Professional Responsibility
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INTRODUCTION
The Education Committee of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) has proposed changes to the content of the 150...
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The Supreme Court's decision in Padilla v. Kentucky includes within the Sixth Amendment's right to the effective assistance of counsel advice on immigration, but still falls short of attaining fundamental fairness and legal professional responsibility. Where Padilla's recognized representation standard only requires an attorney to advise when the immigration consequences of a guilty plea are "truly clear" -allowing the attorney to "do no more" when not clear-the guiding hand of an attorney remains fractured and will force a noncitizen client to proceed in plea bargaining without informed consent. Rather than giving a private practitioner an excuse to "do no more," the private practitioner should simply study and provide the applicable immigration law under the circumstances. A public de...
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The obligation of lawyers to adhere to rules of professional conduct.
As members of a profession and as officers of the cou...
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Professional Responsibility
Disbarment
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Understanding the history of the Loving case can help sharpen the lessons it provides.7 The case itself has a great deal of history, due in no small part to the five-stage military death penalty process, an extremely protracted process that keeps death penalty cases alive for a very long time.8 Loving was convicted in 1989 of premeditated murder, felony murder, attempted murder, and several specifications of robbery.9 A court-martial sentenced Loving to a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and death.10 Before CAAF, Loving faulted DC counsel for failing to obtain the assistance of a mitigation specialist or social worker.11 He also alleged deficiencies in the number of, approach to, and conduct of the background interviews that DC conducted with his family m...
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In a Federal Register Notice published October 18, 2012, the USPTO announced proposed changes to its rules of professional responsibility that would r...
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Introduction
Protection of human subjects of research involves governments, research funding agencies, professional organizations, institutions, ind...
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In a Federal Register Notice published October 18, 2012, the USPTO announced proposed changes to its rules of professional responsibility that would r...