March 5, 2012

• Guest Speaker, Travis Pickens. Reading Assignments include:
• Why Manners Matter (pdf)
• *2012 OK 7 (Cowley) (pdf)
• *2012 OK 11 (Wilson) (pdf)
• *2012 OK 12 (Wagener) (pdf)
• *2012 OK 13 (McTeer) (pdf)

Reading for Session 15 - March 6, 2012

Continuation of Session 13 (February 28): Review Susskind Materials *Susskind slides [updated](ppt)

Reading for Session 16 - March 12, 2012

• Reading Assignment: *Preamble: The Four Cornerstones of a Successful Law Firm (pdf) excerpted from Lawrence G. Green, Managing Partner 101, A Guide to Successful Law Firm Leadership (ABA Law Practice Management Section, 2d ed. 2001)
• * Mark Hermann, This is What I'm Thinking: A Dialogue Between Partner and Associate, per cite in Fox syllabus. Also post for Monday's Lawyering (pdf)
• *Managing Partner 101 slides (ppt)

Reading for Session 16 - March 13, 2012

• *ABA Judicial Disqualification Discussions (pdf)
• *Discussion of U.S. Supreme Court Recusal Practice (pdf)
• *Campaign Cash Mirrors a High Court's Rulings (pdf)
• *Code of Judicial Conduct, Ch. 1, Appendix 4, Rule 2.11, Disqualification (pdf)

Reading for Session 18 - March 26, 2012

• *Paper Presentation: Nathan Williamson (pdf)

Reading for Session 19 - March 27, 2012

• *Paper: Stephanie Cox (pdf)
• *Paper: Amy Jiang (pdf)
• *Paper: Abigail Townsend (pdf)
• *Law Office as a Happy & Healthy Workplace (ppt)

Reading for Session 20 - April 2, 2012

• *Paper: James Linhardt (pdf)
• *Paper Chance Holland (pdf)
• *Paper: Matt Jones (pdf)
• *Paper: Stephanie Conduff (pdf)
• *For Lawyers, Perks to Fit a Lifestyle - NY Times (pdf)
• *Conduff, Linhardt, Holland & Jones Lawyering Presentation (ppt)

Reading for Session 21 - April 3, 2012

• Note to Class: Class preparation should focus on everything listed under "New" as going forward in August 2012, but you will also find ALPS and inbound foreign lawyer materials.http://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/aba_commission_on_ethics_20_20.html
• * Andrew Perlman Biography (pdf)
• * Cover memo December 28, 2011 ABA Summary of Actions on Ethics 20/20 (pdf)
• * Commission on Ethics 20/20 slides (ppt)
• * Cover memo February 21, 2012: ABA Final Revised draft of first set of Commission Proposals (pdf)
• * February 21, 2012: ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Resolutions (pdf)
• * April 5 Hearing at Bar Center: Complaint (pdf) and EOA and Answer of Responsibility (pdf)

Reading for Session 22 - April 9, 2012

• * Paper - Kathryn Taylor (pdf)

Reading for Session 23 - April 10, 2012

• * The Future of Law Practice: Dark Clouds or Silver Linings? (pdf)
• * The Future of Law Practice (pdf)
• *Building the Law Firm of the Future (pdf)

Reading for Session 24 - April 16, 2012

• *Paper: Jared Gaither (pdf)
• *Paper: Courtney Hilliard (pdf)
• *Paper: Kyle Gregory (pdf)
• * Paper: Sage Garland (pdf)
• *Lawyering Presentation slides by Garland Sage (ppt)

Reading for Session 25 - April 17, 2012

• *Paper: Ben Barker (pdf)
• *Adopting MRPC3 slides (ppt)

Reading for Session 26 - April 23, 2012

• *Paper: Grant Frankfurt (pdf)
• *Paper: Charles Warren (pdf)
• *How Much Tech Will Do the Trick (by Charles Warren) (ppt)
• *Paper: Ashley Thul (pdf)
• *Paper: Elizabeth Burke (pdf)
• *Appendix for Burke paper (pdf)

Interesting Miscellaneous Reading

• *The Flight from Conversation [NY Times, April 21, 2012] (pdf)
• *Under Fire: A Closer Look at Technoogy-Assisted Document Review [Bloomberg BNA, 4/24/2012] (pdf)
• *Big Solutions for Big Data [Bloomberg BNA, 4/24/2012] (pdf)

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