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A Conflict Is A Conflict Is A Conflict: Fiduciary Duty And Lawyer - Client Sexual Relations, Matthew Certosimo

Dalhousie Law Journal

Does a lawyer breach his' fiduciary duty by engaging in sexual activity with a client?' The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society is attempting to answer this very question with a proposed Rule in the Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Handbook : Chapter 24 on Sexual Relation-ships with a Client. The purpose of this paper is to review the proposed Rule in the context of a lawyer's fiduciary duty to his client.

False Witness: A Lawyer's History Of The Law Of Perjury, Richard H. Underwood

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

From Cain to Potiphar's Wife to the pig and chicken laws of the Lex Salica of Clovis I, Professor Underwood examines the role of the false witness throughout history. Take a voyage extraordinaire and encounter some of history's most notorious perjurers.

Post-Trial Interviews With Jurors: An Absence Of Regulation In West Virginia, Pamela M. Smoljanovich

West Virginia Law Review

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It's Not Easy Being Easy: Advising Tax Return Positions , J. Timothy Philipps

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Sex And The Client: Ten Reaons To Say No, Howard W. Brill

Santa Clara Law Review

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The Supreme Court's Attack On Attorneys' Freedom Of Expression: The Gentile V. State Bar Of Nevada Decision, Suzanne F. Day

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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The Legal Profession's Rule Against Vouching For Clients: Advocacy And The Manner That Is The Man Himself, Thomas L. Shaffer

Journal Articles

Modem American lawyers impose on one another regulatory rules that speak to the old argument but have not resolved it. One of these requires lawyers to advocate the interests of their clients with zeal; another forbids them from arguing that they believe what they say, or in the merit of what they are asking the government to do. The latter of these is a rule against vouching for clients. Rules that require zeal and forbid vouching seek to prevent both advertent deceit and an "unprofessional" limitation of advocacy to causes lawyers believe in. My claim is that these rules are …

Firrea Disrupts Traditional Notions Of Attorney Duty By Exposing Lawyers, As Financial Institution-Affiliated Parties, To Personal Liability, Joseph E. Addiego Iii

Santa Clara Law Review

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The Lawyer's Proper Role In The Examination Of Financial Institutions: Defining The Duty To Disclose After Kaye, Scholer, Kevin T. Pogoda

Santa Clara Law Review

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How I Changed My Mind, Thomas L. Shaffer

Journal Articles

My own changes of mind are not unique. I am one of a small group of law teachers who have, over the last thirty years, become clearer in formulating an Hebraic legal ethic. We are a minority who have become bolder. We owe such courage as we have located for that to modern pioneers, most notably Harold Berman, and, more lately, Emily Hartigan. What has changed most for us has been the clarity of our public witness; the substance all along has been old-time religion. When I say "clarity" I mean that we have come to see this substance in …

Meaning And Professionalism In American Law, Paul D. Carrington

Faculty Scholarship

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Part 2: An Introduction To The European Community's Legal Ethics Code Part Ii: Applying The Ccbe Code Of Conduct, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

An Introduction To The European Community's Legal Ethics Code Part I: An Analysis Of The Ccbe Code Of Conduct, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry