Independent Sector, a coalition of charities and foundations, has issued its first official model code of ethics for nonprofit groups to follow, the initial step in what the organization’s president ...

Finally, somebody has taken a try at writing a Supreme Court ethics code, though not the court itself. The justices reportedly have discussed the subject but apparently have not reached any agreement ...

Editor’s Note: The next four installments in this blog series will focus on the classroom and beyond as we explore the shifts that need to happen before and along with a school-wide focus on equity.

In response to the corporate scandals of the 1990s, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 began requiring public companies to disclose whether they have adopted a code of ethics. While compliance is ...

They are out there. Perhaps you have encountered a paralegal engaging in the unauthorized practice of law (UPL). The American Bar Association first issued its Model Guidelines for the Utilization of ...

There are things to like about the Code of Conduct that the Supreme Court promulgated earlier this month. It is a bona fide code of conduct—one that, in the main, tracks the Code of Conduct for U.S.

This is a part of Disorder in the Court, a weeklong series on the legal press and the most explosive Supreme Court in generations: how we cover it, how we’ve failed, and how we can do better. It is ...

Cynthia Feathers and Michael Fox examine lawyers’ core ethical duties in appellate practice and discuss the ethical ...

Although it is welcome and overdue that the Supreme Court finally adopted an ethics code for its justices on Monday, the approach is seriously flawed in that it includes no enforcement mechanism.

The FBI headquarters in Washington bears the name of J. Edgar Hoover, despite his abuses of government power. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) Review by Devlin Barrett Recent books from ex-FBI ...