Speaking of Ethics Columns

The following is a list of columns the Legal Ethics Program periodically contributes to the Washington Lawyer, the official magazine of the D.C. Bar.

• Non-Disclosure Clauses in Settlement Agreements, January/February 2024
• Learning to Live With Outside Counsel Guidelines, November/December 2023
• Reexamining Regulation in Light of Its Objectives, September/October 2023
• What You Need to Know About New LEO 385, July/August 2023
• Application of Rule 1.15 to Lawyers Acting as Fiduciaries, May/June 2023
• What You Need to Know About New LEO 385, July/August 2023
• Application of Rule 1.15 to Lawyers Acting as Fiduciaries, May/June 2023
• Legal Ethics & The Beatles: Going From Bad to Verse, March/April 2023
• Limited Scope Representations: The Sky is Not the Limit, January/February 2023
• UPL: Reconsidering Regulation, November/December 2022
• Tales From the Crypt-ocurrency, September/October 2022
• A Roadmap for Local Counsel, July/August 2022
• Mistake & Malpractice, May/June 2022
• Withdrawal if Client Refuses Change to Retainer Terms, March/April 2022
• Can I Get a Witness, January/February 2022
• Can I Get a Witness, January/February 2022
• The Path to Pro Bono Service, November/December 2021
• Opportunities, Hazards with Prospective Clients, September/October 2021
• A Primer on Lawyer Discipline in the District, July/August 2021
• A Legal Ethics Perspective on Membership Status, May/June 2021
• Charging Liens: A Look at LEO 379, March/April 2021
• Rule 5.4(b) – It’s Not as Easy as You Think!, January/February 2021
• May a Lawyer Contract Around the D.C. Rules? November/December 2020
• Shady Propositions: D.C. Rule 1.2(e), September/October 2020
• The (Ethical) Risks of ‘Reply All’, July/August 2020
• ‘Implied Authorization’ Disclosure Exception, May 2020
• It’s Time to Talk About Lawyer Impairment, January/February 2020
• D.C. Rule 4.1: Is it Up for Negotiation, May 2016
• May a D.C. Lawyer Build a Deck?, March 2016
• To Market, to Market: New Rule 7.1 Compliance, January 2016
• Better Call Saul!, September 2015
• A Look at Employment Contracts for Lawyers, May 2015
• D.C. Is Different!, March 2015
• Lies, Damn Lies: Pretexting and D.C. Rule 8.4(c), January 2015
• Get A Job!, November 2014
• 'Just the Facts' on Witness Preparation, September 2014
• Are You Giving Your Client 'The Business?', May 2014
• Ethical Mandates in Private Adoptions, March 2014
• Ask the Ethics Guru: Your Client-An Entity, January 2014
• Let's Split, November 2013
• Rule 1.7(b)(4) Conflicts: When It's Personal!, September 2013
• Exit Strategy, May 2013
• When Does the Client Get to Call the Shots?, March 2013
• Lawyer vs. Client: The Problem With Keeping Secrets, January 2013
• On File, November 2012
• E–Discovery Vendors and Nonlawyer Partners, September 2012
• Can We Talk?, May 2012
• Considering ‘Of Counsel,’ January 2012
• To Report or Not to Report: That Is the Question, November 2011
• Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat, September 2011
• When Tarasoff Meets Rule 1.6, May 2011
• The Electronic Client File: Distinction Without a Difference?, March 2011
• Going Through ‘Withdrawal’, January 2011
• Helping the Indigent Client: A Threat to Lawyer Independence?, November 2010
• An E–Mance–ipation Proclamation, September 2010
• Representing Clients With Diminished Capacity, May 2010
• In Trust Accounts We Trust, March 2010
• Groundbreaking Rules or Breaking Ground Rules, January 2010
• The Client Perjury Problem, November 2009
• Lawyer Bankruptcy and Client Money, September 2009
• Suing Your Client: The Rule 1.6 Problem, May 2009
• Changing Jobs, March 2009
• Obedience, January 2009
• R U Competent ?, November 2008
• When Lawyers Lobby, September 2008
• How Substantial Is Your Relationship?, May 2008
• The Third Man, March 2008
• Pro Bono Publico, January 2008
• Metadata as Metaphor: A Major or Miner Matter?, November 2007
• Threatening to Report a Crime That Has Not Yet Been Committed: An Ethical Violation?, September 2007
• Law–Related Services, May 2007
• Fee Agreements and New Rules, March 2007
• When a Lawyer Is a Guardian, January 2007
• Settling Matters, November 2006
• Ex Parte Contact With Former and Current Employees, September 2006
• D.C. Conflict-of-Interest Rules and Opinions, June 2006
• Lawyer’s Obligations When a Property Dispute Arises, May 2006
• Agreement Between Lawyer and Media Representatives, April 2006
• Confidentiality Revisited, March 2006
• Surrendering Client Files Upon Termination of Representation, February 2006
• Contact With In-House Counsel, January 2006