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Milking The Estate, David R. Hague Sep 2018

Milking The Estate, David R. Hague

West Virginia Law Review

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Peter Singer, Drowning Children, And Pro Bono, John M.A. Dipippa Sep 2016

Peter Singer, Drowning Children, And Pro Bono, John M.A. Dipippa

West Virginia Law Review

This Article uses the ethicist Peter Singer's principles to examine and critique the legal profession's pro bono efforts in the face of the persistent gap between the public's legal needs and their ability to meet them. Singer argues that adults should jump into a pond to save a drowning child. Using the drowning child as an analogy, this Article argues that lawyers are morally obligated to (1) increase the amount of their pro bono efforts, (2) be more selective in the cases they take, and (3) be significantly more generous in their financial support for legal services providers. These obligations …


The Ethical Mine Field: Corporate Internal Investigations And Individual Assertions Of The Attorney-Client Privilege, Lawton P. Cummings Apr 2007

The Ethical Mine Field: Corporate Internal Investigations And Individual Assertions Of The Attorney-Client Privilege, Lawton P. Cummings

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Institutional Professionalism For Lawyers: Realizing The Virtues Of Civic Professionalism, Steven K. Berenson Sep 2006

Institutional Professionalism For Lawyers: Realizing The Virtues Of Civic Professionalism, Steven K. Berenson

West Virginia Law Review

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 307 - The Price Of Accountability: How Will Section 307 Affect The Role Of The Corporate Attorney, Sara B. Smith Apr 2005

Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 307 - The Price Of Accountability: How Will Section 307 Affect The Role Of The Corporate Attorney, Sara B. Smith

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Who Is The Corporation's Lawyer, Ethan S. Burger Apr 2005

Who Is The Corporation's Lawyer, Ethan S. Burger

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Expanding Attorney Liability To Third Party Adversaries For Negligence, Jody M. Offutt Jan 2005

Expanding Attorney Liability To Third Party Adversaries For Negligence, Jody M. Offutt

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Riner V. Newbraugh: The Role Of Mediator Testimony In The Enforcement Of Mediated Agreements, Joshua S. Rogers Sep 2004

Riner V. Newbraugh: The Role Of Mediator Testimony In The Enforcement Of Mediated Agreements, Joshua S. Rogers

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cooperation And Self-Interest Are Strange Bedfellows: Limited Waiver Of The Attorney-Client Privilege Through Production Of Privileged Documents In A Government Investigation, Ashok M. Pinto Jan 2004

Cooperation And Self-Interest Are Strange Bedfellows: Limited Waiver Of The Attorney-Client Privilege Through Production Of Privileged Documents In A Government Investigation, Ashok M. Pinto

West Virginia Law Review

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What's A Mediator To Do - Adopting Ethical Guidelines For West Virginia Mediators, Madeleine H. Johnson Sep 2003

What's A Mediator To Do - Adopting Ethical Guidelines For West Virginia Mediators, Madeleine H. Johnson

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Shared Responsibility: The Duty To Legal Externs, Kathleen Connolly Butler Sep 2003

Shared Responsibility: The Duty To Legal Externs, Kathleen Connolly Butler

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Subordinate Lawyers And Insubordinate Duties, Douglas R. Richmond Jan 2003

Subordinate Lawyers And Insubordinate Duties, Douglas R. Richmond

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Determining The Appropriate Time Limitations On Attorney Malpractice Lawsuits In West Virginia: A Brief Overview, Vincent Paul Cardi Jun 1993

Determining The Appropriate Time Limitations On Attorney Malpractice Lawsuits In West Virginia: A Brief Overview, Vincent Paul Cardi

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Excessive Fees And Attorney Discipline: The Committee On Legal Ethics V. Tatterson, Cassandra M. Neely Jan 1988

Excessive Fees And Attorney Discipline: The Committee On Legal Ethics V. Tatterson, Cassandra M. Neely

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Ethics Of Dissent And Friendship In The American Professions, Thomas L. Shaffer Jun 1986

The Ethics Of Dissent And Friendship In The American Professions, Thomas L. Shaffer

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Comment For Tom Shaffer: The Ethics Of Race, The Ethics Of Corruption, James J. Friedberg Jun 1986

A Comment For Tom Shaffer: The Ethics Of Race, The Ethics Of Corruption, James J. Friedberg

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Ethics Of Dissent And Friendship--A Response To Professor Shaffer, Carl M. Selinger Jun 1986

The Ethics Of Dissent And Friendship--A Response To Professor Shaffer, Carl M. Selinger

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Zauderer V. Office Of Disciplinary Counsel: Refining The Regulation Of Attorney Advertising, Brent P. Copenhaver Jan 1986

Zauderer V. Office Of Disciplinary Counsel: Refining The Regulation Of Attorney Advertising, Brent P. Copenhaver

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Confidentiality: The Future Crime--Contraband Dilemmas, Deborah Abramovsky Touro College School Of Law Jun 1983

Confidentiality: The Future Crime--Contraband Dilemmas, Deborah Abramovsky Touro College School Of Law

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Attorneys--Malpractice--Statute Of Limitations Extended, James D. Gray Apr 1975

Attorneys--Malpractice--Statute Of Limitations Extended, James D. Gray

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Law, Lawyers And Appalachia, Harry M. Caudill Jun 1968

The Law, Lawyers And Appalachia, Harry M. Caudill

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Human Attitudes In Appalachia, Jack E. Weller Jun 1968

Human Attitudes In Appalachia, Jack E. Weller

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Services And The Legal Establishment, Eugene F. Mooney Jun 1968

Legal Services And The Legal Establishment, Eugene F. Mooney

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Wisconsin Judicare, Joseph F. Preloznik Jun 1968

Wisconsin Judicare, Joseph F. Preloznik

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Aid In North Carolina, Jerry Dee Moize Jun 1968

Legal Aid In North Carolina, Jerry Dee Moize

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Legal Services Program For West Virginia: Introduction, David G. Hanlon Jun 1968

A Legal Services Program For West Virginia: Introduction, David G. Hanlon

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Conservative Rationale For The Legal Services Program, Earl Johnson Jr. Jun 1968

A Conservative Rationale For The Legal Services Program, Earl Johnson Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Attorney--The Fifth Amendment And Disbarment Proceedings, Patrick David Deem Feb 1968

Attorney--The Fifth Amendment And Disbarment Proceedings, Patrick David Deem

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Attorney And Client--Acts Of Real Estate Broker Constitutiong Unauthorized Practice Of Law, K. Paul Davis Dec 1966

Attorney And Client--Acts Of Real Estate Broker Constitutiong Unauthorized Practice Of Law, K. Paul Davis

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Charles David Mcmunn Jun 1963

Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Charles David Mcmunn

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.