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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...

Meaning, Nature and Need of Professional Ethics in the Legal Profession

Professional ethics govern the conduct of advocates and ensure dignity, discipline and integrity in the legal profession and justice system.

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...

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...

Court ethics panel orders removal of Queens judge who used ex-felon paralegal to practice law on his behalf

The state judicial oversight commission ordered Queens Civil Court Judge Joseph Kasper to be removed from the bench last week in a decision that focused on his continued, under-the...

Ethics complaint against state’s top judge dismissed

New York’s top judge will not face any consequences for advocating for the passage of a sentencing reform bill, which Republican lawmakers claimed crossed an ethical line.

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...

Mayor’s judicial committee releases first-ever code of conduct

The group charged with nominating the city’s judges recently published its first-ever code of conduct for its members to abide by, an attempt to fulfill, in part, the mayor’s p...

Judicial Wisdom: From Experience on the Bench to New Judge

Judicial education goes beyond Wisconsin Judicial College subjects of law and technology. Connections with other judges and reflections on past decisions build wisdom.

Florida Lawyers, Judges Listed as Witnesses in Judge's Ethics Case

Third District Court of Appeal Judge Bronwyn Miller's final disciplinary hearing is scheduled for January 2027.       

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...

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...

Court reform is liberal-coded nowadays. But it shouldn’t be.

Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff.In Jan. 2023, a PDF att...

Advocate John Roberts v. Chief Justice John Roberts

How do you know what a lawyer really believes when he is always representing a client?

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...

New Jersey Has A Message For Lawyers: Don’t Sleep With Your Clients

The state supreme court embraced a bright-line ethics rule despite concerns from the state bar. The post New Jersey Has A Message For Lawyers: Don’t Sleep With Your Clients appeare...

JCP tightens rules on judge nominations

Bars members from nominating relatives, associates

"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...

'Citizens have right to know': Judge Bhuyan questions SC collegium's opacity

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan questioned the Supreme Court collegium's lack of transparency in judicial appointments. He noted that recent collegium resolutions provided no reasons for thei...

Bar Councils must collect data on lawyers facing criminal records, says Madras High Court

Rising indicators of criminality in the Bar may taint the image of the bar as well as the justice delivery system, observes Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy

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

Louisiana Supreme Court Forcibly Recuses Its Own Chief Justice

Chief Justice Weimer has feuded with counsel in the case for years and his six colleagues voted unanimously to take the case away from him. The post Louisiana Supreme Court Forcibl...