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Lawyers And Butlers: The Remains Of Amoral Ethics, W. Bradley Wendel
Lawyers And Butlers: The Remains Of Amoral Ethics, W. Bradley Wendel
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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Through The Looking Glass Of Ethics And The Wrong With Rights We Find There, Susan P. Koniak
Through The Looking Glass Of Ethics And The Wrong With Rights We Find There, Susan P. Koniak
Faculty Scholarship
An ethic that imposes strong obligations to protect those who are most powerful and capable of protecting themselves and weak obligations to protect the powerless and most vulnerable is wrong. I take it this first proposition is self-evident, at least for those of us who still feel comfortable speaking of right and wrong. For those more comfortable speaking of "efficiency" and "inefficiency," the inefficiency of such an ethical system should similarly be self-evident.
Paying Attention To The Signs, Susan P. Koniak, Geoffrey C. Hazard
Paying Attention To The Signs, Susan P. Koniak, Geoffrey C. Hazard
Faculty Scholarship
After all our efforts and all Keck's money, where are we? Some good has been accomplished. By committing its resources to the study of legal ethics, the W.M. Keck Foundation has encouraged law schools to pay attention to a subject all too often ignored. That itself is good. The money has made things happen. Schools have held conferences devoted to legal ethics that otherwise would not have been held;1 schools have experimented with teaching programs in legal ethics that otherwise might have been left untried;' members of the practicing bar have had conversations and debates with academics about the …
Cross-Examining Legal Ethics: The Roles Of Intentions, Outcomes, And Character, R. George Wright
Cross-Examining Legal Ethics: The Roles Of Intentions, Outcomes, And Character, R. George Wright
Kentucky Law Journal
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In Search Of Greener Pastures: Do Solicitation Rules And Other Ethical Restrictions Governing Departing Partners Really Make Sense Today, Judy Royer May
In Search Of Greener Pastures: Do Solicitation Rules And Other Ethical Restrictions Governing Departing Partners Really Make Sense Today, Judy Royer May
Villanova Law Review
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Avoiding Error In Closing Argument, H. Patrick Furman
Avoiding Error In Closing Argument, H. Patrick Furman
Publications
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The Profession Of Law: Columbia Law School's Use Of Experiential Learning Techniques To Teach Professional Responsibility, Carol B. Liebman
The Profession Of Law: Columbia Law School's Use Of Experiential Learning Techniques To Teach Professional Responsibility, Carol B. Liebman
Faculty Scholarship
Columbia Law School's ethics course, "The Profession of Law" ("POL"), is an interactive, experiential exploration of lawyer ethics. The course, required for all third-year students, is taught on an intensive basis during the first week of the fall semester. It begins on Monday morning, the first day of the semester, and runs through mid-afternoon on the following Friday. The course has five goals: to introduce students to the rules that govern professional conduct; to help them develop an analytic framework for making ethical decisions in those broad areas where the rules do not give clear answers; to provoke them to …