{"id":4011,"date":"2005-08-12T17:53:30","date_gmt":"2005-08-12T21:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/08\/12\/summer-ethics-reading-suggest"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:30","slug":"summer-ethics-reading-suggestions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/08\/12\/summer-ethics-reading-suggestions\/","title":{"rendered":"summer ethics reading suggestions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Endnotes column of the current <\/FONT>Litigation Ethics<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A> Newsletter<\/EM> asks <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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three legal ethics experts, plus the guy formerly known as ethicalEsq, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“What books do you recommend to other litigators interested in legal ethics?” <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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(Summer 2005, compiled by Amy Gardner of Skadden Arps).  Because the <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Newsletter is only available online to members of ABA’s Section of Litigation, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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I thought I’d compile the selections here, with links: <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"lawyer  John Steele<\/STRONG> of <\/FONT><\/FONT>Legal Ethics Forum<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A> suggests “two great summer page-turners <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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that are chock full of ethics issues,” plus two with “more explicit discussion of ethics:”<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney’s Office<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A> (2003), <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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by Gary Delsohn<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The Informant: A True Story<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/A> (2001), by Kurt Eichenwald  <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Lawyers Crossing Lines<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>:<\/STRONG> Nine Stories of Greed, Disloyalty, and <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV>
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Betrayal of <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM>Trust<\/FONT><\/EM> (2001), <\/FONT>by James L. Kelley<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Eat What You Kill : The Fall of a Wall Street Lawyer<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/A> (2004), <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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by Milton C Regan<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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Brad Wendel<\/STRONG> of Cornell Law School, another Legal Ethics Forum<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM> contributor, offers  <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“some of the classics of legal ethics” — which establish “standards of right and wrong <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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action that do not depend on being enacted as positive law.”<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The Good Lawyer<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/A>, by David Luban (Editor)<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Lawyers and Justice<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/A>, by David Luban (1988) <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Ethics for Adversaries<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/A>, by Arthur Isak Applbaum (2000) <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The Practice of Justice<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/A>, by William H. Simon (2000)  <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The Lost Lawyer : Failing Ideals of the Legal Profession<\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A>, by Anthony <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Kronman (1995)  <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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David E. Springer<\/FONT><\/A> of Skadden Arps suggests Aristotle’s <\/FONT>Rhetoric<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>, “which makes a   \"lawyer<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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powerful <\/FONT>case for adherence to ethical norms by linking personal character to persuasion, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the object of advocacy.”<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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David Giacalone<\/STRONG> of f\/k\/a<\/EM> (to no one’s surprise) recommends The Betrayed Profession<\/A><\/EM>: <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Lawyering at the <\/EM><\/FONT>End of the Twentieth Century<\/EM>, by Sol M. Linowitz<\/FONT><\/A>, <\/FONT>with Martin Mayer <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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(1994).  The book is “Linowitz’s attempt to show what our profession <\/SPAN>should be, how it <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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has gone so profoundly astray, and what we (who betrayed<\/SPAN> it) can do about it — as individuals, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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as bar associations, and through our courts and schools.” [You can read the first chapter <\/FONT>here<\/FONT><\/A>.]<\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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p.s.<\/STRONG><\/EM>  Hmm.<\/EM> When asked to participate in this project, I understood that<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Amy Gardner was asking each of us for the name of one<\/EM> book, with an <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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explanation of the choice.  <\/FONT>Please note that the two non-professors complied,<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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while the academic types (Brad fulltime, John part-time) went for <\/FONT>breadth rather <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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than depth.   Draw your own conclusions.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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atop the scripture
reader’s head…
a katydid<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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       Kobayashi ISSA<\/FONT><\/A>,<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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           translated by David G. Lanoue<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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new paperback —
the sun sets
without me<\/FONT><\/P>
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     <\/FONT>david giacalone<\/FONT><\/A><\/STRONG><\/EM> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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            <\/FONT>from The Heron’s Nest<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM>  (March 2005)<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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                                                                                                                                         \"katydid\"<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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