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Fred Zacharias's Skeptical Moralism, David Luban Feb 2011

Fred Zacharias's Skeptical Moralism, David Luban

San Diego Law Review

Dedication to the works of Prof. Fred Zacharias.


Behind Closed Doors: Shedding Light On Lawyer Self-Regulation-What Lawyers Do When Nobody's Watching, John Sahl Feb 2011

Behind Closed Doors: Shedding Light On Lawyer Self-Regulation-What Lawyers Do When Nobody's Watching, John Sahl

San Diego Law Review

This Article summarizes Nobody’s Watching. It also examines some of the consequences of failing to enforce ethical rules for lawyer conduct and offers some lessons for future rule development and enforcement. Part III considers some of the academic and practical significance of Nobody’s Watching. The Article concludes by noting that Nobody’s Watching offers academics, lawyers, and regulators a valuable tool to better understand and improve the regulation of the profession.


Federalizing Legal Ethics, Nationalizing Law Practice, And The Future Of The American Legal Profession In A Global Age, Eli Wald Feb 2011

Federalizing Legal Ethics, Nationalizing Law Practice, And The Future Of The American Legal Profession In A Global Age, Eli Wald

San Diego Law Review

This Article is organized as a response to Zaharias’s influential paper, revisiting each of his four analytical steps. Following Zacharias, Part II documents the growing nationalization and globalization of law practice, and argues that the transformation of law practice renders the state-based regulation of lawyers ineffective. Part III parts ways with Zacharias’s thesis. It asserts that nationalizing, by federalizing, legal ethics is not warranted by changing practice realities and that, worse, federalizing legal ethics without more will leave some of the most troubling aspects of the transformation of law practice, including client needs, unaddressed. Instead, Part III argues that the …


Fred Zacharias: Scholar, Colleague, Friend, Larry Alexander Feb 2011

Fred Zacharias: Scholar, Colleague, Friend, Larry Alexander

San Diego Law Review

Personal dedication to Prof. Fred Zacharias.