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Legal Ethics Forum explores breaking news and new cases that deal with legal ethics.
Legal Ethics Forum
9M ago
Blogging here at the Legal Ethics Forum has gone quiet in recent years. I've been missing the regular updates and commentary on all things related to legal and judicial ethics that used to appear on this blog, which is why ..read more
Legal Ethics Forum
2y ago
If you teach PR and would like a copy of my slide deck with a schematic of the Model Rules, please shoot me an email at my work address. john.steele!@johnsteelelaw.com Here's the 13th and final slide of the deck ..read more
Legal Ethics Forum
3y ago
I am devastated to share with you the tragic news that Stanford Law School Deborah Rhode passed away Friday. She has been a trusted friend, mentor, colleague, role model, sounding-board, and so much more to me and to many others ..read more
Legal Ethics Forum
3y ago
The final PR Section event happens today, starting at 4:15 Eastern. These papers are both terrific—hope you will join us! Section on Professional Responsibility: Works In Progress Workshop This workshop pairs two scholars with two more senior scholars to comment ..read more
Legal Ethics Forum
3y ago
Attending AALS? Today is jam-packed with excellent sessions, including the PR Section's Main Program: 2:45-4PM Eastern Section on Professional Responsibility Main Program: Legal and Judicial Ethics in the Post-#MeToo World In 2016, the ABA amended Model Rule 8.4(g) clarifying that ..read more
Legal Ethics Forum
3y ago
Greetings on Day One of AALS! For those attending, hope you’ll make time today for the PR Section’s pedagogy program, which is new addition this year. Here’s the full description: 4:15-5:30PM Eastern. Section on Professional Responsibility: Bright Ideas and Best ..read more
Legal Ethics Forum
4y ago
Submissions and nominations of articles are being accepted for the eleventh annual Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship in Professional Responsibility. To honor Fred’s memory, the committee will select from among articles in the field of Professional Responsibility with ..read more
Legal Ethics Forum
4y ago
The Committee on Codes of Conduct has drafted a proposed advisory opinion regarding law-related organizations and has circulated the draft for comment by judges. The draft advises against membership in the Federalist Society or the American Constitution Society, but allows ..read more
Legal Ethics Forum
4y ago
Call for Papers AALS Section on Professional Responsibility 2021 Co-Sponsored by AALS Sections on Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination Law, Leadership, and Minority Groups Legal and Judicial Ethics in the Post-#MeToo World The Section on Professional Responsibility seeks papers addressing the ..read more
Legal Ethics Forum
4y ago
News "New York State Bar Offers Website Guidance to Freelance Lawyers," Bloomberg Law "Good Privilege and Confidentiality Habits for Remote Attorneys," Law360 "Judge Must Consider Defendants' Ability to Pay Fines and Fees, Ethics Opinion Says," ABA Journal "California Judge Publicly ..read more