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Legal Ethics, Roy M. Sobelson

Mercer Law Review

This Article covers the rules, cases, ethics opinions, and other matters decided by the Georgia Supreme Court, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and a federal district court between June 1, 1998, and May 31, 1999, that have most affected, or may affect, Georgia lawyers. Many eyepopping headlines about lawyers and their profession filled the survey period. Although very few of the underlying cases made or changed any substantive law, they may well have substantially altered the landscape of lawyering, creating or illuminating various pitfalls and land mines.

One Georgia lawyer, disbarred for murdering his landlord, avoided the death penalty only …

Nov. 2, 1999, Tuesday Group Agenda (Bic), Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

If Deliberative Democracy Is The Solution, What Is The Problem?, Emily Hauptmann

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented March 18, 1999 for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society.

Gun Control, Hugh Lafollette

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented October 22, 1998 for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society.

Lawyering In Law's Republic: William Simon's The Practice Of Justice: A Theory Of Lawyers' Ethics, Rob Atkinson

Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.

Br'er Rabbit Professionalism: A Homily On Moral Heroes And Lawyerly Mores, Rob Atkinson

Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.

Public Values And Professional Responsibility, W. Bradley Wendel

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1999, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The Clark Memorandum

• The Four Deans
• Rex E. Lee
• Carl S. Hawkins
• Bruce C. Hafen
• H. Reese Hansen
• Gettysburg (Matthew Kennington)
• High Crimes and Misdemeanors? (Thomas R. Lee)

Sept. 17, 1999, Cao New Accountability Mechanism At Ifc And Miga, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

In 1998 World Bank Group President Wolfensohn created the position of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). The CAO - like the Inspection Panel in the World Bank — is designed to provide a mechanism for local communities adversely affected by IFC and MIGA supported projects to raise then" concerns. The CAO is independent of line management and reports directly to the President. In addition to providing a route for local communities to raise issues and complaints about specific projects, the office is intended to provide independent and objective advice …

Sept.14.1999, Cao, Facilitators' Summary Of Issues Day 1 Of Roundtable, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Sept. 13-15 1999, Agenda, Cao Roundtable, Mtg On Proc's, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Sept.13-15, 1999, Cao Discussion Paper For Cao Roundtable Meeting (9.3.1999, Draft), Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Oct. 22.1999, Draft Cao Operational Guidelines (V.7.), Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

The IFC/MIGA Environmental and Social Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) is an independent post that reports directly to the President of the World Bank Group. The post was established in 1999. Its purpose is assisting the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) to enhance the social and environmental outcomes of projects in which they play a role.

Sept. 1999, Draft, Measures For Success For Roundtable., Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Sept. 1999, Participants, Mtg On Developing Proc's To The Cao, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Jul. 8, 1999, Harmful Child Labor Interim Guidance, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Mediation In The New Mexico Court Of Appeals, Richard Becker

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

A mediator gives a summary of the implementation of, procedure relating to, and role of lawyers in the New Mexico Court of Appeals’s mediation program.

Better Late Than Never: Settlement At The Federal Court Of Appeals, Mori Irvine

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

The Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 encouraged all federal district courts to implement alternative dispute resolution programs. Federal Courts of Appeals implemented alternative dispute resolution programs as early as 1974. This article surveys federal alternative dispute resolution programsthen takes an in-depth look at the Eleventh Circuit’s program. The article provides advice for appellate advocacy during mediation.

Personal And Professional Integrity In The Legal Profession: Lessons From President Clinton And Kenneth Starr, Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Upping The Ante: Curricular And Bar Exam Reform In Professional Responsibility, David A. Logan

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Attorney-Client Privilege: Continuing Confusion About Attorney Communications, Drafts, Pre-Existing Documents, And The Source Of The Facts Communicated , Paul R. Rice

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Panel Discussion On A Proposed Code Of Ethics For Legal Commentators

Mercer Law Review

Featuring:

• Raymond M. Brown
• Paul Butler
• Erwin Chemerinsky
• Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.
• Laurie L. Levenson
• John H. McElhaney
• Barry C. Scheck
• Mary Tillotson

Moderator: Professor James P. Fleissner

Symposium Introduction, Jennifer L. Motos, Jacob E. Daly

Mercer Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Ethics Of Being A Commentator Iii, Erwin Chemerinsky, Laurie Levenson

Mercer Law Review

The use of lawyers and law professors as commentators continues to increase. Although reporters have long used experts to explain and evaluate, in the last decade legal commentators have become a fixture in news stories about legal proceedings. A decade ago, when the McMartin Preschool case filled the news in Los Angeles, scarcely a commentator was used. A few years later, when the officers who beat Rodney King were tried in state court, daily legal commentary was absent. In sharp contrast, commentators were used on a regular basis during the federal prosecution of those officers. The subsequent trial of two …

A Ransom Note From The Opposition To The Proposed Rules Of Ethics For Legal Commentators, Raymond M. Brown

Mercer Law Review

Hijack the question!

That is a soupçon of tactical knowledge that every lawyer sojourning on the TV frontier absorbs quickly. In the fast-paced realm of the electronic media, there are limited opportunities to speak. To be effective you must disregard the dictates of politeness ingested at your mother's knee, ignore the question presented, and make your point succinctly. To wit:

Question: Do you think Bill Clinton should be impeached?

Answer: I think the abuse of power by Ken Starr doomed the Office of Independent Counsel and set a dangerous example for a whole generation of prosecutors.

Because the proponents of …

The Future Of Governmental Ethics: Law And Morality, Jon L. Mills

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

No abstract provided.

Tax Lawyers, Ethical Obligations, And The Duty To The System, Watson

Scholarly Works

Perhaps the most elusive area of law is that of legal ethics. While the term itself is easy to define,' the subject all but defies codification because ethics, or morals (the terms are interchangeable), cannot be encapsulated by or in law. This is because law, in general, contains its own standard of validity on which there is usually clear societal consensus. For example, murder, rape, and theft are morally repugnant universally. Hence, punishment for any of these offenses does not impinge upon religious or individual autonomy because there is no ethical freedom to choose whether or not to engage in …

Lawyer Collaboration With Systems Of Evil, Roger Williams University School Of Law

School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events

No abstract provided.

Letters To The Editor, Lela P. Love

Articles

In Slip-Sliding Into Mediation: Can Lawyers Mediate Their Clients' Problems? [5 CLIN. L. REV. 47 (1998)], Jonathan Hyman argues that lawyers can mediate their clients' problems or transform themselves from a client's legal counselor and advocate to a neutral mediator. Professor Hyman points out that such a transformation can occur if (1) both clients give their informed consent; and (2) the lawyerturned-mediator does not offer evaluations of the case or subsequently represent either party. While Professor Hyman himself is quick to point out the many problems with this thesis, he nonetheless propounds it. I would argue that a partisan lawyer, …

April, 1999, Ifc Miga Announces Compliance Advisor, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.