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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Thank You, Michael Ariens!

We're grateful to Michael Ariens for his posts this month on his new book, The Lawyer's Conscience.

Honor, Conscience, and Rules
The Zealous Rufus Choate
David Dudley Field and the Limits of Conscience
Lon L. Fuller and the 1969 ABA Code of Professional Responsibility
What's the Point of an Ethics Code?  The ABA's 1983 Model Rules
The Professionalism Crisis and Core Values

--Dan Ernst

Posted by ernst at 12:30 AM
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