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Should Kentucky Impose An Enforceable Duty On Lawyers To Report Other Lawyers' Professional Misconduct?, Parker D. Eastin Jan 1999

Should Kentucky Impose An Enforceable Duty On Lawyers To Report Other Lawyers' Professional Misconduct?, Parker D. Eastin

Kentucky Law Journal

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Kentucky Law Survey: Professional Responsibility, William H. Fortune Jan 1998

Kentucky Law Survey: Professional Responsibility, William H. Fortune

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

This article is a survey of recent Kentucky ethics cases and Kentucky Bar Association ethics opinions. The cases and opinions selected are those of general application but special interest.


Kentucky's New Rules Of Professional Conduct For Lawyers, Eugene R. Gaetke Jan 1990

Kentucky's New Rules Of Professional Conduct For Lawyers, Eugene R. Gaetke

Kentucky Law Journal

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Kentucky's New Rules Of Professional Conduct For Lawyers, Eugene R. Gaetke Jan 1990

Kentucky's New Rules Of Professional Conduct For Lawyers, Eugene R. Gaetke

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

On July 12, 1989, the Kentucky Supreme Court adopted its own version of the American Bar Association's 1983 Model Rules of Professional Conduct as the body of disciplinary law applicable to lawyers practicing in the state. These new rules constitute a major improvement in the state's law of legal ethics. Their adoption should be considered a victory for Kentucky lawyers and, more importantly, a victory for the people of the state, the ultimate beneficiaries of the regulation of the legal profession.

As with most victories, the adoption of the new rules was not unequivocally positive. Kentucky's version of the Model …


Kentucky's Standard For Ineffective Counsel: A Farce And A Mockery?, Bruce F. Clark Jan 1975

Kentucky's Standard For Ineffective Counsel: A Farce And A Mockery?, Bruce F. Clark

Kentucky Law Journal

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Kentucky's Future Need For Attorneys, Leslie W. Abramson Jan 1974

Kentucky's Future Need For Attorneys, Leslie W. Abramson

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Lawyer Supply And Demand In Kentucky Over The Next Decade, Alvin L. Goldman Jan 1970

Lawyer Supply And Demand In Kentucky Over The Next Decade, Alvin L. Goldman

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Projecting future needs is a painstaking and hazardous affair. Avoiding such pain, however, is even more hazardous. There is good reason to attempt to project the next decade's need for, and potential supply of, new lawyers in Kentucky. Adequate legal services are an important ingredient in orderly economic growth and an essential element in preserving a free society. On the other hand, an over-abundance of lawyers can depress the economics of the profession to the point at which its ability to sustain desired standards of ethical conduct and to attract a high caliber of new talent are both threatened. Moreover, …


The Scope Of Permissible Comment In A Civil Action In Kentucky, Jerry Lee Foster Jan 1970

The Scope Of Permissible Comment In A Civil Action In Kentucky, Jerry Lee Foster

Kentucky Law Journal

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Lawyer Supply And Demand In Kentucky Over The Next Decade, Alvin L. Goldman Jan 1970

Lawyer Supply And Demand In Kentucky Over The Next Decade, Alvin L. Goldman

Kentucky Law Journal

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The Unauthorized Practice Of Law In Kentucky, J. Pelham Johnston Jan 1947

The Unauthorized Practice Of Law In Kentucky, J. Pelham Johnston

Kentucky Law Journal

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Grounds For Disbarment And Suspension In Kentucky, J. Paul Curry Jan 1940

Grounds For Disbarment And Suspension In Kentucky, J. Paul Curry

Kentucky Law Journal

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Constitutionality Of The Incorporated Bar Act, Henry O. Whitlow Jan 1937

Constitutionality Of The Incorporated Bar Act, Henry O. Whitlow

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.