Perspectives on Law

The Psychology of Modern Legal Practice

Welcome to Prof. Sung Hui Kim and Prof. Jerry Kang’s Perspectives on Law & Lawyering Class.

Syllabus

The course meets through both Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 semesters.  Meeting times will be Sunday evenings from 5-7:30 p.m. with dinner served.  Locations will be announced later.

I. The Professional  –  Sept. 12, 2010

• Kazuo Ishiguro, Remains of the Day

II. The Pursuit of Happiness  –  Oct. 17, 2010

• Selected portions of Patrick Schiltz, On Being A Happy, Healthy and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy and Unethical Profession, 52 Vand. L. Rev. 871. (pp. 872-906) (pdf emailed to you on 9/7/2010 12:30 PM)
• Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness

III. Wall Street  –  Nov. 14, 2010

• Milton Regan, Eat What You Kill.

IV. Making Choices  –  Jan. 23, 2011

• Jonah Lehrer, How We Decide

V. Bias in the Firm – Feb. 27, 2011

• Paul Barrett, The Good Black: A True Story of Race in America

Books

The Schiltz article excerpts for Class II will be provided to you.  The rest of the reading comes from books that you are responsible for getting yourselves through bookstores (the above links are to Amazon) or libraries.