Ethics and Professional Responsibility Teaching Materials

• Sample Ethics and Professional Responsibility Course Syllabi
  • Brenda Bratton Blom, University of Maryland School of Law Professional Responsibility: The Rules and Reality
  • Joseph Bowman, Georgetown University Law Center Professional Responsibility *Uses a course reader or handouts not yet made available
  • Deborah Cantrell, Colorado Law School Ethics in the Practice of Law
  • Deborah Cantrell, Colorado Law School Lawyers and Social Change
  • Barry Cohen, Georgetown University Law Center Professional Responsibility
  • Barry Cohen, Georgetown University Law Center Professional Responsibility in Corporate Practice
  • Doug Colbert, University of Maryland School of Law Legal Profession
  • Scott Cummings, UCLA Law Cause Lawyers: Professional Opportunities and Responsibilities
  • Steve Derian, UCLA Law Professional Responsibility (1) | Professional Responsibility (2)
  • Sharon Dolovich, UCLA Law Professional Responsibility: Ethics of the Legal Profession
  • Heidi Feldman, Georgetown Law Center Can Good Lawyers Be Good Ethical Deliberators? (2009) | 1996 Syllabus | Assignment
  • Michael S. Frisch, Georgetown Law Center American Legal Profession *Uses a course reader or handouts not yet made available
  • Bruce Green, Fordham Law Ethics in Criminal Advocacy
  • David Hall, Northeastern University Law Professional Responsibility
  • Michelle Harner, University of Maryland School of Law Legal Professions (overview) | Legal Professions (syllabus)
  • David Isbell and Michael Rosenthal, Georgetown Law Center Professional Responsibility *Uses a course reader or handouts not yet made available
  • Sung Hui Kim, UCLA Law Professional Responsibility
  • Michael Kirkpatrick, Georgetown Law Center Professional Responsibility: Ethics in Public Interest Practice
  • Lisa Lerman, Catholic University Columbus School of Law Sample PR Syllabus
  • Patrick Longan, Mercer University School of Law Legal Profession
  • Russell Pearce, Fordham Law School Ethics in Public Interest Law (syllabus) | Sample lesson plan
  • Daniel Rezneck, Georgetown Law Center Professional Responsibility
  • Robert Rhee, University of Maryland School of Law Corporate Ethics Seminar
  • Abbe Smith and Monroe Freedman, Georgetown Law Center Professional Responsibility
  • Evan Stewart, Fordham Law Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics for Corporate Lawyers
  • Peter Tague, Georgetown Law Center Professional Responsibility
  • Peter Tague, Georgetown Law Center Comparative Professional Responsibility
  • Adam Winkler, UCLA Law Professional Responsibility
  • Noah Zatz, UCLA Law Ethics in Public Interest Law Practice
• Readings Used in Professionalism, Professional Responsibility, and Legal Ethics Courses
  • Casebooks, Rulebooks, Problems, and Other Materials to use in Course Instruction
    • Walter Bennett, The Lawyer's Myth Reviving Ideals in the Legal Profession (2002)
    • Amon Burton & John S. Dzienkowki, Dzienkowski and Burton's Ethical Dilemmas in the Practice of Law: Case Studies and Problems (2006).
    • Nathan M. Crystal, Professional Responsibility: Problems of Practice and the Profession (3d ed. 2004).
    • Monroe H. Freedman and Abbe Smith, Understanding Lawyers' Ethics (2004).
    • Stephen Gillers, Roy Simon & Andrew Perlman, Regulations of Lawyers: Statutes and Standards (2009).
    • Paul T. Hayden, Ethical Lawyering (2007).
    • Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Susan P. Koniak Roger C. Cramton & George M. Cohen, The Law and Ethics of Lawyering (4th ed. 2004).
    • Mark Hermann, The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law (2006).
    • Michael J. Kelly, Lives of Lawyers Revisited: Transformation and Resilience in the Organizations of Practice (2007).
    • James L. Kelley, Lawyers Crossing Lines (2001).
    • Lisa G. Lerman and Phillip G. Schrag, Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law (2008).
    • David Luban & Deborah L. Rhode, Legal Ethics: Law Stories (2005).
    • Martha R. Mahoney et al., Social Justice: Professionals, Communities, and the Law (2003)
    • Susan R. Martyn and Lawrence J. Fox, Traversing the Ethical Minefield (2d ed. 2008).
    • Susan R. Martyn, Lawrence J. Fox & W. Bradley Wendell, The Law Governing Lawyers: Rules, Statutes and Standards (2009).
    • Thomas D. Morgan and Ronald D. Rotunda, 2010 Selected Standards on Professional Responsibility (2009).
    • James E. Moliterno, Ethics of the Lawyer's Work (2003).
    • Milton C. Regan & Jeffrey D. Bauman, Legal Ethics and Corporate Practice (2005).
    • Deborah Rhode, In the Interest of Justice: Reforming the Legal Profession (2000).
    • Deborah L. Rhode, Professional Responsibility: Ethics by the Pervasive Method (1994).
    • Deborah L. Rhode, Annotated Bibliography of Educational Materials on Legal Ethics, 58 Law & Contemp. Probs. 361 (1995).
    • Mortimer D. Schwartz, Richard C. Wydick, Rex P. Perschbacher and Debra L. Bassett, Problems in Legal Ethics (2007).
    • W. Bradley Wendel, Professional Responsibility: Examples and Explanations (2d ed. 2006).
    • Richard Zitrin, Carol M. Langford & Kevin E. Mohr, Legal Ethics: Rules, Statutes, and Comparisons (2009).
  • Teaching Legal Ethics and Professionalism in Law School
    • Richard L. Abel, Choosing, Nurturing, Training, and Placing Public Interest Law Students, 70 Fordham L. Rev. 1563 (2002).
    • Walter H. Bennett, Jr., The University of North Carolina Intergenerational Legal Ethics Project: Expanding the Contexts for Teaching Professional Ethics and Values, 58 Law & Contemp. Probs. 173 (1995).
    • Stephen McG. Bundy, Ethics Education in the First Year: An Experiment, 58 Law & Contemp. Probs. 19 (1995).
    • Robert P. Burns, Teaching the Basic Ethics Class Through Simulation: The Northwestern Program in Advocacy and Professionalism, 58 Law & Contemp. Probs. 37 (1995).
    • Douglas Colbert, Professional Responsibility in Crisis, 51 Howard L.J. 677 (2008).
    • Mary C. Daly, Bruce A. Green & Russell G. Pearce, Contextualizing Professional Responsibility: New Curriculum for a New Century, 58 Law and Contemp. Probs. 193 (1995).
    • Sharon Dolovich, Note: Making Docile Lawyers: An Essay on the Pacification of Law Students, 111 Harv. L. Rev. 2027 (1998).
    • Marjorie L. Girth, Facing Ethical Issues with Law Students in an Adversary Context, 21 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 593 (2005).
    • Bruce Green, Less is More: Teaching Legal Ethics in Context, 39 Wm. And Mary L. Rev. 357 (1998).
    • Steven Hobbs, Symposium Introduction: Sharing Stories About Our Commitment to Teaching Ethics, 26 J. Leg. Prof. 101 (2002).
    • Lisa G. Lerman, Teaching Moral Perception and Moral Judgment in Legal Ethics Courses: A Dialogue About Goals, 39 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 457 (1998).
    • Carol Bensinger Liebman, The Profession of Law: Columbia Law School's Use of Experiential Learning Techniques to Teach Professional Responsibility, 58 Law & Contemp. Probs. 73 (1995).
    • Peter A. Joy, Political Interference with Clinical Legal Education: Denying Access to Justice, 74 Tul. L. Rev. 235 (1999).
    • Christa McGill, Educational Debt and Law Student Failure to Enter Public Service Careers: Bringing Empirical Data to Bear, 31 Law & Soc. Inquiry. 677 (2006).
    • James E. Moliterno, Teaching Legal Ethics in a Program of Comprehensive Skills Development, 15 J. Legal Prof. 145 (1995-96).
    • Russell G. Pearce, Teaching Ethics Seriously: Legal Ethics as the Most Important Subject in Law School, 29 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 719 (1998).
    • Deborah L. Rhode, The Professionalism Problem, 39 Wm. and Mary L. Rev. 283 (1998).
    • Deborah L. Rhode, Ethics by the Pervasive Method, 42 J. Legal Educ. 31 (1992).
    • Deborah L. Rhode & Paul D. Paton, Lawyers, Ethics & Enron, in 652 Enron: Corporate Fiascos and their Implications (Nancy B. Rappaport & Bala G. Dharan eds., 2004).
    • David S. Walker, Teaching and Learning Professionalism in the First Year with Some Thoughts on the Role of the Dean, 40 U. Tol. L.R. 421 (2009).
    • David C. Vladeck, Hard Choices: Thoughts For New Lawyers, 10 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 351 (2001).
  • Legal Professionalism and Race and Gender
    • Susan Carle, From Buchanan to Button: Legal Ethics and the NAACP (Part II), 8 U. Chi. L. Sch. Roundtable 281, 281-307 (2001).
    • Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Forward: Toward a Race-Conscious Pedagogy in Legal Education, 4 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Women's Stud. 33 (1994).
    • Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, The First Decade: Critical Reflections, or "A Foot in the Closing Door", 49 UCLA L. Rev. 1343 (2002).
    • Angela P. Harris, Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory, 42 Stan. L. Rev. 581 (1990).
    • Tanya Katerí Hernández, Sexual Harassment and Racial Disparity: The Mutual Construction of Gender and Race, 4 J. Gender Race & Just. 183 (2001).
    • Trina Grillo and Stephanie M. Wildman, Obscuring the Importance of Race: The Implication of Making Comparisons Between Racism and Sexism (or Other –Isms), 1991 Duke L.J. 397 (1991).
    • Sherrilyn A. Ifill, Racial Diversity on the Bench: Beyond Role Models and Public Confidence, 57 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 405 (2000).
    • Lucie E. White, Subordination, Rhetorical Survival Skills, and Sunday Shoes: Notes on the Hearing of Mrs. G, 38 Buff. L. Rev. 1 (1990).
    • Patricia Williams, Spirit-Murdering the Messenger: The Discourse of Fingerpointing as the Law's Response to Racism, 42 U. Miami L. Rev. 127 (1987).
  • Legal Professionalism and Class, Poverty, and Community Empowerment
    • Anthony Alfieri, Reconstructing Poverty Law Practice: Learning Lessons of Client Narratives, 100 Yale L.J. 2107 (1991).
    • Scott L. Cummings, Mobilization Lawyering: Community Economic Development in the Figueroa Corridor, in Cause Lawyers and Social Movements 302-335 (Austin Sarat & Stuart Scheingold eds., 2006).
    • Peggy C. Davis, Law as Microaggression, 98 Yale L.J. 1559 (1989).
    • Paolo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (30^th anniversary ed. 2000).
    • Jennifer Gordon, Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights (2007).
    • Paul E. Lee and Mary M. Lee, Reflections from the Bottom of the Well: Racial Bias in the Provision of Legal Services to the Poor, 27 Clearinghouse Review 311 (1993).
    • William H. Simon, The Community Economic Development Movement: Law, Business & the New Social Policy (2001).
    • Paul R. Tremblay, Rebellious Lawyer, Regnant Lawyering, and Street-Level Bureaucracy, 43 Hastings L.J. 947 (1992).
    • Lucie E. White, To Learn and Teach: Lessons from Driefontein on Lawyering and Power, 1988 Wis. L. Rev. 699 (1988).
  • Readings on Legal Ethics and Personal Identity
    • Joseph Allegretti, Christ and the Code: The Dilemma of the Christian Attorney, 34 Cath. L. 131 (1991).
    • Katharine T. Bartlett, Feminist Legal Methods, 103 Harv. L. Rev. 829 (1990).
    • Patricia A. Cain, Lesbian Perspective, Lesbian Experience, and the Risk of Essentialism, 2 Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 43 (1994).
    • Devon W. Carbado, Straight Out of the Closet, 15 Berkeley Women's L.J. 76 (2000).
    • Susan Carle, Colloquium Discussing David Luban, Legal Ethics and Human Dignity: Structure and Integrity, 93 Cornell L. Rev. 1311 (2008).
    • Nathan M. Crystal, Developing a Philosophy of Lawyering, 14 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 75 (2000)
    • Martha Albertson Fineman, Feminist Theory in Law: The Difference It Makes, 2 Colum. J. Gender & L. 1 (1992).
    • David Hall, The Role of Religion and Spirituality in the Law School Classroom, in Encountering Faith in the Classroom: Turning Difficult Decisions into Constructive Engagement (Miriam Rosalyn Diamond ed., 2008).
    • Carmela Huang, Mindfulness Meditation: A Solution for the Professionalism Problem? (Dec. 2005) (unpublished manuscript).
    • Darren Lenard Hutchinson, Out Yet Unseen: A Racial Critique of Gay and Legal Theory and Political Discourse, 29 Conn. L. Rev. 561 (1997).
    • Gerald P. López, Rebellious Lawyering: One Chicano's Vision of Progressive Law Practice (1992).
    • John Mixon & Robert P. Schuwerk, The Personal Dimension of Professional Responsibility, 58 Law & Contemp. Probs. 87 (1995).
    • Russell G. Pearce, The Jewish Lawyer's Question, 27 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1259 (1996).
    • Nakeeb Siddique, Identities, Communities, and Islam: Sources of Cohesion and Conflict for Muslim Lawyers (Dec. 2004) (unpublished manuscript).
    • Dean Spade, Resisting Medicine, Re/modeling Gender, 18 Berkeley Women's L.J. 15 (2003).
    • Norman W. Spaulding, Reinterpreting Professional Identity, 74 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1 (2003).
    • David B. Wilkins, Redefining the "Professional" in Professional Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Professionalism, 58 Law & Contemp. Probs. 241 (1995).
  • Ethics: Theory, Philosophy, and the Law
    • R. Eugene Bales, Act-Utilitarianism: Account of Right-Making Characteristics or Decision-Making Procedure?, 8 Am. Phil. Q. 257 (1971).
    • Philippa Foot, Virtues and Vices: And Other Essays in Moral Philosophy (2003).
    • Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals (Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, 1785).
    • Anthony Kronman, The Lost Lawyer: Failing Ideals of the Legal Profession(1993).
    • Abraham Lincoln, "Notes on the Practice of Law," in 245 Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings, 1832-1858 (Don E. Fehrenbacher ed., 2008).
    • Sol M. Linowitz & Martin Mayer, Betrayed Profession: Lawyering at the End of the Twentieth Century(1994).
    • Martin Luther King Jr., Letter From Birmingham City Jail(1963).
    • J.L. Mackie, Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong(1991).
    • Thomas Nagel, The View From Nowhere(1981).
    • Martha C. Nussbaum,Non-Relative Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach, in Quality of Life (Amartya Sen & Martha Nussbaum eds., 1993).
    • David Pannick, Advocates(1992).
    • Charles Taylor, The Diversity of Goods, in Philosophy and the Human Sciences: Philosophical Papers 2(1985).
    • Richard Wasserstrom, Roles and Morality, in The Good Lawyer: Lawyers' Roles and Lawyers' Ethics (David Luban ed., 1984).
    • David B. Wilkins, Legal Realism for Lawyers, 104 Harv. L. Rev. 468 (1990).
  • Moral Activism, Client-Centered Lawyering, "Cause Lawyering"
    • Derrick Bell, Serving Two Masters, 85 Yale L.J. 470 (1976) [reprinted in Martha R. Mahoney et al., Social Justice: Professionals, Communities, and the Law 328-33 (2003)].
    • Gary Bellow, Steady Work: A Practitioner's Reflections on Political Lawyering, 31 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 297 (1996).
    • Scott L. Cummings & Ingrid V. Eagly, A Critical Reflection on Law and Organizing, 48 UCLA L. Rev. 443 (2001) [reprinted in Martha R. Mahoney et al., Social Justice: Professionals, Communities, and the Law at 805-14 (2003)]
    • Martha F. Davis, Brutal Need: Lawyers and the Welfare Rights Movement, 1960-1973 (1995).
    • Stephen Ellmann, Lawyers and Clients, 34 UCLA L. Rev. 717 (1987).
    • Stephen Ellmann, Client-Centeredness Multiplied: Individual Autonomy and Collective Mobilization in Public Interest Lawyers' Representation of Groups, 78 Va. L. Rev. 1103 (1992).
    • Benjamin Fleury-Steiner, "Different Approaches Need To Be Taken In Different Settings"—Situating Activist Prison Lawyering: The Struggle For HIV-Positive Prisoners Rights, 38 Stud. L., Pol. & Soc'y 3 (2006).
    • Theresa Hughes, A Paradigm of Youth Client Satisfaction: Heightening Professional Responsibility for Children's Advocates, 40 Colum. J.L. & Soc. Probs. 551 (2007).
    • Nan D. Hunter, Lawyering for Social Justice, 72 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1009 (1997) [reprinted in Martha R. Mahoney et al., Social Justice: Professionals, Communities, and the Law 832-36 (2003)].
    • David Luban, Legal Ethics and Human Dignity (2008).
    • Kevin C. McMunigal, Of Causes and Clients: Two Tales of Roe v. Wade, 47 Hastings L.J. 779 (1996).
    • S. Rifkind, "The Lawyer's Role and Responsibility in Modern Society," 30 The Record 534, 535-45 (1975)
    • Thomas B. Stoddard, Bleeding Heart: Reflections on Using the Law to Make Social Change, 72 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 967 (1997) [reprinted in Martha R. Mahoney et al., Social Justice: Professionals, Communities, and the Law 822-32 (2003)].
    • Julie A. Su, Making the Invisible Visible: The Garment Industry's Dirty Laundry, 1 J. Gender, Race & Just. 405 (1998) [reprinted in Martha R. Mahoney et al., Social Justice: Professionals, Communities, and the Law 328-33 (2003)].
    • Paul R. Tremblay, Moral Activism Manqué, 44 S. Tex. L. Rev. 127 (2002).
    • Raymond Wacks, Judges and Injustice, 101 S. African L.J. 266 (1984).
    • William P. Quigley, Letter To A Law Student Interested In Social Justice, 1 DePaul J. Soc. Just. 7 (2007).
    • Stuart A. Scheingold, The Politics of Rights: Lawyers, Public Policy and Political Change (2d ed. 2004).
    • Stuart A. Scheingold & Austin Sarat, Something to Believe In: Politics, Professionalism, and Cause Lawyering (2004).
    • William H. Simon, Ethical Discretion in Lawyering, 101 Harv. L. Rev. 1083 (1988).
    • William H. Simon, Solving Problems v. Claiming Rights: The Pragmatist Challenge to Legal Liberalism, 46 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 127 (2004).
    • William H. Simon, Lawyer Advice and Client Autonomy: Ms. Jones's Case, 50 Md. L. Rev. 213 (1991).
  • Ethics in Practice: Big Firms, Small-Scale Firms, Public Sector
    • William T. Allen, Our Schizophrenic Conception of The Business Corporation, 14 Cardozo L. Rev. 261 (1992).
    • Steven K. Berenson, Public Lawyers, Private Values: Can, Should, and Will Government Lawyers Serve the Public Interest?, 41 B.C. L. Rev. 789 (2000)
    • Margaret Blair & Lynn Stout, Trust, Trustworthiness, and the Behavioral Foundations of Corporate Law, 149 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1735 (2001).
    • Susan Carle, Re-envisioning Models for Pro Bono Lawyering: Some Historical Reflections, 9 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 81 (2001).
    • Scott L. Cummings, The Politics of Pro Bono, 52 UCLA L. Rev. 1 (2004)
    • Einer Elhauge, Sacrificing Corporate Profits in the Public Interest, 80 NYU L. Rev. 733, 776-96 (2005).
    • Susan P. Koniak, "Accountability Issues: Lessons Learned from Enron's Fall" (Prepared Testimony of Susan P. Koniak Before the Senate Judiciary Committee), Feb. 6, 2002.
    • Abe Krash, The Changing Legal Profession (2007), available at http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/resources/publications/washington_lawyer/january_2008/changes.cfm
    • John de Lorean, How Moral Men Make Immoral Decisions—A Look Inside GM, in The Big Business Reader: Essays on Corporate America (Mark Green & Robert Massie eds, 1980).
    • David Luban, Taking Out the Adversary: The Assault on Progressive Public Interest Lawyers, 91 Cal. L. Rev. 209 (2003)
    • Jonathan Macey & Geoffrey Miller, Reflections on Professional Responsibility in a Regulatory State, 63 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. l105 (1995).
    • Michael Paulsen, Government Lawyering: Hell, Handbaskets, and Government Lawyers: The Duty of Loyalty and Its Limits, 61 L. & Contemp. Prob. 83 (1998).
    • Russell Pearce, Model Rule 1.0: Lawyers are Morally Accountable, 70 Fordham L. Rev. 1805 (2002).
    • Milton C. Regan, Eat What You Kill: The Fall of a Wall Street Lawyer (2004).
    • Robert Rhee, Corporate Ethics, Agency, and the Theory of the Firm, 3 J. Bus. & Tech. L. 309 (2008).
    • Deborah L. Rhode, Ethics in Practice: Lawyers' Roles, Responsibilities, and Regulation(2000).
    • Deborah L. Rhode, Public Interest Law: The Movement at Midlife, 60 Stan. L. Rev. 2027 (2008).
    • Tanina Rostain, Waking Up from Uneasy Dreams: Professional Context, Discretionary Judgment & The Practice of Justice, 51 Stan. L. Rev. 961 (1999).
    • Patrick J. Schiltz, On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession, 52 Vand. L. Rev. 871 (1999).
    • Carroll Seron, The Business of Practicing Law: The Work Lives of Solo and Small-Firm Attorneys (1996).
    • John W. Teeter, Into the Thicket: Pursuing Moral and Political Visions in Labor Law, 46 J. Leg. Educ. 252 (1996).
    • David C. Vladeck, Hard Choices: Thoughts For New Lawyers, 10 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 351
    • (2001).
    • David B. Wilkins, Doing Well by Doing Good? The Role of Public Service in the Careers of Black Corporate Lawyers, 41 Hous. L. Rev. 1 (2004).
    • Richard Zitrin & Carol M. Langford, The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer: Truth, Justice, Power & Greed(2000).
  • Newspaper and Online Articles
    • D. Cloud, Did Starr Go Too Far Questioning Lewinsky? The Rules Are Unclear, Wall St. J., March 5, 1999, at A1.
    • Jane Fritsch, For Some, Lost Files and Lost Clients, N.Y. Times, Oct. 10, 2001.
    • Stephen Gillers, A Duty to Warn, N.Y. Times, July 26, 2001
    • William Glaberson, Lawyers Consider Easing Restriction on Client Secrecy, N.Y. Times, July 31, 2001.
    • Jonathan Glater, Lawyers Open Door to Telling Clients' Secrets, N.Y. Times, Aug. 8, 2001.
    • Bruce A. Green & David C. Clifton, Feeling a Chill, ABA Journal, Dec. 2005, at 61.
    • G. Hazzard, Tobacco Lawyers Shame the Entire Profession, Nat'l L.J., May 18, 1998.
    • Adam Liptak, Stop the Clock? Critics Call the Billable Hour a Legal Fiction, N.Y. Times, Oct. 29, 2002.
    • T. Loomis, SEC Gores GC in Sarbanes-Oxley Dust-Up, Leg. Times, Jan. 24, 2005.
    • Laura Mansnerus, Fine Line in Indictment: Defense vs. Complicity, N.Y. Times, Apr. 11, 2002.
    • Joy Moses, And Justice for All: Prioritizing Free Legal Assistance During the Great Recession, Center for American Progress (July 2009), available at http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/07/justice_for_all.html
    • Russell G. Pearce, Retreat of the Elite: How Public Interest Law and Pro Bono Undermine Business Lawyers' Commitment to the Public Good, Am. Law., July 13, 2001.
    • Richard A. Posner, The Skin Trade, New Republic, Oct. 13, 1997.
    • Deborah L. Rhode, Terrorists and their Lawyers, N.Y.Times, Apr. 16, 2002.
    • Sara Rimer & Raymond Bonner, Texas Lawyer's Death Row Record a Concern, N.Y. Times, June 11, 2000.
    • John Schwartz, A Legal Battle: Online Attitude vs. Rules of the Bar, N.Y. Times, Sept. 12, 2009.
    • Stephanie Simon, Moral Compass Guides New Law School, L.A. Times, Feb. 24, 2002.
    • C. Stewart, Sarbanes-Oxley: Panacea or Quagmire for Securities Lawyers?, N.Y.L.J., Mar. 21, 2003.
    • C. Stewart, The SEC & the Lawyer-Client Relationship: A Revolution in the Making, Compliance Reporter, Feb. 9, 2004.
    • S. Taylor, Ethics and the Law: A Case History, N.Y. Times Mag., Jan. 9, 1983.
    • J. Terry, When the Sins of the Client Are Visited on the Firm, Wash. Post, Mar. 3, 1997.
    • Matthew L. Wald, Law Firm was Nuclear Industry Lobbyist While Advising Government on Dump Site, N.Y. Times, July 28, 2001.
    • Henry Weinstein, Attorney's Dozing at Center of Texas Murder Case Challenge, L.A. Times, January 23, 2001.
  • Reports
    • Executive Summary, Justice For All? An Examination of the Civil Legal Needs of the District of Columbia's Low-Income Community, District of Columbia Access to Justice Commission (Oct. 2008), available at http://www.dcaccesstojustice.org/files/ExecutiveSummary.pdf.
    • "In the Spirit of Public Service": A Blueprint for the Rekindling of Lawyer Professionalism, American Bar Association Commission on Professionalism (1986), available at http://www.abanet.org/cpr/professionalism/Stanley_Commission_Report.pdf.
    • Report on a Survey of Law School Professionalism Programs, ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism (2006), available at http://www.abanet.org/cpr/reports/LawSchool_ProfSurvey.pdf.
    • Teaching and Learning Professionalism, Report of the Professionalism Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (1996).
    • Roy Stuckey, et al., Best Practices for Legal Education: A Vision and a Road Map (2007), available at http://cleaweb.org/resources/bp.html.
    • William M. Sullivan, Anne Colby, Judith Welch Wegner, Lloyd Bond, Lee S. Shulman, Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law (2007) ("The Carnegie Report").

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