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Criticizing The Courts: A Lawyer’S Duty (Iii), Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 2000

Criticizing The Courts: A Lawyer’S Duty (Iii), Roger J. Miner '56

Lawyers and the Legal Profession

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Professional Responsibility, Nicholas Rine, Ly U. Meng Jan 2000

Professional Responsibility, Nicholas Rine, Ly U. Meng

Books

The study of professional responsibility is, of course, critical to those who wish to practice as lawyers. Without a clear understanding of the expectations of the profession, no lawyer will function effectively. Beyond that simple practical need, however, new lawyers need to have a realistic perspective on the competence and the limitations of their profession.

But the study of legal ethics is a valuable undertaking even for those who have no intention of becoming lawyers. Many people see the legal system as a mysterious set of rituals which make little sense. (And that perspective is not completely unrealistic.) For any …


Dressed For Excess: How Hollywood Affects The Professional Behavior Of Lawyers, Nancy B. Rapoport Jan 2000

Dressed For Excess: How Hollywood Affects The Professional Behavior Of Lawyers, Nancy B. Rapoport

Scholarly Works

This article discusses two related points: first, that the way in which movies portray lawyers shapes how clients view effective/ineffective lawyer behavior, and second, that the portrayal also helps lawyers to forget appropriate professional behavior.


Symposium, Legal Ethics For Government Lawyers: Straight Talk For Tough Times: Introduction, Randy Lee Dec 1999

Symposium, Legal Ethics For Government Lawyers: Straight Talk For Tough Times: Introduction, Randy Lee

Randy Lee

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Robert Bolt’S A Man For All Seasons And The Art Of Discerning Integrity, Randy Lee Dec 1999

Robert Bolt’S A Man For All Seasons And The Art Of Discerning Integrity, Randy Lee

Randy Lee

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German Mdps: Lessons To Learn, Laurel S. Terry Dec 1999

German Mdps: Lessons To Learn, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

This article is the third of four major articles or book chapters that I have written about MDPs. This article focuses on German multidisciplinary partnerships (MDPs) between lawyers and accountants. The German MDP experience is important because Germany is one of the few jurisdictions that expressly permits MDPs and because conferences about World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services (the GATS) have cited to Germany when suggesting that other countries' MDP bans may be unnecessarily restrictive. After introducing common MDP regulatory issues, this article focuses on Germany. The article explains Germany's current regulation of MDPs and provides a …