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Real Ethics For Real Lawyers, 2nd Ed., Daniel Coquillette Dec 2011

Real Ethics For Real Lawyers, 2nd Ed., Daniel Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

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Zacharias’S Prophecy: The Federalization Of Legal Ethics Through Legislative, Court, And Agency Regulation, Daniel R. Coquillette, Judith A. Mcmorrow Oct 2011

Zacharias’S Prophecy: The Federalization Of Legal Ethics Through Legislative, Court, And Agency Regulation, Daniel R. Coquillette, Judith A. Mcmorrow

Daniel R. Coquillette

In his 1994 seminal article on Federalizing Legal Ethics, Prof. Fred Zacharias examined the need for a national and uniform code of ethics for attorneys. Prof. Zacharias was correct that there has been increasing pressure to federalize legal ethics, but that process is occurring not through articulation of national norms but rather through decentralized contextualization of attorney conduct norms. Federal agencies that direct securities practice, immigration, tax, patent, labor and many other areas of federal practice are increasingly supplementing state regulations to specifically regulate the attorneys who appear before their agencies. Targeted substantive federal law and treaty obligations also increasingly …


Toward An Ecclesiastical Professional Ethic: Lessons From The Legal Profession, Daniel R. Coquillette, Judith A. Mcmorrow Oct 2011

Toward An Ecclesiastical Professional Ethic: Lessons From The Legal Profession, Daniel R. Coquillette, Judith A. Mcmorrow

Daniel R. Coquillette

As the Catholic Church struggles with the aftermath of the clergy sexual abuse crisis, some have explored the possibility of an ecclesiastical code of professional conduct. Lawyers' long and storied history with professional codes offers a cautionary tale to those exploring an ecclesiastical code of ethics. As priests to our secular religion of law, lawyers are called forth and mandated by a competent authority to function in a defined role, the specifics of which are reflected, in part, in lawyer codes. As lawyers moved from Canons of Ethics (1908) to a Code of Professional Responsibility (1969) to Rules of Professional …


Lawyers And Fundamental Moral Responsibility, Daniel Coquillette, R. Michael Cassidy, Judith Mcmorrow Dec 2009

Lawyers And Fundamental Moral Responsibility, Daniel Coquillette, R. Michael Cassidy, Judith Mcmorrow

Daniel R. Coquillette

The materials in this book are organized around specific problems designed to encourage and focus class discussion. There are two other inherent organizing principles of the materials in this book. First, the philosophical materials are in the rough order in which the ideas themselves evolved in the history of philosophy. The materials have been revised since the book first was published in 1995 to address some of the burning ethical problems of our day, including terrorism, national security, and abuse of government power. The Second Edition also is reorganized to assist students to better appreciate philosophical theories underpinning discourse about …


Civility Issues In Federal Court Practice, Daniel Coquillette, Judith Mcmorrow Dec 2008

Civility Issues In Federal Court Practice, Daniel Coquillette, Judith Mcmorrow

Daniel R. Coquillette

No abstract provided.


Attorney Conduct And The Securities And Exchange Commission, Daniel Coquillette, Judith Mcmorrow Dec 2008

Attorney Conduct And The Securities And Exchange Commission, Daniel Coquillette, Judith Mcmorrow

Daniel R. Coquillette

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Real Ethics For Real Lawyers, Daniel Coquillette Dec 2004

Real Ethics For Real Lawyers, Daniel Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

Real Ethics for Real Lawyers uses a lively, problem-centered approach to teach professional responsibility courses. The author, Daniel Coquillette, the former Dean of Boston College School of Law, is now the J. Donald Monan S.J. University Professor at Boston College School of Law and the Lester Kissel Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. He has served as Chairman of the Massachusetts Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics, as a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and as an Advisor to the ALI Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers. For eight years he was also an …


The Federal Law Of Attorney Conduct, Daniel Coquillette, Judith Mcmorrow Dec 2000

The Federal Law Of Attorney Conduct, Daniel Coquillette, Judith Mcmorrow

Daniel R. Coquillette

No abstract provided.


Restatement Of The Law (Third): The Law Governing Lawyers, Daniel Coquillette Dec 1999

Restatement Of The Law (Third): The Law Governing Lawyers, Daniel Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

No abstract provided.


Special Studies Of Federal Rules Governing Attorney Conduct, Daniel Coquillette, Marie Leary Dec 1996

Special Studies Of Federal Rules Governing Attorney Conduct, Daniel Coquillette, Marie Leary

Daniel R. Coquillette

No abstract provided.


Lawyers And Fundamental Moral Responsibility, Daniel Coquillette Dec 1994

Lawyers And Fundamental Moral Responsibility, Daniel Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

No abstract provided.


Can Ethics Be Taught By Law Schools?, Daniel R. Coquillette Feb 1987

Can Ethics Be Taught By Law Schools?, Daniel R. Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

No abstract provided.