Legal Ethics and \u3cem\u3eA Civil Action\u3c/em\u3e

This Article shows how A Civil Action can be used to supplement a course in Professional Responsibility. A Civil Action contains many events that can similarly be used to introduce students to ethical dilemmas they will confront when they enter the profession. These events can breathe life into otherwise dry discussions of acceptable ethical behavior as set out in ethical codes. In accord with the Lessons from Woburn Project\u27s goal to make A Civil Action and its associated materials into a powerful teaching tool, the book\u27s events vividly illustrate the ethical parameters within which a lawyer must operate, ethical parameters that exist regardless of how tired a lawyer may be or how antagonistic the opposing party may act

Legal Ethics and \u3cem\u3eA Civil Action\u3c/em\u3e

This Article shows how A Civil Action can be used to supplement a course in Professional Responsibility. A Civil Action contains many events that can similarly be used to introduce students to ethical dilemmas they will confront when they enter the profession. These events can breathe life into otherwise dry discussions of acceptable ethical behavior as set out in ethical codes. In accord with the Lessons from Woburn Project\u27s goal to make A Civil Action and its associated materials into a powerful teaching tool, the book\u27s events vividly illustrate the ethical parameters within which a lawyer must operate, ethical parameters that exist regardless of how tired a lawyer may be or how antagonistic the opposing party may act

California\u27s Duty of Confidentiality: Is It Time for a Life-Threatening Criminal Act Exception?

In August 2001, the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association (ABA) voted in favor of a revision to the duty of confidentiality contained in the ABA\u27s Model Rules of Professional Conduct, a set of ethics rules that has been adopted in some form by over forty states. Specifically, the House voted to broaden the exception in Model Rule 1.6 that permits a lawyer to reveal confidential information of the client to the extent the lawyer reasonably believes necessary to prevent likely death or substantial bodily harrn. It is uncertain whether that vote will have any effect on the duty of confidentiality in California. This is because California, which has not adopted the Model Rules, has the strictest duty of confidentiality of any state: it is the duty of every lawyer [t]o maintain inviolate the confidence, and at every peril to himself or herself to preserve the secrets, of his or her client. express exceptions to its duty of confidentiality

Mainely Gay, Vol.5, No.2 (March/April 1978)

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Mainely Gay, Vol.5, No.4/5 (November/December & January/February 1978/1979)

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Mainely Gay, Vol.5, No.3 (July 1978)

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Mainely Gay, Vol.5, No.1 (January/February 1978)

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