Legal Ethics Articles

This study identified and examined the concerns of hotel general managers regarding ethics in the hospitality industry. Thirty-five managers were surveyed during and immediately after the economic recession to determine which ethical issues in the hospitality industry and in their own hotels were of most concern to them. The results showed that more people and organizations attempted to renegotiate hotel prices, resulting in some misconduct in ethical behavior. Executives said they felt pressure from private owners and head offices due to the economic downturn. They also talked about a lack of work ethic, low motivation and low pay. Social workers are often faced with circumstances that involve ethical and legal issues. In many cases, relevant ethical and legal standards complement each other; In some circumstances, however, ethical and legal norms contradict each other. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between American ethical and legal standards in social work. The author presents a conceptual typology of 4 types of relationships between legal and ethical norms. Case studies are included.

The author concludes with a decision-making framework designed to improve social workers` constructive management of difficult decisions, incorporating ethical and legal standards. Like peanut butter and jelly, ethics and web marketing go hand in hand By Lisa M. Vaughn to July 18, 2012 Good marketing and ethical standards are not like oil and water. Utah`s reform model, which allows non-lawyers to offer legal services, could be «essential» to serving people they can`t afford, according to a Stanford Law School study released Tuesday. 112 Yale L.J. 1011 (2003)This article suggests that the legal models traditionally used to shape emergency response are not always appropriate. Rather, there may be circumstances in which the appropriate method of dealing with serious threats is to act outside the . 111 Yale L.J.

1757 (2002)The Practice of Principle is an excellent book that is practically full of interesting and original arguments. Coleman is an exceptional analytic philosopher, as evidenced by every page of the book. It is one of the most important contributions to legal theory published in . 116 Yale L.J. 568 (2006)Well-known American lawyers and academics have developed an approach to contract enforcement that would make violations legally and morally indisputable, provided compensation follows. Much of the justification for this venture was based on claims of judicial and economic efficiency. California`s New E-Jurisdiction Rule By Lisa Sherman, Benjamin Rose, and Jim Carden – January 19, 2016 Even carefully crafted legal retention letters and retention letters to custodians are insufficient defenses when relevant evidence is lost. Update: A Chicago suburban lawyer who clashed with a judge to create a case and proclaimed «gadzooks» in response to her decision was to be reprimanded on the recommendation of an ethics hearing panel.

Using a single set of evidence, this note examines the impact of limited representation and concludes that unbundling legal services is an effective way to close the fairness gap in civil litigation. Based on these findings, the note recommends solutions that serve both those who lack guidance and respect. A former Dentons employee is accused in an ethics complaint of falsely claiming to have spent 277 hours reviewing 425 documents for a customer responding to an inquiry. 110 Yale L.J. 237 (2000)In other writings, we argue that legal policies should be evaluated solely on the basis of their impact on the well-being of the individual, which means that notions of equity should not carry independent weight. In this work, we consider a variety of Pr. Conversation vs. Correspondence: New Jersey`s Ethical Opinion Goes Its Own Way on `Implied Consent` By Daniel Harrington at May 6, 2021 A new New Jersey ethics report upsets the concept of «implied consent» under ABA Model Rule 4.2. The journal strives to publish innovative articles on ethical issues and to facilitate symposia involving jurists, lawyers from various fields of practice, judges and social scientists.

There is a growing body of scholarly literature on the professional development and education of law students with respect to the core values, guiding principles and welfare practices considered essential to successful legal practice.* This growing academic literature can guide effective curriculum development to encourage student growth later in these learning outcomes. This article focuses on reflective ability as one of the most effective curricular strategies for encouraging each student`s growth in the later stages of these learning outcomes. The same curriculum strategy will also be effective in hiring practicing lawyers to advance toward the same goals. Part. Disaster Service as a Form of Professionalism By Larry D. Smith and Robert V. Goldsmith III – July 18, 2011 Recent weather-related disasters in the United States have increased the importance of humility and support in the legal profession. In the event of an error of law, the parties almost always consult experts. Whether an expert in legal errors is often qualified to testify is a hotly debated issue. In this article, the authors provide recommendations on how to qualify an expert in legal errors and challenge the qualification of an expert in legal errors. In Equal Justice: Fair Legal Systems in an Unfair World, Frederick Wilmot-Smith argues that only by deprivatizing legal services markets can we hope to achieve equal justice. This book review explains why his bold recipe deserves serious scrutiny and critical debate.

The year 2020 illustrated the continued spread of implicit and explicit racism in our society. Less recognized and recognized is the extent to which Socratic pedagogy also reflects these pervasive racist realities while leading to poor quality learning based on a teaching method invented 150+ years ago. Despite this racist and outdated reality, the Law Academy was reluctant to change the traditional teaching method.