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32 Syllabus 1 (2001)

handle is hein.journals/syllabus32 and id is 1 raw text is: American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar • Volume XXXII, Number 1 ° Winter 2001 Professionalism-Attainable? By Dean John D. Feerick, Fordham University School of Law, Chairperson of the Section's Professionalism Committee he Section of Legal Education and other ABA entities have made efforts to promote pro- fessionalism. The term is not with definition difficulty. Some equate professionalism with compliance with disciplinary rules and legal provisions governing the practice of law. Others include the idea of lawyer competence. Still others equate professionalism with civility; and others speak of it in terms of a lawyer's pro bono obligations. There are other concep- tions of professionalism as well. The term, it appears, is without a widely shared understanding as to its meaning. In the absence of a corn- mon definition, a Committee on Pro- fessionalism must be resourceful in developing an appropriate agenda to address the subject. At its recent meeting, our Com- mittee decided to approach the sub- ject of professionalism through an exploration of the expectations of law students and lawyers. The topic of expectations has two dimensions. From the perspective of law schools, what expectations do law students about to enter the profession have? As legal educators, we should be able to articulate clearly to our stu- dents useful information about the profession they will soon enter. Sec- ond, from the perspective of em- ployers, what expectations do they have of their new lawyers? The Committee believes that an understanding of expectations can be significant for a number of rea- sons. First, it may provide an oppor- tunity for employers and law stu- dents to begin to communicate what is in store for them as students move from the classroom into legal employment. Second, it is a way, hopefully, for legal employers to communicate to their new lawyers a sense of their mission and culture. Third, this may give us all a larger understanding of the type of com- mitments needed by the profession Continued on page 10 Approval of Law School he House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, at its February 19-20, 2001, meeting, concurred with the Febru- ary 17-18, 2001, action of the Coun- cil of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, granting provisional ABA approval to Appalachian School of Law, located in Grundy, Virginia. The Appalachian School of Law is an independent law school orga- nized in 1995; it admitted its first class in fall 1997. In the fall of 2000, the school had a total enrollment of 170 including 65 upper-class stu- dents; there are currently 37 full- time employees. The school's program of legal education emphasizes skills devel- opment, especially writing; dispute resolution; and imbuing students with a sense of professional respon- sibility and community service. All students must complete 25 hours of community service each semester and an extensive externship in the summer after their first year. For more information, visit the School's Web page at www.asl.edu. Appalachian School of Law

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