Thorns and roses : lawyers tell their pro bono stories / Deborah A. Schmedemann.
2010
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Title
Thorns and roses : lawyers tell their pro bono stories / Deborah A. Schmedemann.
Published
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
KF336 .S36 2010
ISBN
9781594607431 (alk. paper)
1594607435 (alk. paper)
1594607435 (alk. paper)
Description
xviii, 183 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)551378092
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction: A Special Responsibility for the Quality of Justice
ix
Empirical Research
xv
1.
Kind of His Lifeline
3
Representing an inmate on death row in his appeals in state and federal court
Questions to Consider
22
2.
The Bridge to the Hill
23
Testifying before Congress about the need for more resources to address sexual violence in Indian Country
Questions to Consider
35
3.
The Canoe Has Moved
37
Mediating disputes between returning National Guard and Reserve soldiers and their employers
Questions to Consider
49
4.
A Bigger Tool-Chest
51
Assisting people in a transitional housing facility find stability in their next homes
Questions to Consider
67
5.
This Concrete Thing
69
Litigating a products liability claim for a woman with cerebral palsy against the manufacturer of her defective wheelchair
Questions to Consider
79
6.
Light Bulbs
81
Counseling small businesses and nonprofits
Questions to Consider
89
7.
Dark Spots in Your Radar
91
Representing an Oromo man in his hearing before a federal immigration officer in his effort to be granted asylum
Questions to Consider
100
8.
Checkered Pasts
103
Trying a police brutality case for a homeless man arrested for loitering
Questions to Consider
115
9.
Teaspoon by Teaspoon
117
Appealing a denial of disability benefits for a Cambodian refugee with post-traumatic stress disorder
Questions to Consider
129
10.
A Chaste Kiss
131
Representing a gay rights organization in its claim of discrimination against a newspaper, before a civil rights agency and in state court
Questions to Consider
146
11.
Basketball
149
Giving voice to a deaf child in his quest to be adopted
Questions to Consider
171
12.
Paths to Travel
173
Founding and running an organization that provides legal information to cancer patients and their families
Questions to Consider
182