ABSTRACT
The approach of a new millennium has given rise to a spate of "futurist" writings. In law, perhaps the most prevalent are writings deploring the state of the legal profession and calling for renewal or reform. In return, the government has prohibited nonlawyers from practicing law while leaving the legal profession largely unregulated. At the same time, the demographic makeup of the legal profession was also changing. Beginning in the late 1960s, the increasing numbers of graduates from law schools included significant numbers of women and members of minority groups. Women actors in the legal system continue to report discrimination and the perception of being treated differently from men. Efforts at judicial education have attempted to explain to judges what women's and racial and ethnic minorities' experiences are and how they should come to understand them before they judge them.
