The lawyer's myth : reviving ideals in the legal profession / Walter Bennett.

Chicago ; London : Univ of Chicago Pr, 2001.

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Lawyers -- United States.

Law and ethics -- United States.

1. The professional wound

2. The dark landscape of the profession : the legal academy and the loss of ideals

3. The profession and the loss of professional mythology

4. The mythological function of the lost ideals

5. The negative archetype in professional mythology

6. Professional mythology and the loss of community

7. Why the profession should be saved

8. A preface to new ideals : coming to terms with the historical masculinity of the profession

9. Realizing the feminine in lawyer's work : conceiving a new ideal of power

10. Beginning the lawyer's inner journey : new models and heros

11. Something greater than oneself : envisioning a new new ideal, understanding lawyers' faith

12. Pursuing the lawyers' faith : reconvening the campfire, creating storytelling models for a broader ideal of justice

13. The roles of law schools and the Bar in conceiving a new profession

Reflections

App A. A model mentoring program for young lawyers

App B. A model mentoring program for law students

App c. Duties of statewide mentoring coordinator.

Includes index.

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