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Expectations In The Mirror: Lawyer Professionalism And The Errors Of Mandatory Aspirations, Keith W. Rizzardi

Florida State University Law Review

For years, Florida has been a leader in the professionalism movement, and state leaders have created new documents and standards to make professionalism enforceable. The rest of the nation can learn from Florida’s errors, because the Sunshine State has blurred the lines between professionalism and legal ethics. In fact, history shows that Florida is simply repeating the same mistakes that have been addressed time and time again as our system of legal ethics has evolved. At times, Florida’s professionalism concepts even contradict themselves. Indeed, from a jurisprudential perspective, even H.L.A. Hart and Lon Fuller—who otherwise disagreed over the morality of …

Embracing Third-Party Litigation Finance, David R. Glickman

Florida State University Law Review

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The Prioritization Of Criminal Over Civil Counsel And The Discounted Danger Of Private Power, Kathryn A. Sabbeth

Florida State University Law Review

This Article seeks to make two contributions to the literature on the role of counsel. First, it brings together civil Gideon research and recent studies of collateral consequences. Like criminal convictions, civil judgments result in far-reaching collateral consequences, and these should be included in any evaluation of the private interests that civil lawyers protect. Second, this Article argues that the prioritization of criminal defense counsel over civil counsel reflects a mistaken view of lawyers’ primary role as a shield against government power. Lawyers also serve a vital role in checking the power of private actors. As private actors increasingly take …

The Cost Of Avoidance: Pluralism, Neutrality, And The Foundations Of Modern Legal Ethics, Melissa Mortazavi

Florida State University Law Review

This Article offers an answer to key questions in modern American legal ethics: when and why did the legal profession stop talking about professional conduct in moral terms? Mining the history of current rules governing lawyer conduct, this Article reveals that while the 1969 Model Code of Professional Responsibility sought to revolutionize legal ethics by creating a professional code that was more transparent, democratized, and less hierarchical than the preceding 1908 Canons of Legal Ethics, that effort also excised a moral understanding of lawyering in order to facilitate a particular understanding of pluralism.

The drafters of the 1969 Model Code …

The 1996 Florida Administrative Procedure Act's Attorney's Fees Reforms: Creating Innovative Solutions Or New Problems?, Elizabeth C. Williamson

Florida State University Law Review

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The Limits Of Compulsory Professionalism: How The Unified Bar Harms The Legal Profession, Bradley A. Smith

Florida State University Law Review

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Sexual Harassment In The Legal Profession: Workplace Education And Reform, Civil Remedies, And Professional Discipline, Lisa Pfenninger

Florida State University Law Review

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Pinocchio For The Defense, Linda Harrison Gottlieb

Florida State University Law Review

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Florida's Open Government Laws: No Exceptions For Attorney-Client Communications, Lucille E. Turner

Florida State University Law Review

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Disqualification Of Criminal Defense Attorneys Due To Prior Government Service, Margo L. Frasier

Florida State University Law Review

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Professional Responsibility, Due Diligence And Rule 415: Another Dilemma, Lawrence F. Orbe Iii

Florida State University Law Review

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The Right And The Power: The Prosecution Of Watergate, Barry D. Halpern

Florida State University Law Review

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