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The Legal Minute Fall 2014
No full textSt. Mary's School of Law Says Goodbye to Cantu and Hello to Sheppard, Rare Books and Special Collections at the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library, When Choosing a Bar Prep Course You Might Ask… Why Barbri?, Mission Accomplished, Women's Law Association: A Y
The Corporate Attorney as “Internal” Gatekeeper and the In Pari Delicto Defense: A Proposed New Standard
No full text2014: CLE: ADR in the Federal District Courts: Handout 2
No full textThis presentation will provide a brief history of the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the federal courts and will focus on the types of ADR programs, referral methods and types of neutrals authorized by federal district courts
2014: CLE: UCCJEA-Myths and Misconceptions: Handout
No full textThe Hon. Larry Noll will discuss myths and misconceptions regarding the UCCJEA Chapter 152 of the Texas Family Code, including home state jurisdiction; initial child-custody jurisdiction; exclusive continuing jurisdiction; jurisdiction to modify; and, te
Moot Points Notes from the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library Issue 24 February 2014
No full textDirector's Message, Library Transactions by the Numbers, Legal Research Workshops, Stroll Down Memory Lane: Student Newspapers From 1950s to 1980s New Available Online, Sightseeing and Local Travel in San Antonio, AALL Conference Highlights, Film Review: You Don't Know Jac
Why Lawyers Do What They Do (When Behaving Ethically)
No full textSince the early 1990s, when David Wilkins published his influential paper “Who Should Govern Lawyers” in the Harvard Law Review, legal ethics scholars and professors have paid attention to the range of processes and devices that govern lawyer behavior. This Article will report on the results of a study currently underway that seeks to provide empirical evidence to answer the question posed in this Article’s title: Do lawyers train staff in confidentiality preservation because they fear bar discipline? Because they fear malpractice liability? Because they must comply with malpractice liability carrier demands? Because they honor client confidences for their own value and wish to protect them? Because the market forces them to do so? Because it is the right thing to do? The same, or similar, sets of questions may be asked about establishing conflict check procedures, devising their marketing to stay within norms, charging reasonable fees, and other professional ethics-related actions by lawyers. To gather data on these issues, the authors conducted a survey of the bars of Florida and Virginia and present on the findings