{"id":3720,"date":"2003-07-19T21:36:11","date_gmt":"2003-07-20T01:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/professionalism-etc\/"},"modified":"2010-08-09T07:46:49","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T11:46:49","slug":"professionalism-etc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/professionalism-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"Professionalism, Competence, Diligence, etc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"a127\" name=\"a127\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u2013 <\/em><\/em><em>Below are ethicalEsq-f\/k\/a<\/em><em> <\/em><em>postings and annotated web resources on this topic. Find our full list of annotated ethics links by clicking <\/em>the <a title=\"portal to postings and sources on lawyer ethics and client rights\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/resources\/\">Client Rights &amp; Legal Ethics<\/a> link o<em>n the Navigation Bar<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/09\/03\/do-you-take-too-many-cases\/\">do you take too many cases?<\/a>&#8221; (September 3, 2008)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/07\/23\/making-frivolous-lawyers-pay\/\">making frivolous lawyers pay<\/a>&#8221; (July 23, 2008)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/30\/more-lawyers-should-think-like-lawyers\/\">more lawyers should \u201cthink like lawyers\u201d<\/a> (September 30, 2007)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/04\/contingency-fees-and-the-clueless-fiduciary\/\">contingency fees and the clueless fiduciary<\/a> Sept.4, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/02\/not-quite-ready-for-love-lawyers-day\/\">not quite ready for Love Lawyers Day<\/a> Sept. 2, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/08\/18\/broadening-the-hourly-billing-debate-consider-yourself-your-clients-and-your-ethics\/\">broadening the billable hour debate<\/a>: consider yourself, your client, your ethics Aug. 18, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/08\/11\/after-alexander-v-cahill-where-does-nysba-stand-on-lawyer-advertising\/\">after <em>Cahill v. Alexander<\/em>: where does NYSBA stand on lawyer advertising?<\/a> Aug. 13, 2007<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/07\/26\/presumed-ignorant-scott-turow-on-the-billable-hour\/\">presumed ignorant: Scott Turow on the Billable Hour<\/a> July 26, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/03\/31\/the-bars-self-importance-is-undignified-tasteless-too\/\">the bar&#8217;s self-importance is undignified<\/a> March 31, 2007<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/02\/19\/sutton-on-lawyers-and-the-no-asshole-rule\/\">Lawyers &amp; Sutton&#8217;s No A$$hole Rule<\/a> Feb. 19, 2007<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #42aac8\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/03\/27#a6362\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;color: #000000;font-size: x-small\">lawyer ads: the tension between ethics and self-interest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;color: #000000;font-size: x-small\"> March 27, 2006<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #42aac8\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/09\/26#a4909\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;color: #000000;font-size: x-small\">Missouri newsflash: legal consumers are really stupid<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;color: #000000;font-size: x-small\"> (Sept. 26, 2005)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #42aac8\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/06\/25#a4078\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">seminal cases can shape a lawyer&#8217;s psyche<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> (June 25, 2005)<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #42aac8\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;color: #000000;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/02#a3775\">towards a better law day<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"> <span style=\"color: #000000\">(May 2, 2005)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/04\/28#a3750\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">mba, ambrogi and mean old me<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> (April 28, 2005) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3744\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">bar &amp; guild<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> (April 26, 2005) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #42aac8\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/04\/24#a3730\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Law Day, Not Lawyers Day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> (April 24, 2005)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #42aac8\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/19#a3491\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">sol linowitz on saving our &#8220;betrayed profession&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"> <span style=\"color: #000000\">(March 19, 2005)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3401\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">e-shaming and lawyer conduct<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> (March 7, 2005) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/22#a1333\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 04-22-04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> More on the Silent Associate<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/21#a1322\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 04\/21\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Encore: Learned Hand on Liberty<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/21#a1326\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 04\/21\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Special Rules for Solos?<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/#a1304\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 04\/20\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> why prof. yabut can&#8217;t . . . retire<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/19#a1285\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 04\/19\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Some Inspiration (on courts, fairness, liberty)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/16#a1239\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 04\/16\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> A Deadly Argument for Diligence?<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/14#a1221\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 04\/14\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Selling the Appearance of Expertise<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/14#a1224\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 04\/14\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Carolyn Won&#8217;t Like This (stealing; solos)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/11#a1196\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 04-11-04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Another Lap Around Law Firm Branding<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/03#a1150\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 04-03-04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> PR or Parody? (NYSBA ad campaign)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/03\/23#a1093\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 03\/23\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> &#8220;The Simpsons&#8221; and the Lawyers<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/03\/18#a1060\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 03\/18\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Teaching\/Learning What a Lawyer Should Know<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/03\/17#a1046\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 03-17-04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> The Hardest Thing About the Watchdog Role<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/03\/04#a981\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 03\/04\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Brand LEX<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/03\/03#a955\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 03\/03\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Is Legal Marketing [non]Spoofable?<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/08\/03#a166\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 08-03-03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> sexual relations rule is overbroad <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/03\/01#a952\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 03\/01\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Starbuck GC Shines<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/29#a946\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 03\/01\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Sanction This (Firm)!<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/26#a931\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/26\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> UK Dads Protest Divorce Lawyers<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/26#a918\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/26\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Boxley &amp; Jones: Giving Lawyers a Bad Name<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/24#a911\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/24\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> A Large Incentive to Proofreaad Pleadings<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/24#a910\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/24\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Bench &amp; Bar Warn Youth About Credit Debt<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/24#a909\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/24\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Law As Daily Passion, Not Default Profession<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/23#a880\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/23\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Tenn. Loosens Its Discipline Gag Rule<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/15#a810\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/15\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Bankruptcy and Bar Admission &#8211; A Proposal<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/12#a772\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/12\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> A Lincolnesque Law Practice?<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/10#a746\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/10\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Bankruptcy and the Law Graduate<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/05#a721\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/05\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Take This Bar (Exam) and Shove It<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/03#a713\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/03\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Poet Lawreates Indeed and in Print<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/03#a689\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/03\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Becoming a Partner-Rainmaker-Supervisor in D.C. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/03#a712\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/03\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Too Many Assigned Counsel Just Don&#8217;t Give a Damn <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/01#a672\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 02\/01\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Could This Happen in the Legal Profession?<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/01\/25#a602\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 01\/25\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> What&#8217;s the Future (Virtual or Actual) of the Legal Profession?<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/01\/22#a576\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 01\/22\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Should Substance Abuse Affect Bar Admission?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/01\/20#a560\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 01\/20 \/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Trying Too Hard to Get Paid<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/01\/19#a555\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 01\/19\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Ethics for the Web? Lean Don&#8217;t Lie<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/01\/17#a541\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 01\/17\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> NY&#8217;s Disappointing <em>Pro Bono<\/em> Report<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/01\/05#a464\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 01\/05\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> What&#8217;s All This Fuss Over Anti-Bias CLE in Minn.?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/01\/04#a453\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 01\/04\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> No Bull, Lawyers Need CLE<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/01\/03#a451\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 01\/03\/04<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Genderization Won&#8217;t Improve the Legal Profession<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/12\/21#a395\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 12\/21\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Should Web Lawyers Use Content-Targeted Ads?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/12\/14#a382\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 12\/14\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Finding and Practicing Your Own Values as a Lawyer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/10\/11#a336\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 10\/11\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> exitedEsq: Going Dormant (gonna miss ya)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/10\/08#a328\">Posting 10\/<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/10\/08#a328\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">08\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> First Thing . . . Let&#8217;s Quell All the Liars <\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/09\/27#a296\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 09\/27\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Schiltz&#8217;s &#8220;Sermon&#8221; Should Be Required Reading . . . <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/09\/19#a291\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 09\/19\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Come Join Our Chat on Lawyer Snobbery<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/09\/15#a272\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 09\/15\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> New NJ Rules Allow Less Competence Than the Model Rules<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/09\/11\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 09\/11\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Car Phoning Should Be Unbillable, Unacceptable<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/07\/21\">Posting 07\/21\/03<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> An Obligation to Use Computer Research? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/07\/19#a126\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 07\/19\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Unzealous Weekend Advocacy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/07\/19#a125\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 07\/19\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> &#8220;Diligent Defender&#8221; Standards Should Apply to All Firms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/07\/07\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 07\/07\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> From &#8220;Zealous&#8221; to &#8220;Honorable&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/07\/06\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 07\/06\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> New Model Rules Support Offering No-Frills Services<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/06\/16\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">Posting 06\/16\/03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> Sorry, It&#8217;s Not Just a Few Bad Apples [diligence needed]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.averyindex.com\/happy_healthy_ethical.php\"><span style=\"color: #336699\"><em>On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession<\/em><\/span><\/a>, 52 Vand. L. Rev. 871 (81 pp pdf., <em>[condensed <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsba.org\/media\/publications\/barnews\/archives\/2000\/jan-00-money.htm\"><span style=\"color: #336699\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>]<\/em>), by Professor <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Patrick J. Schiltz<\/span>,<span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> is a &#8220;must read&#8221; for anyone who truly cares about the well-being of individual lawyers and about the future of the legal profession.  [Click for a useful <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsba.org\/media\/publications\/barnews\/archives\/2000\/jan-00-money.htm\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">condensed version<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\"> from the Washington State Bar Association <em>Bar News <\/em>(Jan. 2000), and see excerpts and a summary in our 2003 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/09\/27#a296\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legalsanity.com\/\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><em>legal sanity<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"> The purpose of this weblog by lawyer <strong>Arnie Herz<\/strong> &#8220;is to raise public consciousness and facilitate discussion about our distressed legal profession and the ground-breaking work that\u2019s being done to move it in a saner direction&#8221;   Arnie hopes &#8220;to revitalize the law as a noble calling through which lawyers can gain a sense of fulfillment without sacrificing savvy client representation or financial gain.&#8221;<\/span> Good goals and a good site for your RSS feed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$950\"><strong><span style=\"color: #42aac8\">Shakespeare and Lawyers<\/span><\/strong><\/a> Your Editor reflects on the profession&#8217;s reaction to the famous quote about killing all the lawyers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/democracy_corner\/article.cfm\/objectid\/58CD8546-19B3-4158-81502D7BB96CB842\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;color: #920011;font-size: x-small\">Restrict Lawyers&#8217; Licenses<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><strong> <\/strong>Authored by attorney Ralph Warner, this Nolo.com Soap Box Column states that &#8220;A license to practice law is no guarantee of legal knowledge, skill or experience. Incompetent lawyers regularly mislead and defraud clients who rely on the promise of expertise that the lawyer label brings.&#8221;  Warner concludes:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">&#8220;When it comes to lawyers who sell personal legal services, a lawyer&#8217;s license should be limited to specific subject areas &#8212; for example, family law, criminal law, tax or probate. A separate exam should be given for each specialty. That way, an exam could test the skills and knowledge needed by a lawyer who wants to represent clients in a particular legal subject area.&#8221; <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;color: #920011;font-size: x-small\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clr.org\/lawyers.html\">Protecting lawyers, not clients<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><strong> <\/strong>In this article by George C. Leef (for the Cato Institute), the author argues that  &#8220;The best means of delivering affordable legal services to the public with minimal risk of harm is through a competitive marketplace, backed up with remedies for fraud and incompetence. Professionals want to do competent work for their clients. Fear of failure and financial loss is a stronger deterrent to incompetent work than any licensing scheme&#8221; and concludes that  <em>&#8220;<\/em>Competition works as well in legal services as in other markets. But we&#8217;ll have to get rid of the UPL statutes to enjoy the benefits.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/review.law.mercer.edu\/old\/fr20203.htm\"><strong>Thinking Like A Lawyer:<\/strong> <strong>Second Thoughts<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> [47 Mercer L. Rev. 511], by James R. Elkins<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/review.law.mercer.edu\/old\/fr20209.htm\"><strong>Uneasy Burden: What it Really Means to Learn to Think like a Lawyer<\/strong><\/a> [47 Mercer L. Rev. 543], by Peter R. 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