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Ethics 20/20 Successfully Achieved Its Mission: It "Protected, Preserved, And Maintained", James E. Moliterno
Ethics 20/20 Successfully Achieved Its Mission: It "Protected, Preserved, And Maintained", James E. Moliterno
James E. Moliterno
The legal profession tends to look inward and backward when faced with crisis and uncertainty. The legal profession could make greater advances by looking outward and forward to find in society and culture the causes of and connections with the legal profession’s crises. Doing so would allow the profession to grow with society, solve problems with rather than against the flow of society, and be more attuned to the society the profession claims to serve.
Aba Model Rule 8.4(G) In The States, Josh Blackman
Aba Model Rule 8.4(G) In The States, Josh Blackman
Catholic University Law Review
This essay will provide a brief overview of how the states have responded to
ABA Model Rule 8.4(g). Part I reviews opinions from four state attorneys
general who concluded that the rule is unconstitutional: Texas, South Carolina,
Louisiana, and Tennessee. Part II discusses the states that considered the rule
with modifications. Part III reviews the states that considered Rule 8.4(g) as
drafted. So far, only one state adopted the rule: Vermont. However, the process
is still not over, and other states are currently considering the rule.