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Full-Text Articles in Legal Profession
The Emergence Of Law Firms In The American Legal Profession, Thomas Paul Pinansky
The Emergence Of Law Firms In The American Legal Profession, Thomas Paul Pinansky
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
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The Ethics Of Dissent And Friendship In The American Professions, Thomas L. Shaffer
The Ethics Of Dissent And Friendship In The American Professions, Thomas L. Shaffer
West Virginia Law Review
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A Comment For Tom Shaffer: The Ethics Of Race, The Ethics Of Corruption, James J. Friedberg
A Comment For Tom Shaffer: The Ethics Of Race, The Ethics Of Corruption, James J. Friedberg
West Virginia Law Review
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The Ethics Of Dissent And Friendship--A Response To Professor Shaffer, Carl M. Selinger
The Ethics Of Dissent And Friendship--A Response To Professor Shaffer, Carl M. Selinger
West Virginia Law Review
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Can A Good Lawyer Be A Bad Person, Stephen Gillers
Can A Good Lawyer Be A Bad Person, Stephen Gillers
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Good Lawyer: Lawyers' Roles and Lawyers' Ethics edited by David Luban and The Adversary System: A Description and Defense by Stephan Landsman
Ethics And The Settlement Of Civil Rights Cases: Can Attorneys Keep Their Virtue And Their Fees?, Lloyd B. Snyder
Ethics And The Settlement Of Civil Rights Cases: Can Attorneys Keep Their Virtue And Their Fees?, Lloyd B. Snyder
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees Award Act of 1976 authorizes an award of fees to the prevailing party in a civil rights action. The United State Supreme Court, in Evans v. Jeff D., has interpreted the Fees Act to authorize the parties in a civil rights action to negotiate settlement of fees and merits jointly. The Court did not determine whether joint fees-merits negotiation is ethical. The author of this article contends that joint negotiation is ethical. He further contends that it is ethical for plaintiff's attorney to reject an offer of settlement if the offer is coupled with a …