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A First Step Toward Resolution Of The Physical Evidence Dilemma: State V. Green, John Randall Trahan
A First Step Toward Resolution Of The Physical Evidence Dilemma: State V. Green, John Randall Trahan
Louisiana Law Review
No abstract provided.
Yost V. Torok: Taking Legal Ethics Seriously, L. Ray Patterson
Yost V. Torok: Taking Legal Ethics Seriously, L. Ray Patterson
Georgia State University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Plaquemines Parish Commission Council V. Delta Development Co.: Contra Non Valentem Applied To Fiduciaries, Mark D. Latham
Plaquemines Parish Commission Council V. Delta Development Co.: Contra Non Valentem Applied To Fiduciaries, Mark D. Latham
Louisiana Law Review
No abstract provided.
Professionalism: The Necessity For Internal Control, Louise L. Hill, Don J. Young
Professionalism: The Necessity For Internal Control, Louise L. Hill, Don J. Young
Louise L Hill
No abstract provided.
The Lawyer’S Duty To Report Another Lawyer’S Unethical Violations In The Wake Of Himmel, Ronald D. Rotunda
The Lawyer’S Duty To Report Another Lawyer’S Unethical Violations In The Wake Of Himmel, Ronald D. Rotunda
Law Faculty Articles and Research
No abstract provided.
Proposed Code Of Professional Responsibility For Law Reviews, Michael L. Closen
Proposed Code Of Professional Responsibility For Law Reviews, Michael L. Closen
Notre Dame Law Review
No abstract provided.
Solicitation Of Law Firm Clients By Departing Partners And Associates: Tort, Fiduciary, And Disciplinary Liability, Vincent R. Johnson
Solicitation Of Law Firm Clients By Departing Partners And Associates: Tort, Fiduciary, And Disciplinary Liability, Vincent R. Johnson
Faculty Articles
May a departing attorney, with or without firm consent, contact clients of the firm, in person or in writing, for the purpose of soliciting their present and future legal business? This is the question being asked because in recent years there has been a marked increase in the number of attorneys switching firms, many of whom seek to take with them the business of their former firm’s clientele. While the contours of permissible departure-based solicitation were once clearly and narrowly circumscribed by the rules of legal ethics, the continued validity of those restrictions is seriously placed in doubt by the …
Role Of The Criminal Defense Lawyer In Representing The Mentally Impaired Defendant: Zealous Advocate Or Officer Of The Court, Rodney J. Uphoff
Role Of The Criminal Defense Lawyer In Representing The Mentally Impaired Defendant: Zealous Advocate Or Officer Of The Court, Rodney J. Uphoff
Faculty Publications
This article examines a difficult question in the representation of mentally impaired criminal defendants: should counsel be obligated to inform the court of doubts about a client's competency to stand trial even though doing so may be contrary to the client's wishes or best interests? Professor Rodney J. Uphoff analyzes authorities that impose such an obligation on defense lawyers, including an American Bar Association Criminal Justice Standard and a recent decision of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, State v. Johnson. Uphoff concludes that these authorities needlessly undercut the mentally impaired defendant's right to zealous representation. He proposes an alternative ethical model …
Ethical Problems In Representing Aliens Applying For Visas Based On Marriages To United States Citizens, Taryn L. Hook
Ethical Problems In Representing Aliens Applying For Visas Based On Marriages To United States Citizens, Taryn L. Hook
Santa Clara Law Review
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The Legal Ethics Of Belonging, Thomas L. Shaffer
The Legal Ethics Of Belonging, Thomas L. Shaffer
Journal Articles
Socrates went around Athens telling law teachers and law students that their highest concern should be to be good people. And, he said, the next and consequent concern of the profession should be to show the citizens of Athens how to be good people. For Socrates, as for virtually all of classical moral philosophy and much of Jewish and Christian moral theology, ethical discussion is discussion about the good person. When we talk about Aristotle's man of practical wisdom, or when we talk about heroes, saints, role models, paragons, or professional examplars, it is the good person we are talking …