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Turn Up The Volume: The Need For "Noisy Withdrawal" In A Post Enron Society, Ryan Morrison
Turn Up The Volume: The Need For "Noisy Withdrawal" In A Post Enron Society, Ryan Morrison
Kentucky Law Journal
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Renewed Introspection And The Legal Profession, Eugene R. Gaetke
Renewed Introspection And The Legal Profession, Eugene R. Gaetke
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
As the twentieth century draws to a close, the legal profession again immersed in a process of self-assessment, reflection, and reform. Operating on several fronts, various constituent elements of the bar have recently completed or have underway significant projects relating to the law of lawyering.
Two efforts stand out in particular. For more than a decade, the American Law Institute has labored in the production of a new Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, and the organization stands now on the brink of that monumental work's publication. Equally significant, the American Bar Association has again undertaken a comprehensive review of …
Lawyers As Officers Of The Court, Eugene R. Gaetke
Lawyers As Officers Of The Court, Eugene R. Gaetke
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Lawyers like to refer to themselves as officers of the court. Careful analysis of the role of the lawyer within the adversarial legal system reveals the characterization to be vacuous and unduly self-laudatory. It confuses lawyers and misleads the public. The profession, therefore, should either stop using the officer of the court characterization or give meaning to it. This Article proposes certain modifications of the existing rules of professional responsibility that would bring lawyers' actual obligations more in line with those suggested by the label of officer of the court.
Presuming Lawyers Competent To Protect Fundamental Rights: Is It An Affordable Fiction?, Robert G. Lawson
Presuming Lawyers Competent To Protect Fundamental Rights: Is It An Affordable Fiction?, Robert G. Lawson
Kentucky Law Journal
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The Lawyer's Independent Calling, Archibald Cox
The Lawyer's Independent Calling, Archibald Cox
Kentucky Law Journal
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Kentucky's Future Need For Attorneys, Leslie W. Abramson
Kentucky's Future Need For Attorneys, Leslie W. Abramson
Kentucky Law Journal
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Study Of Civil Code Of Practice, New Judicial Council And Judicial Conference, Watson Clay
Study Of Civil Code Of Practice, New Judicial Council And Judicial Conference, Watson Clay
Kentucky Law Journal
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