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18 Syllabus 1 (1987)

handle is hein.journals/syllabus18 and id is 1 raw text is: American Bar Association Section of Legal Volume XVIII, Number 1 International Law in American Law Schools Reviewed Williamn W. Bishop, Jr. By William W. Bishop, Jr. I first taught international law at University of Michigan Law School in 1933, and have been familiar with this field of legal education ever since. At that time international law courses were found in about one- fourth of the law schools in the United States and usually had small enrollments. I had only six students the first time I taught the course. Those taking international law 50 years ago were particularly interested in government service and in the prevention of war. Many more were enrolled in political science courses in international law; indeed some law schools let their students take such courses rather than offering international law in the law school itself. The combination of World War II, the creation of the United Nations, interest in war crimes trials, enthusiasm over the U.N. Human Rights Program in its early years, more widespread journalistic attention to international affairs from 1940 onward, the growth of foreign trade and international business- these were among the factors which contributed to a growing interest in international affairs after 1940. In the years since, more and more law schools in the United States teach international law, and enrollment in such courses has greatly increased. As early as 1955 about 70 percent of those graduating from University of Michigan Law School had taken at least the introductory international law course, and there were substantial enrollments in such courses in other law schools, a few of which required the subject. Practical opportunities for law practice on the private and business side of international law steadily increased. At the same time, there has been growth in courses, seminars, and research in comparative law, furthered in part by the availability of scholars who had left Europe just before and after World War II. Student and faculty interest in both international and comparative law Continued on page 7 Comments on I on Professi onal By Justin A. Stanley he Report of the A Commission on Professionalism considered question of whether or not a decline in professionalsn so, what should be done a The initial question was ea answer; the second far mo While recognizing that n lawyers do good work for clients, are fair and mainta interest in their profession system of justice, we found many lawyers disregard th matters and operate solely money. Believing that the profes facing a need for some bas changes, at the risk of havi changes imposed by gover we decided that although overhaul was needed, we recommend some specifics thought they might be achi and that, once achieved, th lead to others and to a cha attitude of the bar generall What follows is a brief s some of the things the Coo considered. We addressed all segmen bar: (1) the law schools, (2 practicing bar and bar asso and (3) the judiciary. We urged the judiciary much stronger role in the litigation, to adopt, in the sanction rules already in el federal system, and to emp sanctions. We advocated, Continued on page 7 Professional Responsibility Report Can Ethics Be Taught [ism in Law Schools? tin Stanley Daniel K Coquillette By Daniel R. Coquillette BA et us imagine that Peter T. is a lawyer in a small town. He the specializes in handling accident cases there was for workers in certain large industries and, if near the town. He takes their cases bout it. on a contingency basis of up to 30 sy to percent. It is a tough practice. Peter's re difficult, big problem is getting information host out of the corporations involved in their the accidents. They are represented in an by a big law firm in the city that and in the knows every device to block I that discovery of evidence. But he has ese hired an expert investigator named to make Martin M., an industry safety inspector during the day who sion is moonlights for Peter at night. ic After Peter hired Martin, his success Lng those increased. He now asks the industries iaments, the right questions about accidents, a general and has a much better idea about could only what records to demand. Martin has We also told injured workers about Peter, levable and they often-come to him. iey could Last week, Peter was served with a nge in the complaint by the bar overseers in his y. state. It accuses him of offenses ummary of contrary to the professional rules, rmission including: bribing an employee to act against the interests of his employer, nts of the using a runner to solicit business, ) the and requiring excessive contingency ciations, fees. The complainant is a partner of the large firm that serves the local o take a industries. Now Peter is facing the conduct of professional crisis of his life. states, the Peter T's case, a real one, would ffect in the today turn on whether his ploy I employment of Martin is a deceit )nce more, or prejudicial to the administration Continued on page 8 Section Proposes Institutional Faculty Membership An Institutional Dues for Fulltime Law Faculty proposal has been proposed by the Section's membership committee, supported by the Section's Council, unanimously endorsed by the ABA Board of Governors, and has the strong support of the president and president-elect of the ABA. Under this proposal, an ABA- approved law school could pay the ABA an institutional membership fee, which would entitle any of its fulltime faculty members to join the ABA and the Section at no cost to the faculty member. The recommendation was approved by the ABA House of Delegates at the 1987 Midyear Meeting, STUDENT INTEREST IN INTERNATIONAL LAW COURSES GROWS By William B. Powers The Office of the Consultant on Legal Education to the American Bar Association has recently completed an in-depth study of contemporary law school curricula. In this study, elective course offerings were put into 33 substantive categories. Data on these electives were collected, and the results were compared with the results obtained by E. Gordon Gee and Donald W. Jackson some ten years ago. One elective category which showed a significant amount of change in the past decade is the international and comparative law category. The number of elective courses dealing with international and comparative law listed in law school catalogs has increased nearly 23 percent since 1975. The international and comparative law category ranks third in the number of courses listed in law school catalogs. More significantly, the number of international and comparative law courses actually offered by law schools during 1984-86 has increased by 55.5 percent since 1975. The total number of electives offered in all categories increased by 18 percent during the past decade, so the number of international and comparative law courses offered by law schools has increased at over I triple the average rate! Our study also examined the number of students taking these courses. Ten years ago, the international and comparative law category ranked only 16th out of the 33 elective categories in the total Continued on page 5 March, 1987 T 7-7

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