Seminar on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility: the Case of the United States

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

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Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Fred Zacharias
Herzog Research Professor
University of San Diego School of Law

The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This activity is approved for one hour of legal ethics credit.

Sponsored by:
Trans-Border Institute
USD School of Law

Time:
5:30 pm - Registration
6:00 to 7:00 pm- Lecture

Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Building, Theatre
University of San Diego

Prof. Fred Zacharias, Herzog Research Professor at the University of San Diego School of Law, delivered a keynote address on the history and development of legal ethics in the United States. The talk took place at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5, in the theatre of USD's Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice with registration beginning at 5:30.

Titled "Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility: the Case of the United States," Dr. Zacharias' talk focused on the history and development of legal ethics in the United States and marked the final segment of the seminar series, a Tinker Foundation-funded round of keynote presentations on the history and development of legal ethics in five nations: Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, and the United States. The seminar series was produced by the Justice in Mexico Project of USD's Trans-Border Institute.

Dr. Fred Zacharias clerked on the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia and practiced public interest law in Washington, D.C. He taught at Cornell University and George Washington University before coming to USD in 1990. He teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, professional responsibility and criminal procedure. Among his many articles are "The Uniqueness of Federal Prosecutors," Georgetown Law Journal; "Waiving Conflicts of Interest," Yale Law Journal; "Structuring the Ethics of Prosecutorial Trial Practice," Vanderbilt Law Review; "Flowcharting the First Amendment," Cornell Law Review; "Federalizing Legal Ethics," Texas Law Review; and "The Politics of Torts," Yale Law Journal. He is a member of the American Law Institute.