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Five Lessons For Practicing Law In The Interests Of Justice, Fred C. Zacharias

Fordham Law Review

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The Aba's Standards For The Accreditation Of Law Schools, Robert K. Walsh

Journal of Legal Education

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The Professional Responsibilities Of Professors, Deborah L. Rhode

Journal of Legal Education

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Transcript From Professionalism Conference

South Carolina Law Review

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Ethical Conflicts In Legal Practice: Creating Professional Responsibility, Christopher J. Whelan

South Carolina Law Review

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The Ermine And Woolsack: Disciplinary Proceedings Involving Judges, Attorney-Magistrates, And Other Judicial Figures, David R. Cleveland, Jason Masimore

Law Faculty Publications

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Full Legal Representation For The Poor: The Clash Between Lawyer Values And Client Worthiness, Michelle S. Jacobs

UF Law Faculty Publications

This article seeks to expand the scope of our understanding of values and their connection to the work of poverty lawyers. The article explores the literature on poverty and moral worthiness. In order to bring clarity to the discussion, it examines social science research on defining "values" and detailing how they can affect behavior. Prof. Jacobs describes the reactions of clinical students to a classroom exercise, which asked them to describe the legal representation they would provide to hypothetical clients. This article describes how the link between students' values and broader societal beliefs affect the practices of the bar and …

The Advocate As Witness: Understanding Context, Culture And Client, Judith A. Mcmorrow

Fordham Law Review

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Professorial Conflicts Of Interest And "Good Practice" In Legal Education, Paul T. Hayden

Journal of Legal Education

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Pro Bono Or Partnership? Rethinking Lawyers' Public Service Obligations For A New Millennium, Lucie E. White

Journal of Legal Education

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Preserving The Integrity Of Mediation Through The Adoption Of Ethical Rules For Lawyer-Mediators, Maureen Laflin

Articles

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Sacrificial Attorney: Assignment Of Legal Malpractice Claims, The, John M. Limbaugh

Missouri Law Review

The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri ruled, in a case of first impression, that causes of action for legal malpractice are nonassignable. The court found that permitting assignments would be contrary to public policy because assignments would create a marketplace for legal malpractice claims, jeopardize the attorney's duties of loyalty and confidentiality to the client, and restrict access to competent legal services. This Note agrees with the court's result but will explore and challenge the public policy arguments against assignment of legal malpractice claims.

Professional Responsibility: Lawyers, A Case Study, Elizabeth Chambliss

Fordham Law Review

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Everests Of The Mundane: Conflict Of Interest In Real-World Legal Practice, Susan P. Shapiro

Fordham Law Review

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Professional Responsibility, Nicholas Rine, Ly U. Meng

Books

The study of professional responsibility is, of course, critical to those who wish to practice as lawyers. Without a clear understanding of the expectations of the profession, no lawyer will function effectively. Beyond that simple practical need, however, new lawyers need to have a realistic perspective on the competence and the limitations of their profession.

But the study of legal ethics is a valuable undertaking even for those who have no intention of becoming lawyers. Many people see the legal system as a mysterious set of rituals which make little sense. (And that perspective is not completely unrealistic.) For any …

Truth And Consequences, Stephen Ellmann

Fordham Law Review

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What Do You Do When You Meet A Walking Violation Of The Sixth Amendment If You're Trying To Put That Lawyer's Client In Jail, Vanessa Merton

Fordham Law Review

[A] prosecutor…enters a courtroom to speak for the People and not just some of the People. The prosecutor speaks not solely for the victim, or the police, or those who support them, but for all the People. That body of "The People" includes the defendant and his family and those who care about him

The Story Of Mr. G.: Reflections Upon The Questionability Competent Client, Mark Spiegel

Fordham Law Review

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Living Trusts In The Unauthorized Practice Of Law: A Good Thing Gone Bad, Angela M. Vallario

All Faculty Scholarship

An elderly man recently lost his wife and visits the lawyer's office for assistance in the administration of her estate. After the attorney expresses her condolences, she asks if his wife had a will. The client reaches into a brown shopping bag and retrieves a two-and-a-half inch black binder containing several trusts. The elderly gentleman and his deceased wife were told this would eliminate the expensive legal nightmare of probate. Unfortunately, like many others, this couple was victimized by a trust mill.

An Essay On Teaching Professional Responsibility, L. Ray Patterson

Northern Illinois University Law Review

There is, I argue, need for a new approach to teaching law students how to become professionally responsible lawyers. The core problem in teaching the professional responsibility course is that it is a course in lawyer's law that treats only the ethical rules and ignores the fact that procedural and malpractice rules are also relevant. If, however, the professional responsibility course becomes a course in lawyer's law, it follows that it must encompass rules of procedure, rules of malpractice, and rules of ethics (which should be identified as what they are, rules of discipline). There is, however, a development that …

Professional Responsibility, Nina Fields

South Carolina Law Review

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Tax Lawyers, Ethical Obligations, And The Duty To The System, Watson

Scholarly Works

Perhaps the most elusive area of law is that of legal ethics. While the term itself is easy to define,' the subject all but defies codification because ethics, or morals (the terms are interchangeable), cannot be encapsulated by or in law. This is because law, in general, contains its own standard of validity on which there is usually clear societal consensus. For example, murder, rape, and theft are morally repugnant universally. Hence, punishment for any of these offenses does not impinge upon religious or individual autonomy because there is no ethical freedom to choose whether or not to engage in …

Foreword: Rationing Lawyers: Ethical And Professional Issues In The Delivery Of Legal Services To Low-Income Clients, Bruce A. Green

Fordham Law Review

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The Use Of Nonlawyers, Derek A. Denckla

Fordham Law Review

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Representation By Private Lawyers, Evan Gourvitz

Fordham Law Review

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Representation Within Law School Settings, Ian S. Weinstein

Fordham Law Review

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Accessing Justice: Are Pro Se Clinics A Reasonable Response To The Lack Of Pro Bono Legal Services And Should Law School Clinics Conduct Them?, Margaret Martin Berry

Fordham Law Review

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A Call To Context: The Professional Challenges Of Cause Lawyering At The Intersection Of Race, Space, And Poverty, John O. Calmore

Fordham Law Review

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Evaluating Effective Lawyer-Client Communication: An International Project Moving From Research To Reform, Clark D. Cunningham

Fordham Law Review

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And Justice For All—Including The Unrepresented Poor: Revisiting The Roles Of The Judges, Mediators, And Clerks, Russell Engler

Fordham Law Review

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