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Ethics and professionalism is a constantly evolving issue, with changes in technology, the law, and cultural norms finding their way into the daily practice of law. TCLE has compiled some of the most relevant and recent writings on these issues for our members to access. If you come upon an article that would be of interest to legal professionals in this area, please share them with us.
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The Texas Lawyer's Creed and the Texas Center for Legal Ethics celebrate a quarter of a century.
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The statewide effort to develop a code of conduct for lawyers stemmed from a lack of attorney professionalism and overly aggressive behavior. This article describes the origins of the Texas Lawyers Creed and the work done by the Texas Center for Legal Ethics to improve attorney behavior since 1989.
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This American Bar Association document guides attorneys on how to handle clients’ confidential information when it assumes electronic form. Protocols include protecting client data in e-mail, online data storage (cloud computing), flash drives and electronic devices such as smart phones, laptops and PC’s.
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The Bar’s Ethics 20/20 Working Group offers a host of helpful tips on handling Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Among the advice includes establishing separate personal and professional social media accounts, to avoid inadvertent lawyer-client relationships.
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The authors of the Texas Lawyer’s Creed discuss the need for greater civility in the courthouse since the Creed was written in 1989, and the challenges of improving legal discourse and behavior among legal peers.
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