Abstract
I'm writing in response to Stephen Ellmann's comments on the "Dealing with Difference" articles in the Fall, 1997 issue of the Review. [Editor's note: Professor Ellmann's letter was published in 5 CLIN. L. REV. 335-36 (1998).] His comments both exemplify the problem I wrote about in my essay (A Field Trip to Benetton. . . and Beyond: Some Thoughts on "Outsider Narrative" in a Law School Clinic, 4 CLIN. L. REV. 109 (1997)) and raise an important question regarding our roles as teachers and lawyers. Steve asks "what is the role of 'objectivity' in lawyering that is sensitive to difference?" He goes on to suggest that when a client presents a story that differs from our common sense understanding of how the world works we must not only consider - and overcome - the influences, stereotypes and values that make up our common sense, but also "entertain the possibility that the parts of the client's account that trouble us really are troublesome" (emphasis added).
Publication Title
Clinical Law Review
Volume
5
Issue
2
First Page
639
Recommended Citation
Carolyn Grose,
Letters to the Editor,
5
Clinical L. Rev
639
(1999).
Available at:
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/clr/vol5/iss2/11