RESOURCES FOR LAW STUDENTS AND YOUNG LAWYERS
Meet your liaisons to the Center for Professional Responsibility
Deirdre L. Jurand
ABA Law Student Division Liaison
Welcome to the Center for Professional Responsibility website. My name is Deirdre Jurand and I am the 2009—2010 Law Student Division liaison to the Center. I am now a third-year student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Professional responsibility and each discrete area of the law are inextricably intertwined. Read more..
Melissa Pleasant
ABA Young Lawyer's Division
I am the 2008-2010 liaison for the Young Lawyer's Division to the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility. I currently practice at a large firm in Chicago dealing with conflicts of interest and ethical conflicts pertaining to new attorney hires and recruits. As you can imagine, professional responsibility plays a huge role in my position. Read more..
Profiles in Professionalism
Membership in the Center
Learn about careers in professional responsibility
- Meet Lynda Shely, of the Shely Firm, PC, in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Meet Becky Lewis, Bar Counsel for the Wyoming State Bar
- Meet William "Bill" Freivogel, an independent consultant for law firms on ethics and professional liability
Articles of interest
- “Responsibilities of a Subordinate Lawyer” (Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 6th Edition, Rule 5.2)
- “Responsibilities regarding Nonlawyer Assistants” (Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 6th Edition, Rule 5.3)
- Equalizing the Mentoring Learning Curve: What’s a New Solo Attorney to Do Without a Mentor?
- Hanging out Your Shingle without Hanging Yourself out to Dry- 10 Quick and Easy Ethics Tips for New Lawyers
- A Law Student's Guide to Being a Healthy, Happy and Honorable Lawyer
- ABA Young Lawyer's Division "101 Practice Series" ethics articles
Resources
