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Reforming Model Rule 1.6: A Brief Essay From The Crossroads Of Ethics And Conscience, Kevin M. Ryan Jan 1996

Reforming Model Rule 1.6: A Brief Essay From The Crossroads Of Ethics And Conscience, Kevin M. Ryan

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ethics, Cultures, And Professions In The Representation Of Children, Frank P. Cervone, Linda M. Mauro Jan 1996

Ethics, Cultures, And Professions In The Representation Of Children, Frank P. Cervone, Linda M. Mauro

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Aba Regulation Of Contingency Fees: Money Talks, Ethics Walks, Lester Brickman Jan 1996

Aba Regulation Of Contingency Fees: Money Talks, Ethics Walks, Lester Brickman

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conflicts Of Interests In The Representation Of Children In Dependency Cases, Christopher N. Wu Jan 1996

Conflicts Of Interests In The Representation Of Children In Dependency Cases, Christopher N. Wu

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Decontextualizing The Child Client: The Efficacy Of The Attorney-Client Model For Very Young Children, Annette R. Appell Jan 1996

Decontextualizing The Child Client: The Efficacy Of The Attorney-Client Model For Very Young Children, Annette R. Appell

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rules Of Confidentiality When Representing Children: The Need For A "Bright Line" Test, Randi Mandelbaum Jan 1996

Rules Of Confidentiality When Representing Children: The Need For A "Bright Line" Test, Randi Mandelbaum

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Why Informed Consent? Human Experimentation And The Ethics Of Autonomy, Richard W. Garnett Jan 1996

Why Informed Consent? Human Experimentation And The Ethics Of Autonomy, Richard W. Garnett

Journal Articles

Not long ago, the welfare reform debate took a provocative turn. New Jersey welfare recipients challenged the state's Family Cap rule, which denied additional cash aid to parents who conceive children while on welfare. Welfare rights activists argued that the rule "with[held] benefits to see if [this would] alter human behavior." They insisted that the innovative, but stern, Family Cap rules were effectively experiments on welfare recipients without their consent.

This is a powerful argument. After all, consent enjoys talismanic—if not sacramental—status in modem life and thought; it is our "master concept." But why? Why should consenting mean so much …


Report Of The Working Group On Interviewing And Counseling, Gregg Herman Jan 1996

Report Of The Working Group On Interviewing And Counseling, Gregg Herman

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Report Of The Working Group On Determining The Best Interest Of The Child, Robert Schwartz Jan 1996

Report Of The Working Group On Determining The Best Interest Of The Child, Robert Schwartz

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Recommendations Of The Conference On Ethical Issues In The Legal Respresentation Of Children Jan 1996

Recommendations Of The Conference On Ethical Issues In The Legal Respresentation Of Children

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Report Of The Working Group On The Judicial Role, Kathleen Mccree Lewis Jan 1996

Report Of The Working Group On The Judicial Role, Kathleen Mccree Lewis

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ten Thousand Tiny Clients: The Ethical Duty Of Representation In Children's Class-Action Cases, Martha Matthews Jan 1996

Ten Thousand Tiny Clients: The Ethical Duty Of Representation In Children's Class-Action Cases, Martha Matthews

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Roles And Content Of Best Interests In Client-Directed Lawyering For Children In Child Protective Proceedings, Jean Koh Peters Jan 1996

The Roles And Content Of Best Interests In Client-Directed Lawyering For Children In Child Protective Proceedings, Jean Koh Peters

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ethical Issues In The Respresentation Of Parents In Child Welfare Cases, Bruce A. Boyer Jan 1996

Ethical Issues In The Respresentation Of Parents In Child Welfare Cases, Bruce A. Boyer

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Guardians Ad Litem As Surrogate Parents: Implication For Role Definition And Confidentiality, Roy T. Stuckey Jan 1996

Guardians Ad Litem As Surrogate Parents: Implication For Role Definition And Confidentiality, Roy T. Stuckey

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Judge's Ethical Dilemma: Assessing A Child's Capacity To Choose, Wallace J. Mlyniec Jan 1996

A Judge's Ethical Dilemma: Assessing A Child's Capacity To Choose, Wallace J. Mlyniec

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Ethical Legitimacy Of Class-Action, Institutional-Reform Litigation On Behalf Of Children: A Response To Martha Matthews, Christopher Dunn Jan 1996

The Ethical Legitimacy Of Class-Action, Institutional-Reform Litigation On Behalf Of Children: A Response To Martha Matthews, Christopher Dunn

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Response To The Working Group On Determining The Best Interest Of The Child, Ann M. Haralambie Jan 1996

Response To The Working Group On Determining The Best Interest Of The Child, Ann M. Haralambie

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Confidentiality: Does The Bar Have An Obligation To Help Close An Evidentiary Gap?, Judith Larsen Jan 1996

Confidentiality: Does The Bar Have An Obligation To Help Close An Evidentiary Gap?, Judith Larsen

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ethical Issues In Interviewing, Counseling, And The Use Of Psychological Data With Child And Adolescent Clients, Michael L. Lindsey Jan 1996

Ethical Issues In Interviewing, Counseling, And The Use Of Psychological Data With Child And Adolescent Clients, Michael L. Lindsey

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Protecting The Rights And Interests Of Competent Minors In Litigated Medical Treatment Disputes, Susan D. Hawkins Jan 1996

Protecting The Rights And Interests Of Competent Minors In Litigated Medical Treatment Disputes, Susan D. Hawkins

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conflicts Of Interest In Litigation: The Judicial Role , Bruce A. Green Jan 1996

Conflicts Of Interest In Litigation: The Judicial Role , Bruce A. Green

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Who Should Regulate The Ethics Of Federal Prosecutors, Rory K. Little Jan 1996

Who Should Regulate The Ethics Of Federal Prosecutors, Rory K. Little

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


How Should We Determine Who Should Regulate Lawyers--Managing Conflict And Context In Professional Regulation , David B. Wilkins Jan 1996

How Should We Determine Who Should Regulate Lawyers--Managing Conflict And Context In Professional Regulation , David B. Wilkins

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Beyond Sex Discrimination: A Proposal For Federal Sexual Harassment Legislation, Deborah N. Mcfarland Jan 1996

Beyond Sex Discrimination: A Proposal For Federal Sexual Harassment Legislation, Deborah N. Mcfarland

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


What About The Children? Are Family Lawyers The Same (Ethically) As Criminal Lawyers? A Morality Play, Robert H. Aronson Jan 1996

What About The Children? Are Family Lawyers The Same (Ethically) As Criminal Lawyers? A Morality Play, Robert H. Aronson

Articles

A fictional account of a lawyer, representing a woman in a divorce case, who learns from her client that her live-in boyfriend has hit her and her five-year-old daughter. Is her ethical duty to protect the child greater than her responsibility to maintain the attorney-client privilege. She discusses the matter with two evidence professors in search of a solution.


Avoiding Judicial Wrath: The Ten Commandments For Bankruptcy Practitioners, Nancy B. Rapoport Jan 1996

Avoiding Judicial Wrath: The Ten Commandments For Bankruptcy Practitioners, Nancy B. Rapoport

Scholarly Works

This article describes the top ten duties for bankruptcy lawyers. 1. Know the purpose(s) of the Bankruptcy Code. 2. Know the facts and the law. 3. Spend time crafting your arguments. 4. Don't lie (about conflicts of interest or about controlling law). 5. Be respectful (of other lawyers, of the system, and of other participants in the system). 6. Don't indulge your client's sleazy instincts. 7. Don't escalate a conflict unnecessarily. 8. Honor your calendar. 9. Keep your client informed. 10. Don't whine.


Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall 1995 Oct 1995

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall 1995

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.


The First Cut Is (Not) The Deepest: Deconstructing "Female Genital Mutilation" And The Criminalization Of The Other, David Fraser Oct 1995

The First Cut Is (Not) The Deepest: Deconstructing "Female Genital Mutilation" And The Criminalization Of The Other, David Fraser

Dalhousie Law Journal

Deconstruction, as a 'philosophy'andas a strategy for the reading of texts, offers us the ability to engage in a politics and ethics of justice which seeks to recognize our responsibility to the Other. By 'reading' 'female genital mutilation' with this obligation in mind, this article attempts to deal with the prejudices and barriers to justice which present themselves to those of us in the West who seek an engagement with the Other. The article offers a warning and a reading of the 'text' of 'female genital mutilation' informed by our obligation to justice.


The Ethics Of Witness Coaching, Richard C. Wydick Sep 1995

The Ethics Of Witness Coaching, Richard C. Wydick

Cardozo Law Review

This Article focuses on the ethics of coaching cooperative lay witnesses (not adversary witnesses or expert witnesses). It discusses mostly United States law, but the problems it discusses exist also in England and other nations that use the common law adversary system. As used here, "witness coaching" means conduct by a lawyer that alters a witness's story about the events in question. Usually witness coaching occurs when a lawyer is interviewing a witness in the course of investigating the facts of the case or when a lawyer is preparing a witness to testify at a deposition or trial. Interviewing a …