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Lights, Camera, Litigate: Lawyers And The Media In Canada And The United States, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Drawing on recent high profile cases in Canada and the United States, the author examines the different extent to which lawyers in those two countries comment to the media about ongoing litigation. He investigates various formal constraints upon lawyer comment, such as court-imposed publication bans and rules of professional responsibility. He also looks at the way in which lawyer behavior is attributable to non-formal, cultural determinants.

Rediscovering Discovery Ethics, W. Bradley Wendel

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Vaporous And The Real In Former-Client Conflicts, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Sneaking Around In The Legal Profession: Interjurisdictional Unauthorized Practice By Transactional Lawyers, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The quiet clubbiness that once characterized the practice of law in the United States is rapidly disappearing as new realities announce their clamorous arrival. Evaporating at a great rate—judging speed of change in historical terms—are many traditionally accepted and functionally important features of the legal profession of another day. Disappearing or dead are such sturdy former fixtures as the exclusivity of traditional bar self-policing. Also gone is the at-one-time widely acknowledged hegemony of the American Bar Association as the exclusive source of lawyer code pronouncements on lawyer disciplinary regulation. Courts, under the thrall of bar associations, at one time claimed …

Information Technology And Legal Ethics: Expanding The Teaching And Understanding Of Legal Ethics Through The Creation Of A New Generation Of Electronic Reference Materials, Roger C. Cramton, Peter W. Martin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Lawyers And Butlers: The Remains Of Amoral Ethics, W. Bradley Wendel

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Mass Torts -- Messy Ethics, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Review

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Proposed Legislation Concerning A Lawyer’S Duty Of Confidentiality, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Differing Perceptions Of Attorney Fees In Bankruptcy Cases, Theodore Eisenberg

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Delivery Of Legal Services To Ordinary Americans, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Keeping Faith: Government Ethics & Government Ethics Regulation, Cynthia R. Farina

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Legal Ethics And The Restatement Process -- The Sometimes-Uncomfortable Fit, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Parts And Wholes: The Integrity Of The Model Rules, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

As important as is each of its parts, the 1983 Model Rules of Professional Conduct was, of course, meant to function as a whole. At the very least, the parts were presumably intended to work well with one another, sketching a regulatory apparatus that would guide both lawyers subject to it and courts and regulators administering it in a coherent and consistent manner. To a large extent the Model Rules made significant headway in this respect, continuing the movement toward more explicit and articulated regulation of the profession begun by their predecessor, the Model Code of Professional Responsibility.

Yet, …

The U.S. Law Of Client Confidentiality: Framework For An International Perspective, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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State Ethics Rules And Federal Prosecutors: The Controversies Over The Anti-Contact And Subpoena Rules, Roger C. Cramton, Lisa K. Udell

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Mandatory Pro Bono, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Should lawyers be required to devote a portion of their time or money to public service activities? This issue, commonly referred to as "mandatory pro bono," is much discussed these days. The purpose of this article is to illuminate the policychoices before the profession by surveying the arguments for and against mandatory pro bono.

The Lawyer As Whistleblower: Confidentiality And The Government Lawyer, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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On The Steadfastness And Courage Of Government Lawyers, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Lawyer Turf And Lawyer Regulation -- The Role Of The Inherent-Powers Doctrine, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Lawyer’S Professional Independence: Memories, Aspirations, And Realities, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Concept Of A Restatement Of The Law Governing Lawyers, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Ethical Dilemmas Facing Today's Lawyer, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Second Set Of Players: Lawyers, Fee Shifting, And The Limits Of Professional Discipline, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Client Perjury: The Kutak Commission And The Association Of Trial Lawyers On Lawyers, Lying Clients, And The Adversary System, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Code Of Professional Responsibility As A Measure Of Attorney Liability In Civil Litigation, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Client Perjury, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Barriers To Effective Public Participation In Regulation Of The Legal Profession, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Disbarment In The United States: Who Shall Do The Noisome Work?, Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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A Report On Judicial Ethics, Gray Thoron

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

While the ethics of the American judiciary cover a broad spectrum, both good and bad, the general over-all level of judicial ethical performance is relatively high. Most judges are honest and honorable. Where dissatisfaction is apparent, it is far more frequently directed at judicial competence than at judicial integrity and ethics. Corruption, dishonesty, susceptibility to political pressure, and other ethical lapses are, however, not unknown, and on very rare occasions have been extremely bad. The ethical obligations of the judiciary extend far beyond the basic essentials of honesty, impartiality, and fairness. Judges must not only avoid evil or wrongdoing, but …