Download This PaperPresidential Ethics: Should a Law Degree Make a Difference?
13 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2001
Abstract
Two of the nation's most controversial presidents, Nixon and Clinton, were both lawyers, and both of them had ethics-related problems while in office. This essay reviews whether any model ethics rules force lawyer-presidents to behave at a higher standard than non-lawyer-presidents; then it discusses the implications for legal education if we really do want lawyers to go above and beyond the norm of behavior.
Keywords: Clinton, Nixon, professional responsibility, president, lawyer, attorney
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Rapoport, Nancy B., Presidential Ethics: Should a Law Degree Make a Difference?. Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol. 14, p. 725, 2001, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=260021
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