Research Guides: Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Research: Scholarly Writings

Journals & Periodicals

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics
Georgetown, Washington D.C.

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Available in print at Pace since 1987-
Also available on HeinOnline and Westlaw.
Journal of the Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics
Hofstra University School of Law.

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Available at Pace in print since 1996-
Also available on HeinOnline and Westlaw.
Journal of the Professional Lawyer
ABA: Center for Professional Responsibility.

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Available on HeinOnline and Westlaw.
The Professional lawyer : PL
Special Coordinating Committee on Professionalism, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility.

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Available at Pace in print since 1989-
Also available on HeinOnline and ABI/Inform.
Regulation of lawyers, statutes and standards
By Gillers, Stephen and Simon, Roy D.

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KF305.A15 R44
Published since 1985-
Pace has most recent.
Notre Dame journal of law, ethics & public policy
Thomas J. White Center on Law & Government, Notre Dame Law School.

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Available at Pace in print since 1984-
Also available on HeinOnline and Westlaw.
Attorney-Client Privilege in the United States
Published by West.

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Originally a looseleaf service.
Currently available on Westlaw (ACPRIV-FED).
Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy
University of Southern California.

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Available at Pace online on Lexis, Academic One File, and Westlaw.
Judicial Conduct Reporter
Center for Judicial Conduct Organization.

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Available at Pace in print (KF8779.A15 J8) and online on Westlaw.
Law of Lawyer Advertising
Published by West.

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Available at Pace in print (KF310.A3 S64 2006) and online on Westlaw.
Professional Lawyer
American Bar Association.

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Available at Pace online on HeinOnline and Westlaw.

Online Resources

ABA Center for Professional Responsibility - Resources: Reports and Projects and
The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 was created in 2009 to address technology and global practice changes facing U.S. lawyers.

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Implementation Initiatives, GATS/International Agreements, Judicial Code Revision Project, and Conference of Chief Justices National Action Plan on Lawyer Conduct and Professionalism.
Ethics 2000 Commission
The Ethics 2000 Commission was formed in 1997 to review the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. It submitted a report to the House of Delegates at the August 2001 Annual Meeting. The report was debated at the August 2001 Annual and February 2002 Midyear Meetings.

Electronic Resources at Pace

Legal ethics for in-house corporate counsel
Bureau of National Affairs (BNA). Available via Pace Law Library electronic subscription.

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"...discusses the ethical issues that can arise in a variety of situations that inside counsel commonly must deal with, such as multijurisdictional practice, internal investigations, negotiations, and supervising paralegals."

Treatises, Handbooks, Introductions, ...

A century of legal ethics : trial lawyers and the ABA Canons of Professional Ethics by Lawrence J. Fox, Susan R. Martyn, Andrew S. Pollis (eds.)
Call Number: KF305 .C46 2009
Publication Date: 2009
The law of lawyering by Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., W. William Hodes with assistance by John S. Dzienkowski, John S. Redditt
Call Number: KF306 .H332
Publication Date: 2001-

This looseleaf publication is arranged in rule number sequence, followed by comments and annotations to case law, treatises, Restatements, and law review articles. It is current and available at Pace.
Lawyer law : comparing the ABA model rules of professional conduct with the ALI restatement (third) of the law governing lawyers by Thomas D. Morgan
Call Number: KF306 .M667 2005
Publication Date: 2005
A legislative history : the development of the ABA model rules of professional conduct, 1982-2005 by American Bar Association
Call Number: KF306 .L45 2006
Publication Date: 2006
Restatement of the law : the law governing lawyers by American Law Institute
Call Number: KF300 .R468 2000
Publication Date: 2000-

Topics include regulation of lawyers, attorney-client relationship, conflict of interest and lawyer liability. Citations to case law, ABA ethics opinions, treatises, and law review articles are found.
Also available on:
LEXIS: Legal > Secondary Legal > Restatements > Law Governing Lawyers
WESTLAW: Search for Database REST-LGOVL
Legal ethics : rules, statutes, and comparisons by Richard Zitrin, Carol M. Langford, Kevin E. Mohr
Call Number: KF306 .Z575 2010
ISBN: 9781422476666
Publication Date: 2010

"Includes ABA and California changes through 2009 and a rule-by rule comparison of the California and both old and new ABA model rules."
Legal Ethics in a Nutshell by Ronald D. Rotunda
Call Number: KF306.Z9 R68 2013 (Reserve)
ISBN: 0314282246
Publication Date: 2013
Legal ethics : the lawyer's deskbook on professional responsibility by Rotunda, Ronald D Dzienkowski, John S.
Call Number: KF306 .L446
Publication Date: 2000-
Regulation of lawyers, statutes and standards by Gillers, Stephen & Simon, Roy D
Call Number: KF305.A15 R44 2010
Publication Date: 1989-

Annual publication. Compilation of ABA Model Codes, selected federal statutes, Restatement of the Law and cross-references tables for the Canons of Professional Responsibility and the Model Rules.
Lawyer Regulation for a New Century Report of the Commission on Evaluation of Disciplinary Enforcement by American Bar Association
Call Number: KF308 .L3 1992
Publication Date: 1992

Also available on Westlaw (ABA-MCKAY).