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Avoiding Ethics Complaints: Finding The Rules And Leos, Joyce Manna Janto
Avoiding Ethics Complaints: Finding The Rules And Leos, Joyce Manna Janto
Law Faculty Publications
One nightmare shared by all lawyers is the prospect of a letter from the Standing Committee on Lawyer Discipline informing them of a complaint. Prudent lawyers avoid this by becoming familiar with the ethical rules and standards of their jurisdiction. Because, as many a lawyer has learned, ignorance of the rules is no excuse.
A Guide To Legal Research In Virginia, Joyce Manna Janto
A Guide To Legal Research In Virginia, Joyce Manna Janto
Law Faculty Publications
The primary goal of this new edition of A Guide to Legal Research in Virginia is to expand coverage in several chapters and to add a new chapter covering legal ethics materials. This edition also notes changes in the URLs for many Virginia government websites. Most of these changes are likely based on changes in administrations and technological upgrades. The researcher should be aware that there is a lack of consistency among Virginia government web addresses. Changes in the operation and coverage of the major legal databases are noted where appropriate. Today, Virginia practitioners have a wide variety of resources, …
Look For The Helpers, Tara L. Casey
Look For The Helpers, Tara L. Casey
Law Faculty Publications
Mr. Rogers once said, “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’“
So, as I sit and wrestle with the news stream that surrounds me, I look for the helpers. And I find ... you.
Inside of each of us is the capacity to be the helper that provides a salve to our world’s wounds. We all can be the helpers when we create,cultivate, and operate pro bono service and community engagement programs that focus on …
Pro Bono At University Of Richmond School Of Law, Tara L. Casey
Pro Bono At University Of Richmond School Of Law, Tara L. Casey
Law Faculty Publications
“Pro bono” is often the first legal Latin that a law student learns, before other courses come in with their res ipsa loquitur and in flagrante delicto. The reason for this primacy is the greater emphasis law schools have placed upon pro bono programming in the past ten to fifteen years.
Email, Metadata, And Clouds, Oh My! Recent Changes To The Model Rules Of Professional Conduct, Joyce Manna Janto
Email, Metadata, And Clouds, Oh My! Recent Changes To The Model Rules Of Professional Conduct, Joyce Manna Janto
Law Faculty Publications
A discussion of how the 2012 revisions to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct affect the attorney's duties in handling email: encryption, storage, metadata, and confidentiality.
Solving Your Ethical Conundrums: Researching The Rules Of Professional Conduct, Joyce Manna Janto
Solving Your Ethical Conundrums: Researching The Rules Of Professional Conduct, Joyce Manna Janto
Law Faculty Publications
Ms. Janto provides a practical guide to researching issues of attorney professional responsibilities using both print and online resources, emphasizing Virginia rules and decisions.
What We Didn't See Before, Allison Anna Tait
What We Didn't See Before, Allison Anna Tait
Law Faculty Publications
The essays in this Issue concentrate on a primary, and crucial, cluster of analytic concerns about the ways in which governments, artists, and architects have chosen to represent the concept of justice.
Ethics: Conflicts Of Interest Issues In Patent Litigation, Christopher A. Cotropia
Ethics: Conflicts Of Interest Issues In Patent Litigation, Christopher A. Cotropia
Law Faculty Publications
To understand what conflicts to avoid, this Article looks at recent decisions in patent litigation cases where conflict of interest issues have been decided. The discussion is divided up as follows. In Part I, choice of law regarding conflicts issues is discussed. In Part II, the common issues surrounding attorney and/or firm disqualifications for conflicts of interest are explored. Part III looks at conflicts of interest involving current clients. Part IV examines conflicts of interest concerning former clients. In Part V, a different type of conflict of interest—the lawyer as a witness situation—is discussed. Part VI moves to conflicts of …
Some Ethical Considerations For Judicial Clerks, John Paul Jones
Some Ethical Considerations For Judicial Clerks, John Paul Jones
Law Faculty Publications
Since 1875, new law graduates have served judges of federal and state courts as legal researchers, executive assistants, and professional confidants. In return, the best of the newest lawyers have gotten a chance to complement their classroom education with field study of bench and bar-from behind the bench. The ideal relationship which should develop between law clerks and their judges is symbiotic: the judges enjoying the energies and fresh perspectives of brand new professionals rated top among their contemporaries by law professors, and the law clerks obtaining tutorials by senior jurists regarded as among the best by their former peers …