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Legal ethics

2007

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Delaware Legal Ethics, American Legal Ethics Library, Lawrence Hamermesh, Louise Hill Feb 2009

Delaware Legal Ethics, American Legal Ethics Library, Lawrence Hamermesh, Louise Hill

Louise L Hill

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Delaware Legal Ethics, American Legal Ethics Library, Lawrence Hamermesh, Louise Hill Dec 2006

Delaware Legal Ethics, American Legal Ethics Library, Lawrence Hamermesh, Louise Hill

Lawrence A. Hamermesh

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Toward A Feminist State: What Does Effective Prosecution Of Domestic Violence Mean?, Michelle Dempsey Dec 2006

Toward A Feminist State: What Does Effective Prosecution Of Domestic Violence Mean?, Michelle Dempsey

Michelle Madden Dempsey

This article examines domestic violence criminal prosecutions and addresses what effective prosecutorial action means in such cases. The argument elaborates on a point recently articulated by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, which links effective prosecution of violence against women to the creation of a less patriarchal society. The article concludes that effective prosecution of domestic violence means prosecution which constitutes the State as less patriarchal ceteris paribus

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The Ethical Obligations Of Lawyers, Law Students And Law Professors Telling Stories On Web Logs, Anna Hemingway Dec 2006

The Ethical Obligations Of Lawyers, Law Students And Law Professors Telling Stories On Web Logs, Anna Hemingway

Anna P. Hemingway

This article examines how blogging has developed and considers the ethics of blogging and its impact on the legal profession. It examines blog entries from lawyers, law professors and law students and suggests that the rules of the Bar may be colliding with the manner of online storytelling occurring by legal professionals. The article takes an in-depth look at how blogging has impacted legal education and the relationship between faculty and students. It proposes ways in which incorporating blogging assignments into law school courses can assist students in developing ethical story-telling on web logs.

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Teaching Professional Responsibility And Ethics, Ronald D. Rotunda Dec 2006

Teaching Professional Responsibility And Ethics, Ronald D. Rotunda

Ronald D. Rotunda

This article discusses the development of teaching legal ethics in light of the changes in the ethics rules over the years. The thesis is that many ethics rules reflect the needs of a cartel (the legal profession) to protect itself, rather than the need to protect the clients of lawyers. The author uses stories and examples to illustrate this thesis.

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The Gats And Legal Services In Limerick, Laurel S. Terry Dec 2006

The Gats And Legal Services In Limerick, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

One of the most significant regulatory developments for legal services is their inclusion in the 1994 General Agreement on Trade in Services or GATS. The GATS was the first world trade agreement to cover services rather than goods and it applies to legal services. The GATS in Limerick is a light-hearted but nonetheless serious effort to address the most important legal services-related GATS developments in the last twelve years. These verses cover the basic principles of the GATS, the ongoing market access negotiations and the efforts to develop disciplines on domestic regulation.

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A 'How To' Guide For Incorporating Global And Comparative Perspectives Into The Required Professional Responsibility Course, Laurel S. Terry Dec 2006

A 'How To' Guide For Incorporating Global And Comparative Perspectives Into The Required Professional Responsibility Course, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

This article was written for an AALS symposium on "Teaching Legal Ethics" and discusses how to incorporate global and comparative perspectives into the required Professional Responsibility course. The scope of the paper is much broader, however. The first half of the paper explains why global and comparative perspectives are relevant to contemporary law practice. This section explains why global perspectives are relevants to clients and lawyers and explains why lawyer regulators now use a more global approach to regulation than previously. The second half illustrates how one can introduce global and comparative perspectives into a professional responsibility course without taking …

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Remembering Robert J. Drinan, S.J., Ronald D. Rotunda Dec 2006

Remembering Robert J. Drinan, S.J., Ronald D. Rotunda

Ronald D. Rotunda

Robert F. Drinan had a varied and full legal career, as ordained Jesuit priest, Dean of Boston College Law School, U.S. Congressman, Professor at Georgetown U. Law School, and author of many books and articles. This article summarizes his life and his contributions to legal scholarship, including, in particular, his founding of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.

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