NYCLA: ARE LEGAL ETHICS IMMORAL? Feat. Randy Cohen & Bruce Green Preview

ARE LEGAL ETHICS IMMORAL?

Shysters, Sharks and Saviors-Attorneys: their Reputation and Ethics

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October 14, 2009 6:00 PM

@ New York County Lawyers Association

14 Vesey Street, NYC NY

www.nycla.org

A conversation between Randy Cohen, the New York Times Ethicist and

the renowned Fordham Law School Ethics Professor Bruce Green.

Moderated by Lew Tesser, Director of NYCLAs Ethics Institute.


We give lip service to civility, but glorify the sharks.

We protect the secrets of liars.

We ask the court to exclude reliable evidence.

We help wrongdoers escape punishment.

We encourage individuals who have done nothing wrong to settle.

We lawfully delay and confuse.

We assist individuals to do heinous acts (eg., establish sweat shops in third world countries).

We use litigation to pummel and to deflect.

We inconvenience witnesses and jurors to settle private vendettas.

We force police off the street to testify about a $25 ticket.

Why is it acceptable for good lawyers to do bad things?

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• NYCLA
• Legal ethics
• moral
• randy cohen
• bruce green
• new york times
• lewis tesser
• lew tesser
• ben tesser
• benjamin tesser

[lewtesser]

This clip was edited from a warm-up session. The live conversation on October 14 will be provocative and groundbreaking. If you can get a ticket, you should not miss this program.