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66 Fordham Law Review 1075 (March 1998). The Relevance of
Religion to a Lawyer's Work: an Interfaith Conference.
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Religious Perspective on Legal Practice and Ethics." (Responses by
Peggy T. Cantwell, Lawrence A. Hoffman, James M. Jenkins, and Frank
Pommersheim.)
- Collett, Teresa Stanton. "Speak No Evil, Seek No Evil, Do No
Evil: Client Selection and Cooperation with Evil."
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Calling."
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Perry Dane, Kaled Abou El Fadl, John Langan, Sj, and Linda C.
Mcclain.)
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Ethics."
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Provide Pro Bono Publico Service."
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Teaching."
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Legal Ethics." (Response by Thomas D. Morgan.)
- Kastleman, Kevin Patrick. "Selected Bibliography: Religion and
Lawyering."
- Lee, Randy. "The Immutability of Faith and the Necessity of
Action."
- Matthews, Gregory L. "The Discernent of (The Law Student's)
Vocation in Law."
- Pearce, Russell G. "The Religious Lawyering Movement: an Emerging
Force in Legal Ethics and Professionalism."
- Shaffer, Thomas L. "Faith Tends to Subvert Legal Order."
26 Fordham Urban Law Journal 985 (April 1999). Rediscovering
the Role of Religion in the Lives of Lawyers and Those They
Represent.
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resources for Christian lawyers."
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10 Journal of Law and Religion 277 (1993-94) Commentary on the
Work of Thomas L. Shaffer
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Lonely Path."
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of Thomas Shaffer."
- Hartigan, Emily Fowler. "The Gentleman Who Was Thursday."
- Lesnick, Howard. "Religious Particularity, Religious Metaphor,
and Religious Truth: Listening to Tom Shaffer."
- Shaffer, Thomas L. "How I Changed My Mind."
Yoder, John Howard. "The Scholarship of Thomas L. Shaffer: A
Retrospective and Response."
81 Marquette Law Review 177 (Winter 1998). Religion and the
Judicial Process: Legal, Ethical, and Empirical
Dimensions.
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Justices: Historical Notes and Comments." (Responses by J. Gordon
Hylton and Christopher F. Wolfe.)
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Cases." (Responses by Richard B. Saphire, Mark V. Tushnet, and
Robert W. Tuttle.)
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Decision-Making." (Responses by Daniel O. Conkle, Joan B.
Gottschall, and Scott C. Idleman.)
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Establishment." (Responses by Larry Cata Backer, Mark Modak-Truran,
and Ronald F. Thiemann.)
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Kent Greenawalt, Emily Fowler Hartigan, Rodney K. Smith, and James
Boyd White.)
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Law: Impossible but Necessary."
27 Texas Tech Law Review 1027 (1996). Faith and the Law
Symposium.
- Ajalat, Charles R. "Practice, Church, Life, and
Society."
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Balancing of Interests."
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Spirituality of Work for Lawyers."
- Allen, Douglas R. "A Spiritual Look at Choosing a Legal
Career."
- Baker, Thomas E. and Timothy W. Floyd. "A Symposium Precis"
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Been."
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Spirituality, and Justice."
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Contents of the Lawyer's Work: Three Models of Spirituality-and Our
Struggle with Them."
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Christianity at the Same Time."
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of God."
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Law."
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Secular Vocation."
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God, Man, Law, Lawyering, Sandy Koufax, Roger Maris, Orel
Hershiser, Looking at the Catcher, and Corked Bats in the Kingdom
(With a Brief Guest Appearance by Ty Cobb."
- Shaffer, Thomas L. "Maybe a Lawyer Can be Servant; If
Not..."
- Starr, Kenneth W. "Christian Life in the Law."
- Vaino, Sharon Worthing. "Serving Through Law: Biblical Counsel,
Experience in Practice."
Wiltshire, Jr., Ashley T. "Religion and Lifework in the Law."
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Thee?"
- Woodruff, Michael Joseph. "Lawyers and Sacred Gold."
10 Vanderbilt Law Review 879 (August 1957). Symposium on Law
and Christianity.
- Ellis, W.S. "The Christian Lawyer as Public Servant."
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- MacKinnon, F.B. "Summary of a Statement of the Effect of
Religious Principles on Lawyers' Ethical Problems."
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- "A Bibliography on Christian Faith and the Law."
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Authors
Robert W. Tuttle, Ph.D., J.D.
Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University Law
School
Leigh-Frances Prince
JD Candidate, George Washington University Law School