Professional Development Consortium

Winter Conference

Thursday, February 1 - Saturday February 3, 2007
San Antonio, Texas

Post-Qualification Training and Assessment:

The Case of Scotland

Clark D. Cunningham

W. Lee Burge Professor of Law & Ethics

Georgia State University College of Law

Atlanta, Georgia

Robert Pirrie, WS

Chief Executive

The Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet (“The WS Society”)

Edinburgh, Scotland

Materials for Presentation on Friday, February 2

1. Background information

    a. Robert Pirrie Biography

    b. WS Society Jennifer Veitch, Signet Honour Does Still Have a Nice Ring to It, The Scotsman (7 February 2006)

    c. Clark D. Cunningham Home Page                                                                            

    d. Burge Endowment for Law & Ethics: Professionalism Page                                      

    e. The Effective Lawyer-Client Communication Project: Home Page

2. Clark D. Cunningham, What Clients Want from Their Lawyers: Powerpoint version

3. The Signet Accreditation Program

a. INNOVATIVE NEW SCHEME FOR LAWYERS APPOINTS PRESTIGIOUS BOARD (Press Release - January 26, 2007) (MS Word document)

b. Powerpoint presentation

4. The OPM Case

    a. Instructions for Simulated Client Meeting

    b. What Really Happened in the OPM Case : Powerpoint version