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Comments Off on From Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics: Opinion 09-06 (Jan. 29, 2009)
[Originally published in NYPRR November 2009] From time to time, NYPRR will publish an Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics. The Opinions published are those selected by Justice George D. Marlow, Committee Chair, and Jeremy R. Feinberg, who...
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Comments Off on Simon on New Rules: Rule 3.3(a)(3) Through Rule 3.3(d)
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR October 2009] This month’s column, which continues my series of comments on the new New York Rules of Professional Conduct, begins with Rule 3.3(a)(3) and ends with Rule 3.3(d). Rule 3.3(a)(3) and 3.3(b):...
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Comments Off on NYSBA Issues Opinion on Lawyer Solicitation
[Originally published in NYPRR October 2009] The Committee on Professional Ethics released Opinion 830 on July 14, 2009. The question addressed by the Committee was: May a lawyer contact an organization of laymen and inform them of his or her...
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Comments Off on What I Need to Learn in Law School — Lessons in Ethics
By Jeremy R. Feinberg & Laura Smith [Originally published in NYPRR September 2009] As thousands of aspiring lawyers enter law school this month, we decided to depart from our usual NYPRR contributions on the ethics of lawyers and judges, and...
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Comments Off on Simon on New Rules: Rule 2.1 Through 3.3(a)(1)
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR September 2009] This month’s column, which continues my series of columns on the new New York Rules of Professional Conduct, begins with Rule 2.1 and ends with Rule 3.3(a)(1). Rule 2.1: The Lawyer as...
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Comments Off on New York Law Schools & Their Legal Clinics
[Originally published in NYPRR September 2009] New York has 16 law schools, more than any state except California. We list the schools and a description of their student clinics. Albany Law School In a typical year, the Clinic recruits more than 250...
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Comments Off on From Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics: Joint Opinion 08-183/08-202/09-112 (Dec. 4, 2008)
[Originally published NYPRR August 2009] From time to time, NYPRR will publish an Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics. The Opinions published are those selected by Justice George D. Marlow, Committee Chair, and Jeremy R. Feinberg, who...
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Comments Off on City Bar OKs Referral Fees to Pro Bono Organizations
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR August 2009] As the City Bar’s Committee on Professional and Legal Ethics has informed us, there is a growing trend among law firms to pay referral fees to pro bono organizations for referrals of...
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Comments Off on Simon on New Rules: Rule 1.14 Through 1.18
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR August 2009] This month’s column, which continues my series of columns on the new New York Rules of Professional Conduct, begins with Rule 1.14 and ends with Rule 1.18, the last rule in Article 1 of the new...
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Comments Off on From Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics: Opinion 08-223 (Dec. 4, 2008)
[Originally published in NYPRR July 2009] From time to time, NYPRR will publish an Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics. The Opinions published are those selected by Justice George D. Marlow, Committee Chair, and Jeremy R. Feinberg, who...
