Lawyers Gone Ethical

The legal industry has been stagnant when it comes to making any sort of ethics reform. For the states that are making changes to their ethics rules, those changes are typically based on opinions and arguments but not on data. The data is out there; we need to collect it and organize it in a way that will help regulators make better decisions. I’m joined by criminal defense attorney and legal ethics enthusiast, Erin Gerstenzang. Erin and I are leading the charge on the Data Driven Ethics Project, which is a research project to compile, analyze and organize data about today's world of legal services in order to better draft the rules of professional conduct to embody traditional legal ethics in today's technology-enabled world. What We Discuss in this Episode: Why no state wants to be the first to “stick its neck out” when it comes to progressive ethics reform Why some states are banning lawyer referral services by companies like Avvo and why that’s, in fact, harming the public instead of protecting them Many