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Legal Ethics, J. Randolph Evans, Anthony W. Morris
Legal Ethics, J. Randolph Evans, Anthony W. Morris
Mercer Law Review
In 1989, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the State Bar of Georgia embarked upon what they considered a long-range project-to raise the level of professionalism of lawyers in the state. Accordingly, the Georgia Supreme Court established the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, the first such body of its kind in the entire nation. Its primary mission is to ensure that the practice of law is engaged in the service not only of the client, but also of the public at large.
During the past year, the Georgia appellate courts have focused their attention on professionalism. The courts issued significant …
Rank Strangers To Me: Shaffer And Cochran's Friendship Model Of Moral Counseling In The Law Office, Jack L. Sammons
Rank Strangers To Me: Shaffer And Cochran's Friendship Model Of Moral Counseling In The Law Office, Jack L. Sammons
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
A New Standard For Disbarments: Misappropriation Through Gross Negligence - North Carolina State Bar V. Ford, Michael J. Dayton
A New Standard For Disbarments: Misappropriation Through Gross Negligence - North Carolina State Bar V. Ford, Michael J. Dayton
North Carolina Central Law Review
No abstract provided.
Lawyers As Strangers And Friends: A Reply To Professor Sammons, Thomas L. Shaffer, Robert F. Cochran Jr.
Lawyers As Strangers And Friends: A Reply To Professor Sammons, Thomas L. Shaffer, Robert F. Cochran Jr.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
Lawyers, Clients, And Money, John M.A. Dipippa
Lawyers, Clients, And Money, John M.A. Dipippa
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
Jacob's Blessing: A Review Of Shaffer's And Cochran's Model Of Moral Counseling, John M.A. Dipippa
Jacob's Blessing: A Review Of Shaffer's And Cochran's Model Of Moral Counseling, John M.A. Dipippa
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
Mass Torts -- Messy Ethics, Charles W. Wolfram
Mass Torts -- Messy Ethics, Charles W. Wolfram
Cornell Law Review
No abstract provided.
Reconciling Professionalism And Client Interests, Fred C. Zacharias
Reconciling Professionalism And Client Interests, Fred C. Zacharias
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Professional Responsibility And Choice Of Law: A Client-Based Alternative To The Model Rules Of Professional Conduct, Colin Owyang
Professional Responsibility And Choice Of Law: A Client-Based Alternative To The Model Rules Of Professional Conduct, Colin Owyang
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Because of the increasingly interstate nature of legal practice during the past few decades, practitioners licensed in multiple jurisdictions have been forced more frequently to confront choice-of-law dilemmas in the area of professional responsibility. Although most states have adopted fairly uniform regulations on professional ethics, only the recently amended American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct contain a specific provision that addresses the choice-of-law problem in the professional responsibility context. This Note outlines certain ethical considerations facing the multistate practitioner and argues that the choice-of-law provision in the Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides insufficient clarity and predictability where …
Cross-Examining Legal Ethics: The Roles Of Intentions, Outcomes, And Character, R. George Wright
Cross-Examining Legal Ethics: The Roles Of Intentions, Outcomes, And Character, R. George Wright
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Ethics And The Federal Prosecutor: The Continuing Conflict Over The Application Of Model Rule 4.2 To Federal Attorneys, Neals-Erik William Delker
Ethics And The Federal Prosecutor: The Continuing Conflict Over The Application Of Model Rule 4.2 To Federal Attorneys, Neals-Erik William Delker
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Doctors, Aids, And Confidentiality In The 1990s, 27 J. Marshall L. Rev. 331 (1994), Sheila Taub
Doctors, Aids, And Confidentiality In The 1990s, 27 J. Marshall L. Rev. 331 (1994), Sheila Taub
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.
If I Tell You, Will You Treat Me, 27 J. Marshall L. Rev. 363 (1994), Mauro A. Montoya Jr.
If I Tell You, Will You Treat Me, 27 J. Marshall L. Rev. 363 (1994), Mauro A. Montoya Jr.
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.
Lawyer Distress: Alcohol-Related Problems And Other Psychological Concerns Among A Sample Of Practicing Lawyers, Connie J.A. Beck, Bruce D. Sales, G. Andrew H. Benjamin
Lawyer Distress: Alcohol-Related Problems And Other Psychological Concerns Among A Sample Of Practicing Lawyers, Connie J.A. Beck, Bruce D. Sales, G. Andrew H. Benjamin
Journal of Law and Health
The findings of the research reported in this study, in conjunction with earlier studies, suggest that the professional and the personal well-being of lawyers is in serious jeopardy. Lawyers are working more, reducing vacation time, spending less time with family members, are prone to alcohol abuse, and face high levels of psychological distress. The combination of elements suggests an impending crisis for lawyers' family lives. Although the data are not sufficient to suggest that psychological distress has detrimentally affected the lawyers' ability to practice competently, the warning signs are present. Further empirical study may well reveal that lawyer distress is …
Some Thoughts About Developing Constructive Approaches To Lawyer And Law Student Distress, Peter G. Glenn
Some Thoughts About Developing Constructive Approaches To Lawyer And Law Student Distress, Peter G. Glenn
Journal of Law and Health
I am convinced, on the basis of experience as a teacher at five law schools, that it is possible to establish a law school culture in which the administration and faculty can work effectively to substantially reduce the level of unnecessary law student distress. I believe, however, that accomplishing this on any large scale among the law schools generally might require not only implementation of many of the suggestions of Professors Glesner and Kutulakis, but also that we abandon the ideas that all law schools should be fundamentally similar, built on the model of a large-enrollment major research center, and …
Lawyer Distress: A Comment, Susan S. Locke
Lawyer Distress: A Comment, Susan S. Locke
Journal of Law and Health
I will not debate whether or not the practice of law creates dysfunction, requires dysfunction or perpetuates dysfunction. I am reminded of a colleague who, when looking at his law firm partners who practice in my field of estate planning asked, "Do you have to be eccentric to go into estate planning, or does it just make you that way after a while?" Probably the answer is a little of both, and it is as true for the practice of law in general as it is for estate planning. When the dust settles at some time in the future, we …
Regulating Attorney Conduct: Specific Statutory Schemes V. General Regulatory Guidelines, Chris G. Mcdonough, Michael L. Epstein
Regulating Attorney Conduct: Specific Statutory Schemes V. General Regulatory Guidelines, Chris G. Mcdonough, Michael L. Epstein
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel
Ineffective Assistance Counsel
Commentary: Policy Implications, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.
Commentary: Policy Implications, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.
Journal of Law and Health
It is clear to me that members of the legal profession are obliged to take these findings seriously. I shall suggest below a few reservations about the analysis. Nevertheless, the important findings are established by empirical evidence so powerful that they can be ignored only through a wish not to believe. If the findings are accepted as a description of reality, the challenge is to work out sensible courses of action in response. The challenge is formidable.
Lawyers, Learning, And Professionalism: Meditations On A Theme, Judith Welch Wegner
Lawyers, Learning, And Professionalism: Meditations On A Theme, Judith Welch Wegner
Cleveland State Law Review
This essay will offer three meditations on the theme of "lawyers, learning and professionalism." First, it lays a foundation by arguing that a commitment to learning is an appropriate and necessary professional value for lawyers. Next, it contends that lawyers need to take this professional value more seriously. It will suggest that lawyers lag behind other professions in learning about learning, and urge more lawyers deliberately do just that. Finally, the essay shares some important lessons about professionalism recently learned through learning experiments with practicing lawyers and law students.
Is There A Solution To The Problem Of Lawyer Stress - The Law School Perspective, James J.A. Alfini, Joseph N. Van Vooren
Is There A Solution To The Problem Of Lawyer Stress - The Law School Perspective, James J.A. Alfini, Joseph N. Van Vooren
Journal of Law and Health
What is the result of all this stress? As previously noted in the Beck, Sales, and Benjamin study, more and more attorneys are turning to alcohol as a "stress reliever." Also, a higher percentage of lawyers are dissatisfied with their personal relationships than the "normal population." A poll conducted for the New York Law Journal by a Manhattan polling firm found that of the lawyers polled who had been divorced, fifty-six percent asserted that their careers in the law had contributed to the breakup of their marriages. Of great concern is the fact that an increasing number of attorneys are …
Learning And Mental Disability Protection Under The Americans With Disabilities Act In The Quest For Certification For The Practice Of Law, Aaron J. Reber
Learning And Mental Disability Protection Under The Americans With Disabilities Act In The Quest For Certification For The Practice Of Law, Aaron J. Reber
Journal of Law and Health
The Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted in 1990 as a comprehensive scheme in which previously discriminated against classes would be guaranteed fair treatment in employment as well as other settings. The Act protects those with both physical and mental disabilities. With respect to certification for the practice of law, the Act has almost unique significance as the accommodations the Act calls for arguably clash with state bar standards of competence both in legal education and mental fitness for certification. These clashes tend to stem from two major situations-accommodation of the learning disabled student who may not be able to …
Robert Wilburn Calvert, The Prudentialist In Memoriam., L. Wayne Scott
Robert Wilburn Calvert, The Prudentialist In Memoriam., L. Wayne Scott
St. Mary's Law Journal
Abstract Forthcoming.
Can A Twenty-First Century Texas Tolerate Its Nineteenth Century Judicial Selection Process Commentary., Charles Bleil
Can A Twenty-First Century Texas Tolerate Its Nineteenth Century Judicial Selection Process Commentary., Charles Bleil
St. Mary's Law Journal
Judicial selection by popular election is no longer practical in Texas. Texans must question the adequacy of the Texas judicial selection process for the next century. The history of Texas has seen the implementation of various methods for selecting the judiciary. Initially, the creation of courts by the Republic of Texas’s Constitution required joint ballot of both houses of the Texas Congress to select judges. However, in 1876, Texas began holding elections for jurists by popular vote. This enactment was in response to the drafters’ desire to limit government intervention during the Reconstruction era. Although the suitability of popular election …
Chief Justice Calvert: Man Of Imperturable Integrity In Memoriam., Thomas M. Reavley
Chief Justice Calvert: Man Of Imperturable Integrity In Memoriam., Thomas M. Reavley
St. Mary's Law Journal
Abstract Forthcoming.
Shading Of America: Keynote Address Before The 1995 National Conference Of Law Reviews Address., Antonia Hernandez
Shading Of America: Keynote Address Before The 1995 National Conference Of Law Reviews Address., Antonia Hernandez
St. Mary's Law Journal
Abstract Forthcoming.
Appellate Review Of Criminal Cases In Texas., Ellen Bloomer Mitchell
Appellate Review Of Criminal Cases In Texas., Ellen Bloomer Mitchell
St. Mary's Law Journal
This Article guides Texas practitioners in effectively preparing and presenting criminal cases on appeal. Its primary focus concerns the standards of review appellate courts use in determining the merits of the issues raised before them and, equally important, proper preservation and presentation of those issues. This Article does not exhaust the matters which may be raised on appeal in a criminal case. Rather, it covers a variety of issues and errors commonly raised in the “ordinary” criminal appeal. Understanding and utilizing this information in the presentation of issues on appeal will help the practitioner direct the appellate court to find …
Federalism Revisited: The Supreme Court Resurrects The Notion Of Enumerated Powers By Limiting Congress's Attempt To Federalize Crime Comment., Larry E. Gee
St. Mary's Law Journal
This Comment argues the federal system must be preserved and the Supreme Court should build upon the interpretation of the Commerce Clause in United States v. Lopez to reinstate the Framers’ vision of federalism. The social justifications for the Court’s expansive construction of the Commerce Clause during the past sixty years no longer existed to justify the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990. Part II of this Comment traces the background of Commerce Clause jurisprudence, focusing on social justifications for traditional rubber stamping of Congress’s broad exercises of power. Part III reviews the Fifth Circuit’s reasoning in deeming the Gun-Free …