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An Ethos Of Lying, Paul Butler Sep 2004

An Ethos Of Lying, Paul Butler

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

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The "Corporate Watch Dogs" That Can't Bark: How The New Aba Ethics Rules Protect Corporate Fraud, Monroe H. Freedman Sep 2004

The "Corporate Watch Dogs" That Can't Bark: How The New Aba Ethics Rules Protect Corporate Fraud, Monroe H. Freedman

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

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Broken Trust And Divided Loyalties: The Paradox Of Confidentiality In Corporate Representation, Laurie A. Morin Sep 2004

Broken Trust And Divided Loyalties: The Paradox Of Confidentiality In Corporate Representation, Laurie A. Morin

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Should a lawyer protect her client's confidences when she knows that client is about to perpetrate a fraud that will cause substantial financial harm to third parties? For decades, the response of the organized bar has been a resounding "yes." 1 Until August 2003, the American Bar Association's (ABA's) Model Rules of Professional Conduct (Model Rules) provided that a lawyer owes her client a duty of loyalty to preserve the client's confidences, even if that client is about to commit a criminal fraud.2 The recent wave of corporate scandals that led to record-breaking bankruptcies and investor losses prompted the ABA …


Legal Fictions And The Moral Imagination: Female Fictional Lawyers Encounter Professional Responsibility, Kathryn A. Lee, Elizabeth Morgan Apr 2004

Legal Fictions And The Moral Imagination: Female Fictional Lawyers Encounter Professional Responsibility, Kathryn A. Lee, Elizabeth Morgan

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Popular Culture As A Lens On Legal Professionalism, Alexander W. Scherr, Hillary Brave Farber Jan 2004

Popular Culture As A Lens On Legal Professionalism, Alexander W. Scherr, Hillary Brave Farber

South Carolina Law Review

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Lawyer For The Situation, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Jan 2004

Lawyer For The Situation, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

All Faculty Scholarship

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Humanity And The Law, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Jan 2004

Humanity And The Law, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Context On Practice [Book Review], Susan D. Carle Dec 2003

The Effect Of Context On Practice [Book Review], Susan D. Carle

Susan D. Carle

A book review of the work Divorce Lawyers at Work: Varieties of Professionalism in Practice, by Lynn Mather, Craig McEwen & Richard J. Maiman. Oxford University Press 2001. Pp. 244. $60.00.