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Bringing The Practice To The Classroom: An Approach To The Professionalism Problem, Steven H. Goldberg

Journal of Legal Education

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Bringing The Practice To The Classroom: An Approach To The Professionalism Problem, Steven H. Goldberg

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The first section of this article presents a brief history and description of a professionalism movement that continues to urge law schools to do more to solve the “professionalism problem.” The second discusses legal education's failure to bring professionalism into the law school curriculum. The third describes the structure and teaching method of The Practice—a different kind of course about professionalism—while the fourth discusses the professionalism content of the course. I conclude with a plea for law faculty to direct their considerable talents toward collecting stories and data about the profession and creating material to facilitate law school courses that …

Fostering Equity And Diversity In The Nova Scotia Legal Profession, Douglas G. Ruck, Craig M. Garson, Robert G. Mackeigan, Carol A. Aylward, Innis Christie, Cora States, Candy Palmater, Douglas Keefe, Margaret Macdonald, Burnley A. (Rocky) Jones, Heidi Marshall, Heather Mcneill, Kelvin Gilpin, Judith Ferguson

Innis Christie Collection

The Province of Nova Scotia has, for many years, attempted, through a variety of means, to address issues of diversity and affirmative action. However, despite the lessons of history there are still those who question the need for programs and policies that promote, encourage and enforce equality. Even though significant advances have been made on many fronts Nova Scotia continues to struggle with issues of inequality. As with many problems faced by society acknowledging the existence of the problem is the first step towards developing solutions.

A Cause Worth Quitting For? The Conflict Between Professional Ethics And Individual Rights In Discriminatory Treatment Of Corporate Counsel, Rachel S. Arnow Richman

Indiana Law Journal

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June. 26. 2000, Cao, Information Dissemination And Communications Strategy, Dft (Annotated C.Saladin), Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

June. 15. 2000, Cao, Strategic Plan For The Office Of Ifc, Mga, Draft, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Apology And Organizations: Exploring An Example From Medical Practice, Jonathan R. Cohen

UF Law Faculty Publications

In this Article, I focus on injuries committed by members of organizations, such as corporations, and examine distinct issues raised by apology in the organizational setting. In particular, I consider: (i) the process of learning to prevent future errors; (ii) the divergent interests stemming from principal-agent tensions in employment, risk preferences and sources of insurance; (iii) the non-pecuniary benefits to corporate morale, productivity and reputation; (iv) the standing and scope of apologies; and (v) the articulation of policies toward injuries to others.

German Mdps: Lessons To Learn, Laurel Terry

Faculty Scholarly Works

This article is the third of four major articles or book chapters that I have written about MDPs. This article focuses on German multidisciplinary partnerships (MDPs) between lawyers and accountants. The German MDP experience is important because Germany is one of the few jurisdictions that expressly permits MDPs and because conferences about World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services (the GATS) have cited to Germany when suggesting that other countries' MDP bans may be unnecessarily restrictive. After introducing common MDP regulatory issues, this article focuses on Germany. The article explains Germany's current regulation of MDPs and provides a …

The Aba And Mdps: Context, History, And Process, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Ready Or Not, Here They Come: Why The Aba Should Amend The Model Rules To Accommodate Multidisciplinary Practices, Bradley G. Johnson

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

How Children And Adolescents Relate To Nature, Patricia Nevers

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Paper presented at the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University, September 21,1999.

The Perils Of Courtroom Stories, Stephan Landsman

Michigan Law Review

As Janet Malcolm1 tells it, Sheila McGough was a middle-aged single woman living at home with her parents and working as an editor and administrator in the publications department of the Carnegie Institute when she decided to switch careers and go to law school. She applied and was admitted to the then recently accredited law school at George Mason University. After graduation, she began a solo practice in northern Virginia that involved a significant amount of stateappointed criminal defense work. In 1986, approximately four years after her graduation from law school, McGough received a call requesting assistance from an incarcerated …

Trying Cases In The Media: Legal Ethics, Fair Trials And Free Press, John Douglas, Gerald Zerkin, Steve Nash, Margaret P. Spencer, Craig Thomas Merritt, J. Joshua Wheeler, Paul D. Carrington, C. Thomas Dienes, John E. Nowak, Molly Delea, Kate Murray, Thomas Queen, Courtney Sydnor

University of Richmond Law Review Symposium

The 2000 symposium consisted of a panel discussion which used role-playing and a mock trial to highlight the issues of lawyer/litigant comments to the press before and during trial and the dilemma of journalists confronted by court demands for documents, testimony, or sources of information obtained in the course of gathering news on pending trials. Participants included:

As United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Freedonia: John Douglas, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Richmond.

As Freedonia criminal defense lawyer: Gerald Zerkin, Private Defense Attorney.

As investigative journalist: Steve Nash, Associate Professor of Journalism at the University …

The Practice Of Law, Karen H. Rothenberg

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2000, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The Clark Memorandum

• Just Lawyers (Ralph R. Mabey)
• Morality and Professional Ethics (Elder Dallin H. Oaks)
• Paradise Found (Joyce Janetski)
• Is it Possible to be a Lawyer and a Christian? (Brett Scharffs)

The Criminal Defense Lawyer's Fiduciary Duty To Clients With Mental Disability, Christopher Slobogin, Amy R. Mashburn

UF Law Faculty Publications

This Article argues that the defense attorney has a multifaceted fiduciary duty toward the client with mental disability. That duty requires, first and foremost, respect for the autonomy of the client. The lawyer shows that respect not only by heeding the wishes of the competent client but by refusing to heed the wishes of the incompetent client. A coherent approach to the competency construct is therefore important. Following the lead of Professor Bonnie, this Article has broken competency into two components: assistance competency and decisional competency. It has defined the former concept in traditional terms, as an understanding of the …

Value Pluralism In Legal Ethics, W. Bradley Wendel

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Pulliam V. Coastal Emergency Services Of Richmond, Inc.: Reconsidering The Standard Of Review And Constitutionality Of Virginia's Medical Malpractice, Elizabeth Keith

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

Consider the following scenario. A plaintiff is injured in a devastating automobile accident and a jury finds the other driver negligent. As a result of that driver's negligence, the plaintiff is now a quadriplegic. The jury, after careful deliberation and calculation, awards $4.5 million to the plaintiff consisting of both economic damages for past and future medical expenses, as well as non-economic damages for pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life. Now consider a similar scenario. The plaintiff is a patient who is injured during a low-risk surgical procedure and a jury finds the surgeon negligent. As a …

March 9, 2000, Cao, Discussion Paper For Roundtable Meeting, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

March. 9. 2000, Cao, Revised Agenda For Roundtable On Cao Guidelines, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

March 9, 2000, Cao, Brief For Participants In Cao Roundtable On Draft Operational Guidelines, Meg Taylor

CAO General 1999-Present

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March 8, 2000, Cao, Responses On Draft Cao Operational Guidelines Incorporated In Matrix (List Of Comments), Draft, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Municipal Ethics Remain A Hot Topic In Litigation: A 1999 Survey Of Issues In Ethics For Municipal Lawyers, Patricia E. Salkin

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

Feb. 10. 2000, Draft Comments From S. Langdon, Project Underground, Dft Comments On Cao Operational Guidelines, Shanna Langdon

CAO General 1999-Present

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Feb. 2000, Cao-Comments On The Operational Guidelines For The Office Of The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, Marcos A. Orellana Cruz

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Feb. 2000, Oxfam Uk, Comments On The Draft Cao Operating Guidelines, P. Feeney, Patricia Feeney

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

The Price Of Law: How The Market For Lawyers Distorts The Justice System, Gillian K. Hadfield

Michigan Law Review

Bill Clinton's legal bills in connection with the Lewinsky scandal topped $10 million; the bill for Ken Starr's investigation of the President exceeded $50 million. The cost to the eight families portrayed in the bestseller A Civil Action for their tort suit against a manufacturing company accused of dumping hazardous chemicals into the water supply was $4.8 million (paid from a settlement of about $8 million); the cost for the defense exceeded $7 million. Lawyers who represented the three states in the nationwide suit by state attorneys general against tobacco companies to recoup smoking-related health care costs were awarded $8.2 …

Adapting Unitary Principles Of Professional Responsibility To Unique Practice Contexts: A Reflective Model For Resolving Ethical Dilemmas In Elder Law, Joseph A. Rosenberg

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

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Biotechnology And The Creation Of Ethics, Raymond R. Coletta

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

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Do Codes Of Ethics Actually Shape Legal Practice?, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Christa Walker, Peter Mercer

Law Publications

In theory, professional codes of conduct are supposed to assist lawyers in choosing the appropriate course of action when they are faced with an ethical dilemma and it is expected that lawyers will, in practice, turn to such codes for guidance. A recent research initiative undertaken by legal scholars at the University of Western Ontario sought to examine the effectiveness of codes of ethics in maintaining standards of behaviour within the legal profession in Ontario by examining the kinds of ethical problems confronting lawyers in that province and the extent to which they were resolved through the use of professional …