A citizen lawyer's moral, religious, and professional responsibility for the administration of justice for the poor

Fordham Law Review

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1383-1391

  Dantuono, Mary Ann ^a,b,c  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St John's School of Law

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References (37)

1. Roscoe Pound, The Lawyer from Antiquity to Modern Times 5 (1953).
2. Joseph G. Allegretti, The Lawyer's Calling: Christian Faith and Legal Practice 36 (1996).
3. Phoebe A. Haddon, Education for a Public Calling in the 21st Century, 69 Wash. L. Rev. 573, 574 (1994).
4. Allegretti, supra note 2, at 2 (citing Mary Ann Glendon, A Nation Under Lawyers: How the Crisis in the Legal Profession Is Transforming American Society 14 (1994)).
5. See Harry T. Edwards, Remarks, A Lawyer's Duty to Serve the Public Good, 65 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1148, 1151-55 (1990).
6. See Chris Smith, God is an .800 Hitter, N.Y. Times, July 27, 1997, § 6 (Magazine), at 26.
7. See Thomas L. Shaffer, On Living One Way in Town and Another Way at Home, 31 Val. U. L. Rev. 879 (1997).
8. See Matthew 25:37-46. The judgment gospel of Matthew explains the interrelationship of our treatment of the poor and our love of God.
9. Nitza Milagros Escalera, A Christian Lawyer's Mandate to Provide Pro Bono Publico Service, 66 Fordham L. Rev. 1393 (1998).
10. Id. at 1393.
11. Model Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 6.1 (1993).
12. As part of the working group, Roman Catholicism, various Christian denominations, Mormons, Muslims, the Jewish tradition, and Native American Spirituality were represented. We recognize this as a diverse sample and not exhaustive.
13. Michael J. Himes & Kenneth R. Himes, Fullness of Faith: The Public Significance of Theology 1-2 (1993) (describing the work of Martin E. Marty, The Public Church: Mainline-Evangelical-Catholic (1981)).
14. Stephen L. Carter, The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion (1993).
15. Administrative Board of the United States Catholic Conference, Political Responsibility: Proclaiming the Gospel of Life, Protecting the Least Among Us, and Pursuing the Common Good 7 (1995).
16. Id.
17. Fred Kammer, Doing Faithjustice: An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought 9 (1991).
18. Id. at 164.
19. Black's Law Dictionary 244 (6th ed. 1990).
20. See Jill Chaifetz, The Value of Public Service: A Model for Instilling a Pro Bono Ethic in Law School, 45 Stan. L. Rev. 1695, 1697 (1993) (discussing Michael Caudell-Feagan, Pro Bono and Legal Education, 1 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 193, 194 (1991) (citing American Bar Association Consortium on Legal Services and the Public, 1990 Directory of Private Bar Involvement Programs 146-47 (May 1990))).
21. See Jill Chaifetz, The Value of Public Service: A Model for Instilling a Pro Bono Ethic in Law School, 45 Stan. L. Rev. 1695, 1697 (1993) (discussing Michael Caudell-Feagan, Pro Bono and Legal Education, 1 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 193, 194 (1991) (citing American Bar Association Consortium on Legal Services and the Public, 1990 Directory of Private Bar Involvement Programs 146-47 (May 1990))).
22. Edwards, supra note 5, at 1148 (quoting Alexis de Tocqueville, 1 Democracy in America 269 (J. Mayer ed. & G. Lawrence trans., 1969)).
23. Standing Committee on Lawyers' Public Service Responsibility, Committee Report Supporting 1993 Amendment to Rule 6.1, reprinted in Regulation of Lawyers: Statutes and Standards 308-09 (Stephen Gillers & Roy D. Simon, Jr. eds., 1995).
24. Jerry Gray, Senate Approves a Big Budget Bill, Beating Deadline, N.Y. Times, Oct. 1, 1996, at A1; see Don't Gut Legal Services, N.Y. Times, Aug. 3, 1997, § 4 (Week in Review), at 12.
25. Jerry Gray, Senate Approves a Big Budget Bill, Beating Deadline, N.Y. Times, Oct. 1, 1996, at A1; see Don't Gut Legal Services, N.Y. Times, Aug. 3, 1997, § 4 (Week in Review), at 12.
26. Robert Greenstein et al., Bearing Most of the Burden: How Deficit Reduction During the 104th Congress Concentrated on Programs for the Poor (visited Feb. 20, 1998) 〈http://www.cbpp.org/104TH.HTM〉.
27. Kammer, supra note 17, at 181.
28. James L. Baillie & Judith Bernstein-Baker, In the Spirit of Public Service: Model Rule 6.1, The Profession and Legal Education, 13 Law & Ineq. J. 51, 65 (1994).
29. Id. (citing Robert V. Stover, Making It and Breaking It: The Fate of Public Interest Commitment During Law School 57-58 (Howard S. Erlanger ed., 1989)).
30. Haddon, supra note 3, at 578.
31. Id.
32. Harold A. McDougall, Lawyering and the Public Interest in the 1990s, 60 Fordham L. Rev. 1, 11 (1991).
33. Id. at 47.
34. Id.
35. See Chaifetz, supra note 20.
36. Edward D. Re, Law Office Sabbaticals for Law Professors, 45 J. Legal Educ. 95, 95 (1995).
37. Psalm 9:8-10.