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ELP02
Assignment for October 10, 2002


NOTE:  Starting September 26, we began a four-week series of discussions led by two seminar participants each week and focusing on material and issues related to your research papers.

This week our two volunteers are Chad Learned and Gary Quick.


Chad Learned's topic is currently expressed as,
Compare and contrast the intricacies of reciprocity between Japan, China and the US.  A Road Map to the Reciprocity Jungle.
He recommends the following links to articles dealing with Japan's and U.S.' legal systems and multijurisdictional problems.

http://www.alsa.asn.au/links/alsaasia/japan/article/jba.htm  [Carolyn Sallis, "Japan Federation of Bar Association," Australian Law Students' Association (overview of the Japanese legal education system)]

http://www.jei.org/Archive/JEIR98/9819w4.html  [Jon Choy, "Tokyo Loosens Leash on Foreign Lawyers," Japan Economic Institute Report, May 15, 1998]

http://dollar.biz.uiowa.edu/~clearned  [J. Anthony McLain, "Association with Foreign Lawyer or Law Firm -- Wht do the Rules Permit?" Alabama Lawyer, July 2002, 63 Ala. Law. 220 (2002), 63 ALLAW 220 (Westlaw)]

http://dollar.biz.uiowa.edu/~clearned  [Caution: This prints out to 102 pages. Laurel S. Terry, "A Case Studyof the Hybrid Model for Facilitating Cross-Border Legal Practice: The Agreement Between the American Bar Association and the Brussels Bars," 21 Fordham Int'l L.J. 1382 (1998), 21 FDMILJ 1382 (Westlaw)]

Gary Quick's topic, as currently drafted, is,
"The problems of decreasing affordable access to legal assistance, lack of experiential training, and low public perception of lawyers can be improved by instituting a legal residency training program as an additional requirement for admission to the bar."
For our discussion of where his research and analysis are at this time he has given us the following reading assignments.

http://www.acgme.org [Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Website]

http://www.epa.state.oh.us/legal/intern.html  [Ohio EPA, "Ohio EPA's Legal Internship Program"]

http://www.online-law.co.uk/solicitor/becoming.html  [Online Law: Lawyers on the Web, "Qualifying as a Solicitor"]

http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/info/facts/facts_about/10_02.html  [German Embassy (Washington) German Information Center, "Facts About Germany: Education and Training: Vocational Training"]

http://www.loper.org/~george/trends/2000/Dec/93.html  [The Nation, "Political Economy: Legal Aid to the Poor?" (Dec. 11, 2000)]

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