Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Aug. 7, 2018
I don’t vouch, and none of us should
Our participation in the modern version of this great experiment in democracy demands that we communicate with one another, with an abiding agreement to do so using as much thought as emotion.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
As a law professor, I am inordinately fond of rules. My favorite of all is ABA Model Rule of Professional Responsibility 3.4(e). It prohibits a lawyer from, in trial, "allud(ing) to any matter that the lawyer does not reasonably believe is relevant or that will not be supported by admissible evidence, assert(ing) personal knowledge of facts in issue except when testifying as a witness, or stat(ing) a personal opinion as to the justness of a cause, the credibility of a...
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