Video of this year's competition. I posted about this "lighter side" issue primarily to note that the winner of last year's inaugural event -- our very own Brad Wendel -- couldn't defend his title, as he's teaching in New Zealand this semester. (h/t: Dorf on Law)
Resources for PR Teachers
Blog Founders
Active Bloggers (in order of joining)
- Brad Wendel (Cornell Law School)
- John Steele: Adjunct Lecturer (various schools at various times)
- David Hricik (Mercer University School of Law)
- Andrew Perlman (Suffolk University Law School)
- David McGowan (University of San Diego School of Law)
- Steve Lubet (Northwestern University Law School)
- Anita Bernstein (Brooklyn Law School)
- Steve Berenson (Thomas Jefferson School of Law)
- Monroe H. Freedman (Hofstra University Law School)
- Robert Vischer (St. Thomas School of Law)
- Alice Woolley (University of Calgary Faculty of Law)
- Roy Simon (Hofstra Law School)
- Stephen Gillers (NYU Law School)
- Renee Knake (Michigan State University College of Law)
- Richard Painter (University of Minnesota Law School)
- Professor Kathleen Clark (Washington University School of Law)
- Nicole Hyland
- Milan Markovic
(Texas A&M University School of Law) - Laurel Rigertas (Northern Illinois University)
- Richard Moorhead (University College London)
- Malcolm Mercer (McCarthy Tétrault)
Blogging Alumni
Academic Sites and Centers
- AALS Section on Professional Responsibility
- Dickinson School of Law: Global Legal Practices Resourses
- Fordham - Louis Stein Center for Law & Ethics
- Harvard - Program on the Legal Profession
- Harvard University Center for Ethics and the Professions : Sister Institutions
- Hofstra - Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics
- Holloran Center for Professional Ethics (St. Thomas)
- Jacob Burns Ethics Center in the Practice of Law (Cardozo)
- Jurist (Law Professors on the Web)
- Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University
- Mercer Center for Legal Ethics & Professionalism
- Michigan State University Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession
- Miller-Becker Center for Professional Responsibility (Akron)
- New York Law School (Center for Professional Values and Practice)
- SOSIG: Law Gateway
Blawgs and Sites
Media Sites
Judicial Ethics
- ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct
- ABA Joint Commission on the Revision to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct
- American Judicature Society Center for Judicial Ethics
- State Materials on Judicial Ethics (ABA-CPR sponsored site)
- Code of Conduct for United States Judges
- Judicial Conference of the United States, Committee on Codes of Conduct
- Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees
Ethics in Practice Areas
General Links
Legal Ethics Journals
Law Student Blawgs
Professional Organizations - Ethics Practice Sites
- sunEthics
- Legal Ethics Blog (Ben Cowgill)
- Legal Ethics in Virginia (James McCauley)
- Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
- National Organization of Bar Counsel
- Ethics and Lawyering Today
- LegalEthics.com
- Freivogel on Conflicts
- David Hricik's Ethics and Risk Management
- Jerome Fishkin (California focus)
Bar Associations around the World
- Canadian Bar Association
- Commonwealth Lawyers Association
- Counseil National des Barreaux (France)
- European Union Bars and Councils
- Federation of Law Socities of Canada
- General Council of the Bar of South Africa
- Hong Kong Bar Association
- Hong Kong Law Society
- International Bar Association
- Irish Bar Council
- Laurel Terry's Global Legal Practice Resource Page
- Law Society of England and Wales
- Law Society of Ireland
- Law Society of Northern Ireland
- Law Society of Scotland
- Law Society of Singapore
- Law Society of South Africa
- New Zealand Law Society
- The Bar Council (UK)
- The Faculty of Advocates (Scotland)
Recent Comments
- Query on Naming Names in the $1.5 Bilion GM/JPMorgan/Simpson/Mayer Brown Opinion
- Stephen Gillers on Naming Names in the $1.5 Bilion GM/JPMorgan/Simpson/Mayer Brown Opinion
- Dan Abrams on Naming Names in the $1.5 Bilion GM/JPMorgan/Simpson/Mayer Brown Opinion
- Stephen Gillers on Naming Names in the $1.5 Bilion GM/JPMorgan/Simpson/Mayer Brown Opinion
- Anon Lawyer on Naming Names in the $1.5 Bilion GM/JPMorgan/Simpson/Mayer Brown Opinion
- Dan Abrams on Naming Names in the $1.5 Bilion GM/JPMorgan/Simpson/Mayer Brown Opinion
- Stephen Gillers on Economic Harm as Direct Adversity Under 1.7(a)
- Stephen Gillers on Sheldon Silver's referrals/origination
- Bill Hodes on "Merit Systems Protections Board Voids Stevens Prosecutors’ Suspensions"
- George Conk on "Documents Reveal How Sheldon Silver Made Millions from Obscure Legal Jobs"
Useful LEF Links
Recent Posts
- Naming Names in the $1.5 Bilion GM/JPMorgan/Simpson/Mayer Brown Opinion
- "Albany Is a Cesspool. Here’s How to Clean It Up"
- Economic Harm as Direct Adversity Under 1.7(a)
- James E. Baker, "LBJ's Ghost: A Contextual Approach to Targeting Decisions and the Commander in Chief"
- Sheldon Silver's referrals/origination
- "Sheldon Silver’s ethical train wreck"
- What's in a name? (Who signs the government's brief?)
- Court denies DQ motion; sees the issues clearly
- "Documents Reveal How Sheldon Silver Made Millions from Obscure Legal Jobs"
- (slightly off topic) Non-lawyer whistleblower prevails at SCOTUS
