CALL FOR PAPERS
The American Bar Association and the
Center for Professional Responsibility announce
the Centennial Celebration of the Canons of Professional Ethics:
Regulation of the Legal Profession:
Past, Present & Future
Call for Participation -
Abstracts Due by August 1, 2007
Final Articles Due by March 1, 2008
Presentations in May and August 2008
The year 2008 marks the 100th Anniversary of the American Bar Association's
adoption of the Canons of Professional Ethics. To celebrate this Centennial,
the American Bar Association and the Center for Professional Responsibility
will hold a Symposium on Regulation of the Legal Profession: Past,
Present, and Future at the American Bar Association Annual Meeting
in New York City on August 7-12, 2008. This Call will be used to select
some of the papers and speakers for this Symposium.
Persons whose proposals are selected for inclusion in the program will be expected to submit a previously unpublished article for publication in a special symposium issue of The Professional Lawyer published for the Centennial Celebration. Those selected may also be invited to present their papers at either the National Conference on Professional Responsibility in Boston in May 2008 or the Symposium at the ABA Annual Meeting in New York City in August 2008.
Papers will have a maximum length of 10,000 words inclusive of footnotes.
We invite scholars and practitioners from around the world to reflect on how the regulation of the practice of law has changed over the past 100 years and, more importantly, to consider how the regulation of lawyers in America, and in the international arena, will continue to evolve over the next 100 years.
The Centennial Committee welcomes proposals on any topic that addresses
the development of lawyer regulation. However, the Committee offers
the following as guides for possible topics:
Past:
o The historical context for the development of the Canons. Why were
they adopted when they were? What does the text of the Canons tell us
about the profession and the rule of law at the time?
o The role of the ABA in the development of lawyer regulation. What
factors influenced its decisions? Where was it successful? Where was
it not?
o How were the promise and purpose of the Canons fulfilled (or not fulfilled)
in the ensuing century, focusing on broad themes or particular goals?
Present:
o The current state of regulation for the legal profession.
o Has the ABA been successful in its role as perhaps the single most
influential non-governmental source of rules governing the legal profession?
How might it improve? How are other influences, governmental or not,
affecting the regulatory framework?
o The convergence of civil liability standards and Rules of Professional
Conduct.
o Comparison of lawyer regulation in the United States and in other
countries, and the ABA's role in shaping rules of professional conduct
around the world.
Future:
o The move toward increased federal regulation of lawyers and the desirability
of a national governing structure for the legal profession.
o The impact of globalization on lawyer regulation.
o Who will be the lawyer regulators of the future?
o What form should the next generation of rules take?
o Licensing and conduct of other, non-lawyer legal services providers.
An honorarium of $2000 will be paid for papers that are accepted and
completed according to the schedule. Travel expense reimbursement will
be available for selected speakers. Additional information will be available
soon at http://www.abanet.org/cpr.
We look forward to your participation in the Centennial Celebration of the Canons of Professional Ethics sponsored by the American Bar Association and the Center for Professional Responsibility.
