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12 Rutgers J. L. & Religion 1 (2010-2011)

handle is hein.journals/rjlr12 and id is 1 raw text is: VOLUME 12 FALL 2010 PART 1 RUTGERS JOURNAL OF LAW & RELIGION -ARTICLE- CAN COMPASSIONATE PRACTICE ALSO BE GOOD LEGAL PRACTICE?: ANSWERS FROM THE LIVES OF BUDDHIST LAWYERS Deborah J. Cantrell* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction....................................................... 3 II. Setting the Stage: Buddhist Traditions in the United States...................... 5 A. Two Buddhisms in America ...................5...... ................5 B. A Very Short Primer on Particular Buddhist Traditions in America ............... 7 1. Commonalities Among the Yanas ....................8.... ............8 2. Theravada Tradition: Vipassana .................2..... .............12 3. Mahayana Traditions: Zen and Tiep Hien ........................ 13 4. Vajrayana: Tibetan Traditions ..................................... 15 III. Methodology ...................................................... 15 A. Selecting the Participants ...................5....... .................15 B. Definition of Lawyer and Buddhist Practice . .................... 16 C. General Scope of the Interviews ....................................... 17 IV. Findings......................................................... 17 A. Geographic Regions Represented .................8..... ...............18 B. Legal Practice Areas Represented ...................................... 18 C. Religious Upbringing..........................2..... ..............21 D. Coming to Buddhism (or not) ........................................ 24 1. Overview.................................................... 24 2. Some Individual Stories........................................... 26 E. What Constitutes Buddhist Practice ....................................... 34 F. Lawyerly Values................................................ 38 G. Lawyerly Practice as a Buddhist Practice ................................ 40 H. Discussions of Buddhist Practice with Client and Colleagues .................. 51 I. Interplay Between Buddhist Practice and the Rules of Professional Conduct ............. 56 Associate Professor, University of Colorado Law School. With deep gratitude and respect, I thank the fifteen participants in this project. Without their generosity, candor, and patience, this project would not have happened. Thank you to my colleagues at the University of Colorado Law School, particularly Sarah Krakoff and Pierre Schlag. Thanks to Leanne Hamilton and Wunpenn Zaborek for tireless research assistance, and to Jane Thompson, Assistant Library Director, for finding many obscure materials for me. Thanks also to William Boyd for suggesting a qualitative instead of quantitative approach for this project. RUTGERS JOURNAL OF LAW AND RELIGION