Make limited time for voir dire count
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Reduced time for voir dire should be spent finding out who the jurors are as people and what they care about. The lawyer will, after all, be making an important presentation to jurors, and voir dire is the time to find out how these people learn as jurors must learn about the facts of the case. The lawyer should ask potential jurors about things they can relate to in their own lives and weave into the conversation bits about the case.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1998
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Ethical considerations: managing conflicts while counseling directors, officers and insiders
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SEC rules define ethical boundaries for corporate directors and what constitutes insider trading. Attorneys are required to advise clients of the law, but defining when attorneys go beyond their loyality to clients and participate in clients' questionable activities is not always clear. Cases regarding securities ethical issues are presented.
Publication Name: Annual Institute on Securities Regulation
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0195-5756
Year: 1998
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On being a private practitioner; once in a while, you can make a difference
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Lawyering has a great many disadvantages and the public opprobrium suffered by the profession does not make matters easier, but on the whole lawyering is still worthwhile because once in a while a lawyer can make our society work better or make a difference in an individual's life.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1992
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