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Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

2020

Legal Education

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Translation: The Korean Bar Association's Code Of Ethics For Attorneys, Wonji Kerper, Changmin Lee Jun 2020

Translation: The Korean Bar Association's Code Of Ethics For Attorneys, Wonji Kerper, Changmin Lee

Washington International Law Journal

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Korean Code Of Ethics For Attorneys, Wonji Kerper, Changmin Lee Jun 2020

Korean Code Of Ethics For Attorneys, Wonji Kerper, Changmin Lee

Washington International Law Journal

In 2009, Korea implemented a law school educational system, which not only changed the legal education system, but the legal landscape as a whole. This has led to rapid growth in the number of attorneys. Although the increased number of attorneys has resulted in lower barriers to accessing justice, it has also brought the unintended consequence of cut-throat competition. With the number of disciplinary actions rising by four-fold in the last three years, the current version of the Korean Code of Ethics for Attorneys is certainly a step in the right direction but may not be enough to strengthen attorneys’ …


A Survey Of Legal Ethics Education In Law Schools, Laurel S. Terry Jan 2020

A Survey Of Legal Ethics Education In Law Schools, Laurel S. Terry

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This book chapter, which was published in 2000, provides an overview of legal ethics education in U.S. law schools. Since 1974, legal ethics instruction has been required in law schools by the major accrediting body for law schools. The methods by which this require­ment has been satisfied vary, but the result is a much richer ethics literature than existed previously and a variety of approaches to the topic. This book chapter begins with an overview of the regulation of U.S. lawyers. The second section discusses the history of the legal ethics course requrirement. This section includes data from surveys published …