January 2023 LEMR NEW AUTHORITY Pronoun Redux This article is featured in Volume 4, Number 1 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter. The discussion as to the use of personal pronouns to reflect gender identities is one that is ongoing in the United States. It has also become an issue for law firms and […]
Contents FEATURE ARTICLE: The Implications of Long COVID for Legal Practice NEW AUTHORITY: Judges in Church ETHICS & MALPRACTICE RESEARCH TIP: New Articles from The Current Index of Legal Periodicals BLAST FROM THE PAST: Excerpt from “Attorney and Client” in James Payn’s “Bred in the Bone” (1870) EDITED BY: Professor Mike Hoeflich PUBLISHED BY: Joseph, […]
December 2022 LEMR Article This article is featured in Volume 3, Number 12 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter. In July 2022, the Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee issued an extremely interesting opinion. A Maryland judge’s church had asked the judge to give a “historical presentation” on the United States Supreme Court decision in Dobbs […]
December 2022 LEMR FEATURE ARTICLE The Implications of Long COVID for Legal Practice COVID-19 is the gift that keeps on giving. Physicians and epidemiologists have increasingly come to realize that a significant number of patients who survive COVID show persistent symptoms after the initial infection is over. This new illness has come to be called […]
Contents FEATURE ARTICLE: The Dangers of Arrogance (and Benefits of Humility) in Law Practice NEW AUTHORITY: ABA Formal Opinion 503: The Ethics of “Reply-all” Emails ETHICS & MALPRACTICE RESEARCH TIP: New, Must-Read Release: The Lawyer’s Conscience: A History of American Lawyer Ethics BLAST FROM THE PAST: David Hoffman on Maintaining a Just Cause for Law […]
November 2022 LEMR FEATURE ARTICLE The Dangers of Arrogance (and Benefits of Humility) in Law Practice The Rules of Professional Conduct do not discuss the dangers of lawyer arrogance or the benefits of lawyer humility. Something, or someone, must—because arrogance and humility have an immense impact on how lawyers behave and how they comply with […]