Contents FEATURE ARTICLE: The Judicial Discipline of Judge Clark FORTHCOMING AUTHORITY: Judicial Commands to Remove the Masks BOOK REVIEW: The Anointed: New York’s White-Shoe Law Firms—How They Started, How they Grew, and How They Ran the Country BLAST FROM THE PAST: Excerpt: The Oath of an Attorney at Law EDITED BY: Professor Mike Hoeflich PUBLISHED […]
Table of Contents Featured Topic So You Want to be a Writer: Ethical Issues for Lawyers New Authority Proposed Amendments to Model Rules of Professional Conduct Ethics and Malpractice Research Tip New Articles Drawn from the Current Index of Legal Periodicals A Blast from the Past A Selection from the Diary of John Quincy Adams […]
Featured Topic So You Want to be a Writer: Ethical Issues for Lawyers By Dr. Michael H. Hoeflich Over the past four decades of my life as a lawyer and law professor, I have been struck by how many lawyers dream of doing something different, either as an alternative to law practice or as a […]
New Authority Proposed Amendments to Model Rules of Professional Conduct By Dr. Michael H. Hoeflich On December 15, 2021, the American Bar Association published a discussion draft of possible amendments to Model Rules of Professional Conduct. These proposed amendments were issued in response to concerns that that the Model Rules, specifically Model Rules 1.0, 1.1, and […]
Table of Contents Featured Topic No Quid Pro Quo: Settling Civil Claims While Criminal Charges Are Pending New Authority Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee Opinion 2021-10 Ethics and Malpractice Research Tip New Articles Drawn from the Current Index of Legal Periodicals A Blast from the Past Lawyers, Conviviality & Professional Reputation EDITED BY: Professor Mike Hoeflich […]
Featured Topic No Quid Pro Quo: Settling Civil Claims While Criminal Charges Are Pending By Guest Author J. Nick Badgerow[1] I. INTRODUCTION – OVERVIEW While it is thankfully not a common situation, civil claims sometimes do arise as a result of alleged criminal conduct. This leads to a civil lawsuit against a defendant and a […]