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Cultural Competence and the Legal Profession: An Annotated Bibliography of Materials Published Between 2000 and 2011

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2019

Annette Demers
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“…it is both impressive and effective to understand the culture in which you are doing business and demonstrating that understanding to clients. ‘There are cultural sensitivities even when you are dealing domestically,’ said Neena Gupta, a partner with Gowlings in Waterloo who heads up the firm's India Practice Group. Such cultural skills – speaking another language, being familiar with another culture, having lived outside Canada – while often acknowledged as softer skills are still seen as an enhancement to core legal skills. “We are conscious of the fact that a candidate with linguistic ability and global awareness does bring something to the table that others do not,” said Gupta. That something is very good for the business of law.”

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International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , Spring 2011 , pp. 22 - 50
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Copyright © 2011 by the International Association of Law Libraries. 

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1 Moulton, Donalee. Cultural Training is Increasingly Vital for Global Lawyers, Lawyer's Weekly (online edition). (2007). http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/index.php?-section=article&articleid=513 Google Scholar

2 Confidential interview with an international negotiator in a Fortune 500 company. As cited in James R. Silkenat, The ABA Guide to International Business Negotiations: A Comparison of Cross-Cultural Issues and Successful Approaches 113 (2d. ed., Section of Law Practice Management, American Bar Association 2000).Google Scholar

3 Sue, D. W., & Torino, G. C. Racial– Cultural Competence: Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills, in Handbook of Racial–Cultural Psychology and Counseling. Vol. 2. Training and Practice 3 at 8, (R. T. Carter ed., Wiley 2005).Google Scholar

4 The Law Society of Upper Canada. Rules of Professional Conduct, Adopted by Convocation June 22, 2000, amendments current to January 2009 (The Society 2009). Rule 2.01.Google Scholar

5 See for example: Marie-Claire Foblets and Alison Dundes Renteln. Multicultural Jurisprudence Comparative Perspectives on the Cultural Defense. (Hart Publishing 2009); and, Renteln, Alison Dundes, The Cultural Defense (Oxford University Press 2004).Google Scholar

6 This bibliography also does not include the plethora of articles written in the United States debating law school affirmative action programs.Google Scholar

7 Report on The Task Force on Law Schools and the Profession: Narrowing the Gap (ABA Section of Legal Educ. And Admissions to the Bar, 1992); Roy Stuckey et al., Best Practices for Legal Education: A Vision and a Road Map (Clinical Legal Education Association, 2007) available at http://www.law.sc.edu/faculty/stuckey/-best_practices/best_practices-full.pdf; and Sullivan, supra note 1.Google Scholar

8 Sullivan, William M., Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass / John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007); and, Stuckey, Roy T. Best Practices for Legal Education: A Vision and a Road Map (New York: Clinical Legal Education Association, 2007).Google Scholar