lawyering in the 21 st century
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Lawyering in the 21 st Century. Researching Legal Ethics Feb. 7, 2011 Prof. Gerrish Go ahead and log on to Westlaw We will start with Law Library website. Refresher on How to Research Efficiently. Key Treatises. ABA/BNA Lawyer’s Manual on Professional Conduct - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Lawyering in the 21st Century
Researching Legal EthicsFeb. 7, 2011Prof. Gerrish
Go ahead and log on to Westlaw We will start with Law Library
website
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Refresher on How to Research Efficiently
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Key Treatises• ABA/BNA Lawyer’s Manual on
Professional Conduct - available on Westlaw, LexisNexis, and via Law Library subscription
• Restatement of the Law – The Law Governing Lawyers - available on Westlaw
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Key Treatises
• Mallen & Smith, Legal Malpractice - KF 313 .M253 - available on Westlaw
• Hazard and Hodes, The Law of Lawyering - KF 306 .H33 (print looseleaf)
• Rotunda and Dzienkowski, Professional Responsibility: A Student’s Guide - KF 306 .Z9
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Key Primary Sources• Okla. Ethics Cases - Westlaw and LexisNexis
• ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct Annotated, Sixth Edition - KF 305 .A2 - available on Westlaw (Annotated) - Unannotated on LexisNexis
• – Okla. Rules of Professional Conduct - in Title 5 of Oklahoma Statutes - in print collection and on www.oscn.net
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More resources• ABA Formal Ethics Opinions
- available in ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct
- available in Westlaw, LexisNexis
• Oklahoma Ethics Opinions - available in www.okbar.org/ethics - summaries in ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on
Professional Conduct - available in Westlaw
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Research issue:
In Oklahoma, am I allowed to continue representing a client
with whom I have begun a romantic relationship?
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ABA/BNA Lawyer’s Manual on Professional Conduct
Secondary Source
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ABA/BNA Lawyer’s Manual
• Available Online at Law Library’s Website• Available in Print in Reserve Room• Provides full-text
– ABA Rules of Conduct– Links to Individual State Ethics Rules– Other Ethical Rules (Judicial Conduct, etc.)– Full-Text of ABA Opinions and Summaries of
State Opinions– References to cases
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ABA/BNA Lawyer’s Manual• Editorial Analysis
– Provides detailed analysis and discussion of how rules are being applied and interpreted
– Compares and contrasts different state applications of specific rules
• Current Awareness– Contains a weekly newsletter describing
developments in legal ethics, malpractice and other professional issues.
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BNA
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Full text of Ethics Rules and Opinions
Practice Guides: Editorial
Analysis by Subject
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Index to Practice Guides
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Quick Search: “sexual relations” client
Search Tips
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A space between terms = AND
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Lawyers Manual on Prof. Conduct
301:1014
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Expand: Conflicts of
Interest
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Lawyers Manual on Professional
Conduct 51:416
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Discussion of Romantic or Social Ties
Sexual Relations with Client
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Analysis and links to BNA news reports on relevant cases, links to full-text of Model Rules, state rules
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links to state and ABA Ethics Opinions
No discussion of an Okla. Rule - not adopted yet?
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Reference to law review and journal articles
Oklahoma Ethics Opinion 311 (1998)
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Lawyers’ Manual on Prof. Conduct has only
summaries of Okla. Ethics Opinions
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ABA Model Rules of Conduct –
look at Rule 1.8(j)
Available on ABA Website, in ABA/BNA Lawyer’s Manual,
and Westlaw. Westlaw has annotations to case law,
so try Westlaw first.
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Click on Rule 1.8(j)
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ABA Model Rule 1.8(j)
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Comments re: Model Rule 1.8(j)
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Annotated ABA Model Rules on Westlaw
Also available in print at the circulation desk – Reserve Room
Includes References to Key Cases
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Search for database:ABA Model Rules
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Rule 1.8
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Use Ctrl F (Find): Subsection (j)
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2005 Oklahoma
case
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Rule 1.8(j) is not mentioned in the case
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Has Oklahoma Adopted This Rule?
Oklahoma Bar Association Websitewww.okbar.org
Oklahoma Supreme Court Networkwww.oscn.net
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www.okbar.org/ethics
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New Rule 1.8
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Subsection (j)
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Comment on the rule
Eff. Jan 1, 2008
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Find Case Law Relating tothe Topic
WestlawState Ethics Cases database
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Westlaw Directory of databases
Topical Practice Areas
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Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility
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State Cases
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State Databases – for individual states
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Suspended for 1 year, plus costs
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Headnote 5
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45k44 Misconduct as to Client
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Use Ctrl. Find
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Groshon: Public Censure
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Gassaway: Disbarred and $10,000 costs
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Get the Full-Text of Oklahoma Ethics Opinion No. 311 andSearch for Other Opinions
Oklahoma Bar Association Website
http://www.okbar.org/ethics
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No mention of Rule 1.8(j)
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Search for Other Oklahoma Ethics Opinions
Any newer opinions on this issue?
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Ethics Opinion 308
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Not newer, but older
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Restatment of the Law 3d - The Law Governing Lawyers
On Westlaw(Also available in print on Reserve)
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Ch. 8 expanded
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Topic 2 expanded
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Use Ctrl. FindAs a shortcut
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Reference to cases, law review article, AAML Standards of
Conduct
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Answer: Oklahoma case law, Oklahoma advisory opinions,
Oklahoma Rule 1.8(j), and specific ABA Rules of
Professional Conduct state that the conduct is unethical.
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Comparing Different State Rules of Conduct
Cornell’s Legal Information Institute
(LII)www.law.cornell.edu/ethics
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Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct
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The End