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Challenges To The Legal Profession In The New Millennium, Thomas R. Andrews

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In this paper I discuss four "ethical" challenges faced by the legal profession as we enter into a new millennium. I know that these are challenges faced by the profession in the United States. And from my brief stay in Japan, I think that they are challenges faced by your legal profession, as well. In the process of discussing these challenges, I will also discuss some recent developments in the United States regarding legal ethics.

Here are the challenges I will discuss:

1. The Challenge of a Unified Legal Profession.
2. The Challenge of a Modern Law Firm.
3. The Challenge Posed by …

To Discountenance The Haughty And The Lawless: The Ethics Of Dealing With Bad Clients, Donald L. Burnett Jr.

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Capturing The Dialectic Between Principles And Cases, Kevin D. Ashley

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Theorists in ethics and law posit a dialectical relationship between principles and cases; abstract principles both inform and are informed by the decisions of specific cases. Until recently, however, it has not been possible to investigate or confirm this relationship empirically. This work involves a systematic study of a set of ethics cases written by a professional association's board of ethical review. Like judges, the board explains its decisions in opinions. It applies normative standards, namely principles from a code of ethics, and cites past cases. We hypothesized that the board's explanations of its decisions elaborated upon the meaning and …

Professionalism's Second Wave: A Sampling Of Issues Arising Within Legal Education, Donald L. Burnett Jr.

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