Episode 4: Special Prosecutorial Rules
Find out more about the special prosecutorial ethical rules of Rule 3.8 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
Today's guest is an anonymous prosecutor from somewhere in the United States. She will be discussing various ethical problems that her office has had to address.
Episode 3: Competency
Find out more about Rule 1.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, Competency. What do you do if you want to start your own firm and need to learn how to practice?
Rich Herbert, Massachusetts lawyer, speaks about his experience starting his own law firm with limited experience. He discusses how he was able to learn how to provide services to his Landlord/Tenant clients.
Episode 2: Unauthorized Practice of Law
Unauthorized practice of law is an ethical regulation restricting lawyers and non-lawyers from giving legal advice in states they are not licensed to practice in.
This week I discussed Unauthorized Practice of Law ("UPL") as it relates to lawyers across state lines. My guest speaker is Chad Murray, a lawyer located in Decatur, Illinois. We discuss issues including client-lawyer matchmaking services, representing clients across state lines, and resources for lawyers including LawyerSmack, a community for lawyers.
Further Reading: North Carolina State Bar punishes UPL in Virginia.
Episode 1: Basics of Legal Ethics
Today I discuss the basics of legal ethics, where legal ethics come from, and how this podcast will be formatted going forward. This is a good introductory podcast for lawyers who are unfamiliar with how we got to the modern era of legal ethics, or how legal ethics are enforced.