Dispute boards (DBs) are becoming increasingly well-known around the world as a means of managing conflict so as to avoid disputes on construction projects. However, there has been little discussion of the role that lawyers can play in relation to DBs. This article seeks to fill this gap

Lawyers, more than ever, are interested in their ethical obligations. They should be, because malpractice law suits and government enforcement actions – both based on the Rules of Professional Conduct – are on the increase. Our ethics rules make lawyers different than other professionals,...

The employment share of legal services in the U.S. more than doubled during 1970–1990, in stark contrast to stability during 1850–1970 and after 1990. The relative wage of lawyers and law firm partners also doubled between 1970 and 1990. We argue that this demand shift was driven by...

This LLM research project analyses four topics from the work of derivatives and structured products lawyers. The first topic is the interpretation of standard industry documentation, taking the example of Market Quotation and Loss definitions in 1992 ISDA Master Agreement. The second topic is...

This article puts forth processes for preventing disputes based on value innovation, an approach referred to as Cooperative Design Lawyering (CDL). It suggests that law firms could take a competitive edge by offering Cooperative Design Lawyering services. It explores how legal designers can...

This essay finds shortcomings in some New York court rules. 1. A court rule which permits temporary retirement by New York lawyers who are New York judges and justices, and who are United States justices and judges, but prohibits temporary retirement by rank-and-file New York lawyers. 2. A court...

This Article is the first to make the business case for firms to promote and prioritize lawyer well-being. For more than three decades, quantitative research has demonstrated that lawyers suffer from depression, anxiety, and addiction far in excess of the general population. Since that time,...

The American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility recently issued an advisory ethics opinion in which it found that a lawyer has an ethical duty to investigate when a client or prospective client tries to retain a lawyer for a matter that could be...

The metaverse is the emerging cyberspace realm were people and entities (and various forms of algorithms and artificial intelligence) will interact, engage in games, sports, and entertainment, buy and sell “real world” and “in the metaverse” goods and services, and otherwise get into...

A person subject to guardianship has been judicially determined to lack legal capacity. Stripped of legal personhood, the individual becomes a ward of the state and his or her decisions are delegated to a guardian. If the guardian abuses that power or the guardianship has been wrongly imposed...