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A Difficult Task

By K.C. Johnson

A few weeks ago, I posted my recent article from Law and Contemporary Problems. The article was part of a special issue, drawn from presentations at the September 2007 Duke Law School conference. As often occurs at academic conferences, a few presenters offered contrarian viewpoints. The most extreme came from BC Law School Dean Michael Cassidy, who criticized portions of the disbarment ruling against Mike Nifong. Cassidy?s thesis: Nifong?s status as a candidate for election gave him a First Amendment right to utter many of the public denunciations of the lacrosse players that the DHC had ruled unethical. Cassidy?s thesis certainly challenged conventional wisdom. But the dean?s proposed ?candidate exception? to the Bar?s ethical canons has attracted scant, if any, support...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on March 02, 2009 (boomark / email).