Lawyers and Liberations

Authors

Robert E. Rodes, Notre Dame Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1991

Publication Information

10 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 593 (1991)

Abstract

The Jesuit educational tradition stresses the importance of service to the community and especially to its underprivileged members. Much of the discussion at the Ignatian Year celebration held at St. Louis University centered on the role of the law school in the Jesuit educational tradition. However, I would like to propose that this discussion take on a much larger focus.

The ideas of community service, solidarity with the poor and professionalism within an ethical context, although integral to the Jesuit tradition, are relevant to society as a whole. Furthermore, integration of these concepts into law school education is merely a starting point. The larger task is to graft these concepts onto the role of the legal profession, and indeed the entire ruling managerial elite in society.

Comments

Reprinted with permission of the Saint Louis University Public Law Review © 1991
St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri.

Recommended Citation

Robert E. Rodes, Lawyers and Liberations, 10 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 593 (1991).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/690