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Ethics Education In The First Year: An Experiment, Stephen Bundy
Ethics Education In The First Year: An Experiment, Stephen Bundy
Stephen Bundy
Bundy presents an account of the University of California at Berkeley's School of Law's experiment with teaching the required professional responsibility course in the first year. During this experiment, the faculty members involved in the course developed a strong set of teaching materials and a strong commitment to teaching from those materials.
Materials On The Development Of Legal Ethics In The United States, Thomas Shaffer
Materials On The Development Of Legal Ethics In The United States, Thomas Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
American Lawyers And Their Communities: Ethics In The Legal Profession, Thomas Shaffer, Mary Shaffer.
American Lawyers And Their Communities: Ethics In The Legal Profession, Thomas Shaffer, Mary Shaffer.
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Lawyers In The United States Of America, Thomas Shaffer
Lawyers In The United States Of America, Thomas Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
American Legal Ethics: Text, Readings And Discussion Topics, Thomas Shaffer
American Legal Ethics: Text, Readings And Discussion Topics, Thomas Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Lawyers, Clients, And Moral Responsibility, Thomas Shaffer, Robert Cochran
Lawyers, Clients, And Moral Responsibility, Thomas Shaffer, Robert Cochran
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Faith And The Professions, Thomas Shaffer
Harmonizing Current Threats: Using The Outcry For Legal Education Reforms To Take Another Look At Civil Gideon And What It Means To Be An American Lawyer, Cathryn Miller-Wilson
Harmonizing Current Threats: Using The Outcry For Legal Education Reforms To Take Another Look At Civil Gideon And What It Means To Be An American Lawyer, Cathryn Miller-Wilson
Cathryn A. Miller-Wilson
"Harmonizing Current Threats: Using the Outcry for Legal Education Reforms to Take Another Look at Civil Gideon and What it Means to be an American Lawyer," makes the argument that, like medical education, legal education should be seen as a public responsibility. With the extra government funding that would come from this view of legal education, Miller-Wilson proposes incorporating "teaching law firms" after law school for students to practice in various specialties before graduation, similar to a medical residency.
Legal Ethics And Scientific Testimony: In Defense Of Manufacturing Uncertainty, Deconstructing Expertise And Other Trial Strategies, David Caudill
Legal Ethics And Scientific Testimony: In Defense Of Manufacturing Uncertainty, Deconstructing Expertise And Other Trial Strategies, David Caudill
David S Caudill
No abstract provided.
Speaking Science To Law, Deborah Hussey Freeland
Speaking Science To Law, Deborah Hussey Freeland
Deborah M. Hussey Freeland
involving a strong scientific consensus, the powerful qualities of scientific knowledge are easily lost in translation. Moreover, even prominent scientists who are committed to providing accurate information to legal fact-finders may suffer reputational harm simply for participating in an adversarial process.
This article analyzes the connection between law and science through the expert witness from the perspectives of epistemology and cross-cultural communication, focusing on the distinct ways in which scientists and lawyers know, value and express their knowledge. When a lawyer meets with a scientific expert witness, more confusion attends their interaction than either likely realizes. Linguistic translation is necessary--but …
Technology: A Motivation Behind Recent Model Rule Revisions, Louise L. Hill
Technology: A Motivation Behind Recent Model Rule Revisions, Louise L. Hill
Louise L Hill
No abstract provided.
What Is A Lawyer? A Reconstruction Of The Lawyer As An Officer Of The Court, Deborah Hussey Freeland
What Is A Lawyer? A Reconstruction Of The Lawyer As An Officer Of The Court, Deborah Hussey Freeland
Deborah M. Hussey Freeland
This paper engages with the central question in legal ethics concerning the lawyer's role, analyzing this fundamental question in terms of professional identity. Literature in this debate frames the lawyer either as a professional who exists entirely to serve her client (the "standard conception"), or as a professional whose primary duties are to the legal system. I reposit and examine the lawyer's professional identity as an officer of the court--an identity marginalized by those who favor the standard conception--noting that the phrase was coined to draw attention to a supplanting threat to legal professionalism. Providing a uniquely detailed examination of …
Plea Bargaining, Discovery, And The Intractable Problem Of Impeachment Disclosures, R. Michael Cassidy
Plea Bargaining, Discovery, And The Intractable Problem Of Impeachment Disclosures, R. Michael Cassidy
R. Michael Cassidy
In a criminal justice system where guilty pleas are the norm and trials the rare exception, the issue of how much discovery a defendant is entitled to before allocution has immense significance. This article examines the scope of a prosecutor’s obligation to disclose impeachment information before a guilty plea. This question has polarized the criminal bar and bedeviled the academic community since the Supreme Court’s controversial decision in United States v. Ruiz (2002). A critical feature of the debate has been the enduring schism between a prosecutor’s legal and ethical obligations – a gulf that the American Bar Association recently …
Professionalism Videos, Mary Ann Robinson, Alison Kehner
Professionalism Videos, Mary Ann Robinson, Alison Kehner
Mary Ann Robinson
A series of short filmed vignettes to be used to teach law students about concepts of professionalism. They are intended to be used to help our students realize that their careers as lawyers commence in law school, and that they must begin to adopt and emulate standards of professionalism in law school that they will carry with them when they become legal professionals. Choices made now not only impact their professional reputations, but also establish patterns that can serve them for the better or for the worse in practice.
Emerging Technology And Client Confidentiality: How Changing Technology Brings Ethical Dilemmas, Louise L. Hill
Emerging Technology And Client Confidentiality: How Changing Technology Brings Ethical Dilemmas, Louise L. Hill
Louise L Hill
No abstract provided.
Delaware Legal Ethics, American Legal Ethics Library, Lawrence Hamermesh, Louise Hill
Delaware Legal Ethics, American Legal Ethics Library, Lawrence Hamermesh, Louise Hill
Louise L Hill
No abstract provided.
Lawyers And The War, Robert Power
Delaware Legal Ethics, American Legal Ethics Library, Lawrence Hamermesh, Louise Hill
Delaware Legal Ethics, American Legal Ethics Library, Lawrence Hamermesh, Louise Hill
Lawrence A. Hamermesh
No abstract provided.
Toward A Feminist State: What Does Effective Prosecution Of Domestic Violence Mean?, Michelle Dempsey
Toward A Feminist State: What Does Effective Prosecution Of Domestic Violence Mean?, Michelle Dempsey
Michelle Madden Dempsey
This article examines domestic violence criminal prosecutions and addresses what effective prosecutorial action means in such cases. The argument elaborates on a point recently articulated by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, which links effective prosecution of violence against women to the creation of a less patriarchal society. The article concludes that effective prosecution of domestic violence means prosecution which constitutes the State as less patriarchal ceteris paribus
The Ethical Obligations Of Lawyers, Law Students And Law Professors Telling Stories On Web Logs, Anna Hemingway
The Ethical Obligations Of Lawyers, Law Students And Law Professors Telling Stories On Web Logs, Anna Hemingway
Anna P. Hemingway
Federalism And Choice Of Law In The Regulation Of Legal Ethics, Geoff Moulton
Federalism And Choice Of Law In The Regulation Of Legal Ethics, Geoff Moulton
Geoff Moulton
No abstract provided.