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Levinson Is To Mr. Justice "Isaiah" As St. Paul Was To The Prophet Isaiah, Richard H. Weisberg
Levinson Is To Mr. Justice "Isaiah" As St. Paul Was To The Prophet Isaiah, Richard H. Weisberg
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Ethics Of Collaborative Law, The, Scott R. Peppet
Ethics Of Collaborative Law, The, Scott R. Peppet
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This article argues that Collaborative Law can be permissible under the current rules of legal ethics. At the same time, it contends that this is not a foregone conclusion, and that certain Collaborative Law contracts or arrangements are more suspect than others. In short, it argues that collaborative lawyers need to be extremely careful in how they go about their practice if they wish to withstand ethical scrutiny.
When Lawyers Move Their Lips: Attorney Truthfulness In Mediation And A Modest Proposal, Don Peters
When Lawyers Move Their Lips: Attorney Truthfulness In Mediation And A Modest Proposal, Don Peters
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This article examines whether the punch line that you can tell when lawyers are lying by confirming that their lips are moving applies to their conduct when negotiating in mediations. General surveys of lawyer honesty suggest that this perception probably does apply to the way lawyers negotiate in mediations. Only 20% of people surveyed in a 1993 American Bar Association poll described the legal profession as honest, and that number fell to 14% in a 1998 Gallup poll.' A more recent poll revealed that one-third of the American public believes that lawyers are less truthful than most people.
Ethics Issues In Arbitration And Related Dispute Resolution Processes: What's Happening And What's Not, Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Ethics Issues In Arbitration And Related Dispute Resolution Processes: What's Happening And What's Not, Carrie Menkel-Meadow
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.