http://www.legalpracticepro.com/law-on-my-phone-new-iphone-apps-for-lawyers/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:41:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.legalpracticepro.com/law-on-my-phone-new-iphone-apps-for-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 JayFleischman Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:02:39 +0000 http://www.legalpracticepro.com/?p=1451#comment-1914 I agree 100%, Carolyn - opening up the doors for lawyers to get the information they need to meet their obligations would be a fantastic step for the state bars. I'm sure there's a delicate balancing act between the need for disclosure and the desire to keep the trials and tribulations of other lawyers out of the public eye. Though I'm not sure whether keeping that information away from the public is good policy, I understand the sensitivity to exposing the plight of a lawyer who crossed an ethical line and has paid his debt to the system. I agree 100%, Carolyn – opening up the doors for lawyers to get the information they need to meet their obligations would be a fantastic step for the state bars. I'm sure there's a delicate balancing act between the need for disclosure and the desire to keep the trials and tribulations of other lawyers out of the public eye. Though I'm not sure whether keeping that information away from the public is good policy, I understand the sensitivity to exposing the plight of a lawyer who crossed an ethical line and has paid his debt to the system.

]]> http://www.legalpracticepro.com/law-on-my-phone-new-iphone-apps-for-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-1913 JayFleischman Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:02:39 +0000 http://www.legalpracticepro.com/?p=1451#comment-1913 I agree 100%, Carolyn - opening up the doors for lawyers to get the information they need to meet their obligations would be a fantastic step for the state bars. I'm sure there's a delicate balancing act between the need for disclosure and the desire to keep the trials and tribulations of other lawyers out of the public eye. Though I'm not sure whether keeping that information away from the public is good policy, I understand the sensitivity to exposing the plight of a lawyer who crossed an ethical line and has paid his debt to the system. I agree 100%, Carolyn – opening up the doors for lawyers to get the information they need to meet their obligations would be a fantastic step for the state bars. I'm sure there's a delicate balancing act between the need for disclosure and the desire to keep the trials and tribulations of other lawyers out of the public eye. Though I'm not sure whether keeping that information away from the public is good policy, I understand the sensitivity to exposing the plight of a lawyer who crossed an ethical line and has paid his debt to the system.

]]> http://www.legalpracticepro.com/law-on-my-phone-new-iphone-apps-for-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-1912 carolynelefant Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:01:53 +0000 http://www.legalpracticepro.com/?p=1451#comment-1912 Instead of developing a CLE app that just reminds lawyers that they have to fork over more cash to a bar provider, maybe the bar could develop a CLE app that allows lawyers to carry around their respective state ethics codes and opinions to make compliance easier. As it stands, not only do some states charge for access to state ethics opinions, but in most places, they are copyrighted as well, making it virtually impossible for lawyers who actually take their ethics obligations seriously to easily follow the law. Instead of developing a CLE app that just reminds lawyers that they have to fork over more cash to a bar provider, maybe the bar could develop a CLE app that allows lawyers to carry around their respective state ethics codes and opinions to make compliance easier. As it stands, not only do some states charge for access to state ethics opinions, but in most places, they are copyrighted as well, making it virtually impossible for lawyers who actually take their ethics obligations seriously to easily follow the law.

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