This program was featured in the 2009 Nuts & Bolts: Basic Litigation Skills-Essential Tools for Lawyers on January 22, 2009. William K. Mills is a founding partner of Parker Shumaker Mills LLP, and ...

A California litigation attorney recently asked me if he could represent his American friend living in France. French law can be divided into two main categories, droit privé (private law) and droit ...

This column provides a one-stop guide for common professional liability risk management questions and the resources to help answer them. Proposals by the AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee ...

The problem of client perjury has bedeviled courts and ethicists for decades. The literal language of the current Code of Professional Responsibility 1 seemingly obligates a lawyer, in some ...

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Six months ago the managing partner of your firm retired, and the remaining partners divided up his responsibilities. One of his responsibilities was handling consultations on independence and ethics ...

Graduate supervision is not an innate byproduct of research excellence; it is a pedagogical practice that must be taught, learned, supported and refined, writes Katerina Standish ...

The intersection of student free speech rights and professional conduct standards has become an increasingly complex legal battleground. Universities are disciplining students in professional programs ...

Preparing students for the modern workplace requires more than technical skills. Surveys of employers consistently indicate the importance of interpersonal skills such as complex communication, social ...

More than any time in recent history, ethics in science now gets as much—maybe more—media attention than results. Although most scientists always focused on ethical behavior, the community continues ...

Children enthusiastically play tetherball on a Wilmington, NC, elementary school playground in 1965. The ball whirls back and forth, each thump redirecting its trajectory with varying force. Some hits ...

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