It's been a long time coming, but a respected bar association has issued an opinion on attorney advertising that makes sense. Click here to read Formal Opinion 2003-01 of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York on the use of domain names in attorney advertising. We first learned about this decision from the excellent www.legalethics.com web site.
. . . . you're back with anarchy. Right back inna jungle. On account of the breakdown of ethics. That's why ethics is important. It's the grease makes us get along, what separates us from the animals, beasts a burden, beasts a prey. Ethics.
-- Johnny Caspar, Miller's Crossing (Joel and Ethan Cohen).
Legalethics.com is a site dedicated to ethical considerations for our profession. The New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics has recently published a Judicial Campaign Ethics Handbook. Take a CLE class on Ethics for free courtesy of the New York State Bar Association. Click here for details.
