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Ethics

Hospice, Death & Dying and Advanced Directives

February 2, 2010

Last year, 1.5 MILLION Americans received hospice services from over 4,000 hospice providers. Since 2001, the number of hospice patients has increased by 22 percent and the median length of stay of a hospice patient went from 20.5 days to 22 days. Hospice Care and the related Ethical and Legal Concerns of End-of-Life Care are [...]

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Akron Law to Hold Symposium on Professional Responsibility and Ethics

September 8, 2009

Akron Law’s Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Institute for Professional Responsibility is holding its inaugural symposium titled “Lawyers Beyond Borders” and “Practicing Law in the Electronic Age” on Oct. 8 and 9 at Quaker Square Inn at The University of Akron, 135 South Broadway, Akron, Ohio. The symposium is co-sponsored by the American [...]

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Ethics for the State Legislature

July 24, 2009

Can a state representative vote for raises for employees of the General Assembly in which his wife was recently hired.  Isn’t this an ethics violation?
Can our local congressman accept free loge season passes to local University football games?
What top 3 lobbyists spent the most money on the Ohio General Assembly last year?

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Ethic Rules for Lawyers, Judges and Prosecutors

July 17, 2009

I saw the judge for my case talking with the other side’s attorney and my lawyer was nowhere in sight.  Is this allowed?
My attorney missed the deadline for filing court papers and now my case was dismissed.  Who do I report this attorney to for discipline proceedings?
I hired an attorney to probate a deceased relative’s [...]

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Why do public officials violate Ohio Ethics Laws?

July 10, 2009

Our local park official hired her step-son to work as a life guard for the summer.  Isn’t this called nepotism?  Isn’t this against the law?
How can I find out the financial interests and the property owned by a local elected official?
What can we do if a local official is about to commit an ethical violation?  [...]

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A Warning for Future Lawyers

April 21, 2009

If you've been following the matter of the "torture memos" recently released by the Obama administration you know that the President has determined that CIA operatives following legal guidance provided by the (previous) Administration should not be subject to prosecution. But apparently that leaves open the possibility that officials who approved the "enhanced interrogation" policies [...]

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Former Interim Ohio Attorney General to Speak at Akron Law

April 14, 2009

Professor Nancy Rogers from the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University will visit Akron Law on Thursday, April 23 at 4 p.m. as part of the Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Institute for Professional Responsibility Speaker Series. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place at [...]

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Legal Ethics Expert Geoffrey Hazard to Give Public Lecture on Nov. 21

November 4, 2008

Geoffrey Hazard, a renowned expert in the areas of legal ethics and professional responsibility, will be the inaugural Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Institute for Professional Responsibility Distinguished Lecturer on Nov. 21 at Akron Law.
His lecture, Not the "City of God:" Confronting Multiple Obligations, examines the idea that the standard modern method of [...]

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