Legal Ethics Blog
Insights on attorney discipline, professional responsibility, and legal ethics in our nation.
Lawyers: Uncle Sam Needs You!
March 17, 2025What can we do to protect the Rule of Law? First, we must be united in defending any law firm…When Morality Transcends the Law: Is the Death Penalty the Ultimate Test?
December 4, 2020I have been writing this professional conduct column for over 10 years, with and without co-authors, discussing topics from the mundane…Calm Is Overrated: We Need to Take a Stand Now
October 23, 2020On March 16, as we were confronting the reality of a pandemic and its potentially devastating effects, I authored a…Advice for the President’s New Lawyer: There’s a Rule for That
June 21, 2018As lawyers watching the spectacle of the investigations surrounding the Trump administration, we get to sit in the good seats.…
A Spring Crop of Ethics Issues in Trump’s World
April 9, 2018Despite appearances, it’s spring and Donald Trump and his attorney Michael Cohen have provided us with a brand new crop…The President Has Your Back: Is That A Conflict?
November 2, 2017On Oct. 21, there was a news report that President Donald Trump would be personally providing a legal defense fund…
