RESOURCES FOR LAW STUDENTS AND YOUNG LAWYERS
Meet your liaisons to the Center for Professional Responsibility
D. Chad Johnson
ABA Law Student Division Liaison
Like many of you, when I began law school, I had little sense of what area of law my career would ultimately focus upon; I simply knew that in three years, I would become an attorney. As I have progressed through law school, I have studied various fields of law and developed interests in several different practice areas. Yet, among all the different areas of law, I have discovered an important constant – professional responsibility. 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
