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Alabama State Bar Issues AI Ethics Guidance for Lawyers: Key Questions and Practical Answers

Ethics Watch: New Jersey Proposal Addresses Sexual Relations with Clients

The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether to adopt the American Bar Association (ABA) Model Rule of Professional Conduct that prohibits lawyers from starting a sexual rel...

Legal Ethics Roundup: ABA Opines Gov Lawyers Must Report Unlawful Conduct, Toronto Lawyer Suspended Over AI, Senate Bill...

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: ABA Opines Gov Lawyers...

Legal Ethics Roundup: Lawyer ‘Negligence’ For Not Using AI, Cameras At SCOTUS, Law School Laptop Ban & More

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: Lawyer ‘Negligence’ Fo...

Inside Quinn Emanuel's Court-Required Ethics Training

The law firm was sanctioned this past May and ordered to create ethics education courses after a judge found it committed ethical violations during a pharmaceutical advertising tri...

Legal Ethics Roundup: SCOTUS Justices Testify About Enforceable Ethics, 20 AGs Want Clark Discipline Challenge Dismissed...

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: SCOTUS Justices Testif...

Ethics Watch: AI Work Product Protection for Unrepresented Individuals, Not for Lawyers

Two federal court decisions in February started a framework for work product limitations to discovery of artificial intelligence (AI) materials, protecting, at most, self-represent...

Law Firm Sues Ex-Client for Libel, Judge Lays Out Firm Owner's Disciplinary Record

From Lento Law Group PC v. Estrada, decided last week by Judge Mia Roberts Perez (E.D. Pa.): This case involves… The post Law Firm Sues Ex-Client for Libel, Judge Lays Out Firm Own...

Ethical Dilemma | AI Recording and Transcribing Tools

AI recording and transcription platforms can save lawyers time, but they also raise ethical concerns. Lawyers must understand the technology, obtain informed client consent, protec...

Alabama Bar Draws a Clear Ethics Line on Lawyers’ AI Use

The Alabama State Bar has issued formal ethics guidance on lawyers’ use of artificial intelligence, offering one of the clearest signals yet that AI is no longer just a technology...

NJ Supreme Court bars lawyers from dating clients

New Jersey Supreme Court adopts ethics rule barring lawyers from starting sexual relationships with clients they represent, effective Sept. 1. The post NJ Supreme Court bars lawyer...

Alabama Bar Draws a Clear Ethics Line on Lawyers’ AI Use

The Alabama State Bar has issued formal ethics guidance on lawyers’ use of artificial intelligence, offering one of the clearest signals yet that AI is no longer just a technology...

AI "Combines the Illusion of Thorough Review and Analysis with the Temptations of Speed and Low Cost"

"Attorneys now have the power to violate Rule 11 in embarrassing ways within minutes."

Navigating the Attorney’s Duty of Competence in the Age of AI

Navigating the Attorney’s Duty of Competence in the Age of AIby David Pemberton Reading Time — 6 minutes July 19, 2026...

Lawyers continue to grapple with AI ethical issues

Lawyers continue to navigate ethical issues around generative AI use, guided by existing ABA Model Rules and evolving state regulations. The post Lawyers continue to grapple with A...

Legal Ethics Roundup: The ‘Unethical’ DOJ, A Biglaw Firm’s Court-Required Ethics Training, ‘Bending The Knee’ To Trump &...

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: The ‘Unethical’ DOJ, A...

Morgan & Morgan Is Testing The Limits Of Lawyer Advertising. The Rest Of Us Should Pay Attention.

Should a consumer be able to look at a lawyer advertisement and understand who is actually offering to represent them? The post Morgan & Morgan Is Testing The Limits Of Lawyer...

The Government Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct- Standards and Practices

Paying fact witnesses: The good, the bad and the ugly

Wisconsin lawyers may compensate fact witnesses for time and expenses, but a recent Supreme Court ruling highlights serious ethics risks and limits. The post Paying fact witnesses:...

Lawyer Discipline

The Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR), an agency of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, provides these summaries. The OLR assists the court in supervising the practice of law and protecti...

Courtroom Advocacy: Essential Phrases, Etiquette, and Common Mistakes

Build confidence in court with essential advocacy phrases, courtroom etiquette, and professional communication tips.

Lawyers have a noble and challenging profession: Ashok Bhan

Law is not merely a means of earning a livelihood, but also an instrument through which justice is pursued, rights are protected, and constitutional values are strengthened. The wo...

Advocate Cannot Use Confidential Information Against Former Client: Supreme Court

Supreme Court rules that client confidentiality survives legal representation and cannot be breached even if a former client becomes an adversary.

"Counsel Took Full Responsibility for His Mistakes, Was Not Evasive, and Prioritized Candor to the Court and Opposing Co...

From Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves (Ct. of Int'l Trade) Thursday in Disruptive Resources, LLC v. Ballistic Barrier Prods. Inc. (D. Del.):… The post "Counsel Took Full Responsibility f...