American Bar Association

Standing Committee on Specialization
2004 National Roundtable

on Lawyer Specialty Certification

Thursday, March 25 - Saturday March 27, 2004
Chateau Sonesta Hotel, New Orleans, LA

Professionalism and the Certified Specialist

Clark D. Cunningham

W. Lee Burge Professor of Law & Ethics

Georgia State University College of Law

Atlanta, Georgia

Materials for Presentation on Friday, March 26

(Complete set of matierials [79 pages] can be downloaded by clicking here)

1. Background information

    1. Clark D. Cunningham Home Page                                                                          

    2. W. Lee Burge Chair Professionalism Page                                                             

    3. Web Page on Specialty Certification                                                                        

2. Adrian Evans & Clark D. Cunningham, Specialty Certification as an Incentive for Increased Professionalism: Lessons from Other Disciplines and Countries,  54 S. Carolina L. Rev. 987 (2003)  (Full text available at http://law.gsu.edu/ccunningham/Professionalism/Index.htm)                      

3. Clark D. Cunningham, But What is Their Story?, 52 Emory L.J. 1147 (2003)  (client survey project of the Effective Lawyer Client Communication Project)  (More information available at http://law.gsu.edu/Communication/)                                        

4. Family Law Specialist Accreditation: Assessment Guidelines, The Law Society of New South Wales (Australia) (Full text available at http://www.lawsociety.com.au/)                   

5. The Specialist Quality Mark in England and Wales

•  Roger Smith, Quality and Criminal Legal Aid in England and Wales, Justice Initiatives 42 (Feb 2004) (Also available at http://www.justiceinitiative.org/)     
•  Quality Mark for the Bar Standard (Legal Services Commission)  (Full text available at http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/qmark/index.htm)                             
• Transaction Criteria for Criminal Matters (Legal Services Commission)  (Full text available at http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/contract/transaction.htm )       
• Client Feedback Questionnaire (Legal Services Commission) (Full text available at http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/contract/lafqas.htm)
•  Richard Moorhead & Avrom Sherr, An Anatomy of Access: Evaluating Entry, Initial Advice and Signposting Using Model Clients (2002)  (Full text available at http://www.lsrc.org.uk/publications/modelclientpaper.pdf)