Papers by Nancy B Rapoport
Indiana Law Journal, 2006
me about these ideas and commenting on earlier drafts. This article is dedicated to the memory of... more me about these ideas and commenting on earlier drafts. This article is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Shirley Bard Rapoport, who showed me that embracing change and becoming an early adopter of trends, rather than a trend-follower (or, worse yet, a late bloomer), was worth the risk of failure or embarrassment. 1. The remarks in italics are a m6lange of comments that I've heard over the years at various law schools. 2. Pete Wentz, formerly of New Vistas Consulting and now at APCO Worldwide
Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, 2000
I remember sitting in a cineplex a couple of years ago, watching The Devil's Advocate,' both fasc... more I remember sitting in a cineplex a couple of years ago, watching The Devil's Advocate,' both fascinated and horrified by the plot, in which a lawyer is recruited by the devil to do the devil's work. After the movie was over and the crowd was filing out, I kept hearing people say things like "they sure told the truth about lawyers." Part of me wanted to shout out, "We're not like that! Most of us are good, caring, and ethical people!" 2 Part of me knew, though, that The Devil's Advocate was just another image in the relatively recent montage of negative images of lawyers. It seems to me that the public used to view lawyers more as heroes.' Now, though, we're more likely to be viewed as villains
Journal of Business and Technology Law, 2012
Social Science Research Network, Feb 25, 2020
is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Legal Decoder, Inc. I'd like to thank Professor Nan... more is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Legal Decoder, Inc. I'd like to thank Professor Nancy Rapoport, a friend and colleague who epitomizes and exemplifies what it means to be a true legal professional and industry expert. Thank you also to my wife and best friend, Meredith, whose patience, support, and love throughout an exhilarating professional journey have been the most important constant in my life.
Social Science Research Network, Jun 3, 2021
This essay discusses how much of a lawyer’s embedded assumptions and cognitive errors can come ac... more This essay discusses how much of a lawyer’s embedded assumptions and cognitive errors can come across in something as simple as a time entry on a bill. So much can be revealed about how a lawyer views himself or herself in society and about the lawyer’s relationship with the client that it’s worth examining what we can find when we look at legal bills.
University of Toledo Law Review, 2003
Social Science Research Network, Oct 10, 2006
In the Law School Survival Manual, Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel serve as the friendly voice o... more In the Law School Survival Manual, Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel serve as the friendly voice of experience whose wit and wisdom will guide you through law school from the application process to orientation, and from your first year to graduation -including summer jobs, clerkships, and the bar exam. This concise handbook focuses on all aspects of law school that are mystifying or tricky or both.
Journal of Business and Technology Law, 2010
This article discusses the many ways in which professional fees can spiral out of control in chap... more This article discusses the many ways in which professional fees can spiral out of control in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and evaluates the possible ways to monitor and control those fees.
Social Science Research Network, 2004
[Former Enron CEO Jeffrey] Slcilling offered a hypothesis for what brought Enron down, calling it... more [Former Enron CEO Jeffrey] Slcilling offered a hypothesis for what brought Enron down, calling it a "perfect storm" of events. H e speculated &at questions raised about the quality ofEnron's account-ing and about self-dealing caused a loss of confidence in the financial com- ...
Social Science Research Network, Oct 10, 2006
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Social Science Research Network, Jun 25, 2007
N an earlier issue of this annual symposium, I wrote about my swift transition from faculty colle... more N an earlier issue of this annual symposium, I wrote about my swift transition from faculty colleague to administrator. 1 Now, after eight years as a dean-two years at the University of Nebraska College of Law and six years at the University of Houston Law Center-I'm returning to my roots as a law professor. 2 I've been an academic since 1991, but what with having been an associate dean as well as a dean twice over, I've worked in administration for ten out of the last sixteen years. It's time to go home. And yet I can't truly go home again. I've learned too many things about myself and about the relationship between a faculty and its administration to resume my pre-administrator mindset. The lessons that I learned as a dean have changed me in some fundamental ways. I'm not one of "them" (an administrator) anymore. But I also can't be among those of "us" (professors) who view shared governance either as a nuisance that gets in the way of their teaching and research or as an entitlement to ride their particular hobbyhorses 3 in public. I'm returning to a very specific category of colleagues: those who were always there when the dean needed them, happy (or at least content) to pitch in when needed-those who understood that the best institution was a shared enterprise, rather than a loose collection of independent contractors. 4 I've seen
Social Science Research Network, Feb 24, 2004
American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, 1998
The Ohio State Law Journal, 1999
The annual ranking of law schools by U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News) and other publications ... more The annual ranking of law schools by U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News) and other publications has been accompanied by an annual battle between those in favor of law school ranking systems and those opposed to such systems. The author argues that a significant problem with these ranking systems is that both law schools and potential law students are taking the rankings for far more than they are worth. The author argues that these ranking systems, such as the one developed by U.S. News, are flawed in that they take into accountfactors that do not reflect upon law school quality. A more useful system would be to present a prospective law student with various indicia of each law school's quality and to allow the law student to make his or her own personal rankings based upon the factors that he or she values most. The author argues that a second and more practical solution would be to use broad measures of quality to rate rather than rank the law schools. It's the beginning of the academic year, and the latest US. News & World Report (U.S. News) ranking of law schools has been out for six months. In a few more months, it will be time for the annual battle of the ranking opponents versus the ranking proponents. The deans of most law schools will, once again, come out squarely against the methodology of the rankings and the fact that US. News ranks virtually every law school in the country, rather than just the top fifty schools that it ranks in other graduate programs. 1 The proponents will cite the need for winnowing the complex choices among law schools with some objective and standardized measures. 2 And then we'll all go into an infinite loop
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