The Lawyer As Truth-Teller: Lessons From Enron,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Lawyer As Truth-Teller: Lessons From Enron, Thomas G. Bost
Pepperdine Law Review
The teaching and practice of law assume and are shaped by the standard vision of lawyer conduct and ethical responsibility. Under the standard vision, which is reflected in the various codes of professional responsibility governing lawyers, the lawyer is a "neutral partisan" for his or her client: "neutral" in that he does not let his moral values affect his actions on behalf of his client; "partisan" in that she does whatever she can within the limits of the law to advance her client's stated interests. Because the standard vision is readily understood by most lawyers as imposing a code of …
The Lawyer's Humble Walk,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Lawyer's Humble Walk, Mark Osler
Pepperdine Law Review
A growing body of literature addresses the role faith plays in the work of many lawyers. This article argues that humility is the defining characteristic of the lawyer of faith.
Reflections On "Can The Ordinary Practice Of Law Be A Religious Calling?",
2012
Pepperdine University
Reflections On "Can The Ordinary Practice Of Law Be A Religious Calling?", Moshe Kushman
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Contrasting The Vision And The Reality: Core Ethical Values, Ethics Audit And Ethics Decision Models For Attorneys,
2012
Pepperdine University
Contrasting The Vision And The Reality: Core Ethical Values, Ethics Audit And Ethics Decision Models For Attorneys, Arthur Gross Schaefer, Leland Swenson
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Christian Service In The Practice Of Law,
2012
Pepperdine University
Christian Service In The Practice Of Law, Kenneth W. Starr
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Conflicting Currents: The Obligation To Maintain Inviolate Client Confidences And The New Sec Attorney Conduct Rules,
2012
Pepperdine University
Conflicting Currents: The Obligation To Maintain Inviolate Client Confidences And The New Sec Attorney Conduct Rules, Keith Paul Bishop, James F. Fotenos, Steven K. Hazen, James R. Walther, Nancy H. Wojtas
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Ethics On The Wing: Examination Of Opinions On Electronic Services And Cloud Computing,
2012
University of Georgia School of Law Library
Ethics On The Wing: Examination Of Opinions On Electronic Services And Cloud Computing, Sharon Bradley
Continuing Legal Education Presentations
Reviews state bar opinions regarding electronic storage of and access to client records. Provides a chronological overview of these opinions and a handy checklist for how to assess cloud services and one's own competence to evaluate and monitor them.
Selective Disclosure: The Abrogation Of The Attorney-Client Privilege And The Work Product Doctrine,
2012
Pepperdine University
Selective Disclosure: The Abrogation Of The Attorney-Client Privilege And The Work Product Doctrine, Zach Dostart
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Attorney-Client Privilege As An Obstacle To The Professional And Ethical Development Of Law Students,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Attorney-Client Privilege As An Obstacle To The Professional And Ethical Development Of Law Students, Ursula H. Weigold
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Judicial Recusal And Disqualification: The Need For A Per Se Rule On Friendship (Not Acquaintance),
2012
Pepperdine University
Judicial Recusal And Disqualification: The Need For A Per Se Rule On Friendship (Not Acquaintance), Jeremy M. Miller
Pepperdine Law Review
Legal Ethics rules have become both more objective and more specific. There are already enemy rules for recusal. The recent debacle of the Antonin Scalia/Dick Cheney hunting trip when VP Cheney was a named defendant, and Scalia's refusal to disqualify himself shows there is a problem. But Scalia was correct, friendship does not mandate recusal. However, friendship, properly defined, as herein, must be added to the recusal factors. Former Chief Justice Rehnquist refusing to disqualify himself when he was involved in a lower court case as prosecutor caused an analogous change in the judicial conduct rules. This paper traces case …
Raising The Bar: How Rompilla V. Beard Represents The Court's Increasing Efforts To Impose Stricter Standards For Defense Lawyering In Capital Cases,
2012
Pepperdine University
Raising The Bar: How Rompilla V. Beard Represents The Court's Increasing Efforts To Impose Stricter Standards For Defense Lawyering In Capital Cases, Whitney Cawley
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Collaborative Lawyering: A Closer Look At An Emerging Practice,
2012
Pepperdine University
Collaborative Lawyering: A Closer Look At An Emerging Practice, William H. Schwab
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
A critical analysis of collaborative law (CL) is only now beginning, and should be based on actual, not hypothetical information about the practice and its impact on clients as courts, the bar, and the public begin to digest the idea of CL. This Article intends to present a more comprehensive picture of collaborative practice than is currently available, to better inform the ongoing conversation about what role CL will play in the legal system. Toward that end, the following sketches some basic questions about CL, and provides some preliminary answers. Part I recounts the origin of CL and introduces the …
Collaborative Family Law,
2012
Pepperdine University
Collaborative Family Law, Pauline H. Tesler
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
Collaborative Law appears to meet significant needs both among family law clients and among the lawyers who assist them through divorce. As will be discussed more fully below, clients appear to want the advantages of a contained, settlement-oriented, creative, private, respectful process without sacrificing the benefits of having a committed legal advocate at their sides. For that reason Collaborative Law appeals to clients who may hesitate to commit to a dispute resolution process facilitated solely by a neutral mediator. And, while many family lawyers suffer considerable professional angst as a consequence of their awareness that family law courts are neither …
The Narrative Approach To Mediation,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Narrative Approach To Mediation, Toran Hansen
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
Narrative Mediation is an approach and methodology that can offer mediators an innovative way to handle conflict intervention. It is important to note that "it is not a model that can be ransacked for techniques without damaging the intent and process it requires.. .because the foundational view is vastly different [from other approaches]." It may, however, particularly appeal to mediators with a postmodernist theoretical bent who prefer to work with the accounts of parties in conflict rather than attempting to get at "the truth" because they recognize that any truth brings with it implicit bias. The explicit role of mediator …
Defining The Ethical Limits Of Acceptable Deception In Mediation,
2012
Pepperdine University
Defining The Ethical Limits Of Acceptable Deception In Mediation, John W. Cooley
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
In a recent law review article I authored for the Loyola University of Chicago Law Review, Mediation Magic: Its Use and Abuse, I addressed the perplexing problem of the current lack of ethical guidance available to mediators and mediation advocates on the question of permissible uses of deception in mediation generally and in caucused mediation, in particular. This article is a sequel to that publication, offering the reader a condensation of some of the ideas contained in that article and some additional thoughts on criteria that might be appropriate to consider when designing a truthfulness standard for mediation.
The Neutral As Lie Detector: You Can't Judge Participants By Their Demeanor,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Neutral As Lie Detector: You Can't Judge Participants By Their Demeanor, Bruce Fraser
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
As mediators we are often faced with sharply conflicting stories. One of the advantages of mediation is that we sometimes can solve the underlying problem without determining who did what, to whom, and when. Indeed, experience has shown that mediation is not a good process for finding the truth because it has none of the tools (such as testimony under oath) used for this purpose in the judicial system. Still, mediators often spend a good deal of time and effort trying to determine who is telling the truth.
The Truth About Deception In Mediation,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Truth About Deception In Mediation, Jeffrey Krivis
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
Now that the court system has institutionalized the use of mediation in virtually all civil proceedings, trial lawyers are paying closer attention to their negotiation skills. While those skills involve less structured behavior than presenting a case to a jury, they nonetheless involve one common strategy that even the most skilled practitioners refuse to acknowledge: deception.
Mediation By Judges: A New Phenomenon In The Transformation Of Justice ,
2012
Pepperdine University
Mediation By Judges: A New Phenomenon In The Transformation Of Justice , Louise Otis, Eric H. Reiter
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
This article has three principal parts. In the first, we present an overview of judicial mediation and how it responds to some of the perceived problems with the classical model of adjudication. In this analysis, we draw especially on the experience with judicial mediation at the appellate level at the Quebec Court of Appeal. In the second part, we examine the unfolding of the mediation process itself, using an annotated guide to judicial mediation to address broader issues of both practical and theoretical concern. In the third part, we consider the crucial question of ethics in mediation, signaling some of …
California's Opportunity To Create Historical Precedent Regarding A Mediated Settlement Agreement's Effect On Mediation Confidentiality And Arbitrability ,
2012
Pepperdine University
California's Opportunity To Create Historical Precedent Regarding A Mediated Settlement Agreement's Effect On Mediation Confidentiality And Arbitrability , Susan Nauss Exon
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
Confidentiality serves as a cornerstone of mediation. The public policy underlying confidentiality is the promotion of candid communications between disputing parties. As explained in this article, mediation confidentiality affects more than just communication. It affects other important mediation values, such as party self-determination and mediator impartiality. Mediation confidentiality affects parties' ability to enforce their mediated agreements. Finally, confidentiality affects multiple dispute resolution processes, as seen by the interrelated nature of mediation and arbitration in the seminal case of Fair v. Bakhtiari.
Adr Dharma: Seeking A Hindu Perspective On Dispute Resolution From The Holy Scriptures Of The Mahabharata And The Bhagavad Gita ,
2012
Pepperdine University
Adr Dharma: Seeking A Hindu Perspective On Dispute Resolution From The Holy Scriptures Of The Mahabharata And The Bhagavad Gita , Aalok Sikand
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
The Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita are both monumental pieces of Hindu literature. This paper seeks to analyze them in order to garner a Hindu perspective on dispute resolution. There will be five parts to this paper: Part I seeks to give an overview of certain Hindu concepts such as dharma, which will make it easier to understand the Mahabharata and the Gita. Part II will then give a brief summary of the basic plot of the Mahabharata. Then, Part III will zoom in on the section of the Mahabharata where Lord Krishna attempts to mediate peace between …
