Legal Ethics
What not to do with a law blog (part 2)
September 12, 2009 11:53 PM
Following up on yesterday's post (click here) about a lawyer getting in
trouble for comments posted online, the New York
Times has an article today (click here) along the same lines. The
NYT article mentions the principle that an
attorney is an "officer of the court," which
lawyers are taught in professional
responsibility class in law school but which
some lawyers forget. More than that, though,
it's a matter of common sense.
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What not to do with a law blog
September 11, 2009 03:15 PM
As a lawyer with a blog, it's a good idea (some might
say common sense) not to talk about your
clients, your cases, and the judges in front of whom
you appear, as a former assistant public defender in
Illinois allegedly did. Click here for the story from the ABA
Journal. If the allegations in the disciplinary
complaint are accurate, her first mistake was
not telling her boss that she was blogging. Hat
tip to Ernest Svenson, aka Ernie the Attorney.