New Authority Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee Opinion 2021-10 As we approach the beginning of the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it becomes increasingly clear that many of the ethical problems that lawyers and judges face today were nearly unthinkable in the “Before Times.” Rarely before the pandemic would anyone have needed to ask whether […]
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Table of Contents Featured Topic Defending a Judicial Misconduct Case New Authority Kansas Law Review Symposium 2021: Judicial Conduct and Misconduct: A Review of Judicial Behavior from Sexting to Discrimination Ethics and Malpractice Research Tip New Articles Drawn from the Current Index of Legal Periodicals A Blast from the Past An Excerpt from the Kansas […]
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Featured Topic Defending a Judicial Misconduct Case Just as attorneys tend to focus on upholding their substantive duties under the Code of Professional Responsibility over the procedure that ensues should they be accused of falling short, judges tend to focus on the substance of the Code of Judicial Conduct rather than what proceedings will follow […]
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Table of Contents Featured Topic ABA Formal Opinion 500 New Authority NCSB Opinion 2, 2021: A Lawyer’s Professional Responsibility in Identifying and Avoiding Counterfeit Checks Ethics and Malpractice Program Kansas Law Review Symposium 2021: Judicial Conduct and Misconduct A Blast from the Past Honest Lawyers EDITED BY: Professor Mike Hoeflich PUBLISHED BY: Joseph, Hollander & […]
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Kansas Law Review Symposium 2021: Judicial Conduct and Misconduct This month, rather than providing scholarly articles for review, the LEMR invites its readers to participate in what promises to be an excellent and informative program with legal ethics scholars from across the nation. For the 2021 Kansas Law Review Symposium, the University of Kansas Law […]
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On July 16, 2021, the North Carolina State Bar issued an ethics opinion that should be of interest to lawyers in every state. It deals with the ethical responsibilities of a lawyer who receives a check from a questionable source for a client which turns out to be part of a “scam.” The facts as […]
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