The School of Law is hosting the 10th annual Legal Ethics and Professionalism Symposium, entitled “Drawing the Ethical Line: Controversial Cases, Zealous Advocacy and the Public Good.” The daylong event will take place Oct. 16 from 8:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m. in Classroom A of Hirsch Hall.
The symposium will examine the difficult ethical issues encountered by attorneys in defending and prosecuting controversial or high-profile cases.
In addition to addresses by former U.S. Attorney General W. Ramsey Clark and former U. S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico David C. Iglesias, there will be three panel discussions featuring practitioners and academicians.
“This event will explore some of the thorniest and most troubling ethical issues that members of the legal profession can face,” said Lonnie T. Brown Jr., symposium organizer and law school professor. “It should be of interest to attorneys, judges, law students and anyone who is curious about why some lawyers do what they do.”