A fashion model's malpractice claim against Boies Schiller has been reinstated. She alleges that the firm had an undisclosed and unconsented conflict between representing her and representing some classes. (h/t: New York Attorney Malpractice Blog) . . . . . Point of Law posts about a challenge to the looseness of cy pres awards in class actions.
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 (Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics; The University of Houston Law Center)
- 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)
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
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
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
- Tiberius Gracchus on Lawyers and the FISA process
- John Steele on The NYT's Mistaken Assessment of the McGahn Subpoena
- John Steele on The NYT's Mistaken Assessment of the McGahn Subpoena
- Adam on Gender differences and big law.
- john on ILEC 2018 Melbourne Call for Proposals due July 31, 2018
- John Steele on Andrew Napolitano Explains Attorney-Client Privilege UPDATED
- Patrick S. O'Donnell on Andrew Napolitano Explains Attorney-Client Privilege UPDATED
- Patrick S. O'Donnell on Andrew Napolitano Explains Attorney-Client Privilege UPDATED
- Rick Underwood on When Presidents Lawyer Up
- Retired Ethics Lawyer on Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels
Recent Posts
- Schematic of Model Rules
- The Loss of Deborah Rhode
- Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting Professional Responsibility Section Events Today
- Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting Professional Responsibility Section Events Today
- Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting Professional Responsibility Section Events Today
- What It Means (for Lawyers) to be Human
- Questions have consequences, too.
- Two terrific virtual events are
- Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship in Professional Responsibility
- The Exposure Draft and Judicial Ethics