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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

May 7, 2016

Hollywood swoons over lawyer ethics

Lately, Hollywood has been making a lawyer's navigation through ethical challenges a main storyline. Lawyers behaving badly are not only making headlines, but also marquees. By Kendra L. Basner and Cassidy E. Chivers

Kendra L. Basner

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By Kendra L. Basner and Cassidy E. Chivers

The law has always been a source of entertainment. Lately, Hollywood has been making a lawyer's navigation through ethical challenges a main storyline. Lawyers behaving badly are not only making headlines, but also marquees.

Many believe this fascination spiked when cameras were allowed into an L.A. courtroom for a live look at the O.J. Simpson murder trial in 1995. The Simpson trial wasn't the fi...

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