Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-5nwft Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-12T21:57:59.368Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The Teacher-Scholar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Carroll Seron
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

The teacher-scholar enjoys the opportunity to contribute to the development of public intellectualism and, particularly, to a concern for social justice and the democratic process. As teachers, we have the opportunity to share with students the skills of critical questioning, which is the fundamental grounding for thinking about what a commitment to social justice and democratic processes means. As scholars, even when we conduct policy-driven studies, we have the opportunity to contribute to progressive social change, as long as we remain independent of the client and engaged with basic theoretical and conceptual questions of the social sciences. In response to Calavita's call for a commitment to engaged research, I propose that we begin our work at work.

Type
Presidential Address and Commentaries
Information
Law & Society Review , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , 2002 , pp. 21 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 Law and Society Association.

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

References

Calavita, Kitty (2002) “Engaged Research, ‘Goose Bumps,‘ and the Role of the Public Intellectual,” Law & Society Rev. this issue.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Freidson, Eliot (1970) Doctoring Together. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.Google Scholar
Freidson, Eliot (2001) Professionalism: The Third Logic. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.Google Scholar
Laumann, Edward O., Gagnon, John H., Michael, Robert T., & Michaels, Stuart (1994) The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.Google Scholar
Lempert, Richard O. (2002) “Activist Scholarship” 35 Law & Society Rev. 25–33.Google Scholar
Nelson, Robert (1988) Partners with Power. Univ. of California Press.Google Scholar
Sarat, Austin, & Felstiner, William L. F. (1995) Divorce Lawyers and Their Clients: Power and Meaning in the Legal Process. New York: Oxford Univ. Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Seron, Carroll (1996) The Business of Practicing Law: The Work Lives of Solo and Small-Firm Attorneys. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press.Google Scholar
Seron, Carroll, Ryzin, Gregg Van, Frankel, Martin, & Kovath, Jean (2002) “The Impact of Legal Counsel on Outcomes for Poor Tenants in New York City's Housing Court: Results of a Randomized Experiment” 35 Law & Society Rev.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Starr, Paul (1982) The Social Transformation of Medicine. New York: Basic Books.Google Scholar
Stover, Robert (1989) Making It and Breaking It: The Fate of Public Interest Commitment during Law School. Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press.Google Scholar

Cases Cited

Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 336; Sup. Ct. 792 (1963).Google Scholar