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Should Kentucky Impose An Enforceable Duty On Lawyers To Report Other Lawyers' Professional Misconduct?, Parker D. Eastin
Should Kentucky Impose An Enforceable Duty On Lawyers To Report Other Lawyers' Professional Misconduct?, Parker D. Eastin
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Legal Ethics And A Civil Action, Kevin E. Mohr
Legal Ethics And A Civil Action, Kevin E. Mohr
Seattle University Law Review
This Article shows how A Civil Action can be used to supplement a course in Professional Responsibility. A Civil Action contains many events that can similarly be used to introduce students to ethical dilemmas they will confront when they enter the profession. These events can breathe life into otherwise dry discussions of acceptable ethical behavior as set out in ethical codes. In accord with the Lessons from Woburn Project's goal to make A Civil Action and its associated materials into a powerful teaching tool, the book's events vividly illustrate the ethical parameters within which a lawyer must operate, ethical parameters …
Rethinking The Way Law Is Taught: Can We Improve Lawyer Professionalism By Teaching Hired Guns To Aim Better?, W. William Hodges
Rethinking The Way Law Is Taught: Can We Improve Lawyer Professionalism By Teaching Hired Guns To Aim Better?, W. William Hodges
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Lawyer's Duty To Disclose Material Facts In Contract Or Settlement Negotiations, Nathan M. Crystal
The Lawyer's Duty To Disclose Material Facts In Contract Or Settlement Negotiations, Nathan M. Crystal
Kentucky Law Journal
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Religion And The Public Defender, Sadiq Reza
Religion And The Public Defender, Sadiq Reza
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This essay argues that the public defender should not undertake, or fail to undertake, any action to the legal detriment of a client on the basis of a conflict the attorney perceives between religious and professional responsibility, except for imminent death or serious bodily harm to another. Having accepted the responsibility of representing indigent criminal defendants, the public defender is duty-bound to not compromise that responsibility for competing religious obligations. This argument rests on four premises: (1) the public defender occupies a unique position in our legal system, and options available to private interest lawyers or other clients should not …