{"id":129442,"date":"2025-08-04T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T21:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/04\/legal-ethics-roundup-celebrating-two-years-with-top-15-again-headlines-of-the-week-shoutouts-a-new-puppy-more\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T21:41:08","slug":"legal-ethics-roundup-celebrating-two-years-with-top-15-again-headlines-of-the-week-shoutouts-a-new-puppy-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/04\/legal-ethics-roundup-celebrating-two-years-with-top-15-again-headlines-of-the-week-shoutouts-a-new-puppy-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Ethics Roundup: Celebrating Two Years With Top 15 (Again!) Headlines Of The Week, Shoutouts, A New Puppy &amp; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Happy Monday!<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Today marks exactly two years of the Legal Ethics Roundup.<\/strong> For some of you, that means we\u2019ve started our Mondays together since August 2023.<\/p>\n<p>And what an amazing couple of years it has been:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>100<\/strong> Weekly Roundups (featuring 1,000+ Headlines &amp; 200+ Reading Recommendations plus Ethics History, Reform Updates, Pop Culture, Trivia, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/ethics-jobs-get-hired\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Events<\/a><\/strong> &amp; More)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>19<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/celebrating-the-michael-franck-professional-responsibility-award-myles-lynk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bonus Content Posts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/ler-no-90-a-legal-ethics-summer-reading-list-tatel-litman-mystal-barkow-harris-hayes-mckean-fagan-adichie-arthur-rubin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Reading Lists<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Newly-Launched <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/legal-ethics-and-democracy-tracker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Ethics &amp; Democracy Tracker<\/a> <\/strong>for the latest news<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>300+<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/ethics-jobs-get-hired\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Job Listings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2,200+<\/strong> Subscribers From 49 States and 55 Countries<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2,500+<\/strong> Unique Reader Views Weekly<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> new puppy \u2013 scroll to the end to meet Bertie, who arrived in our household last week<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thank you for joining me on this journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To celebrate the LER\u2019s second birthday<\/strong>, I\u2019m sharing some <strong>shoutouts<\/strong> from subscribers over the past year before we cover last week\u2019s headlines (again 15, even though I tried hard to keep it at 10).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the rest of August<\/strong>, I\u2019ll be putting the Roundup on pause to catch up on a few writing projects and spend time with family. But don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll be back after Labor Day to help navigate whatever emerges in the field of legal ethics! Now for the shoutouts.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">LER Reader Shoutouts<\/h3>\n<p>Here are some of the great things subscribers have been saying in the LER\u2019s second year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cI support your work because I taught ethical precepts to thousands of law students over my 35 year career as a professor of law and I believe that legal ethics are essential to protection of democracy and the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cGreat way to keep up with important developments in the field.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cLove, love, love what you\u2019re doing!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate being able to keep up with the latest ethics news.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cGreat place to go to keep up with ethics developments. I also like hearing about your journey in the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m teaching Professional Responsibility from a public interest perspective and find the Roundup to be the best source of \u2018ethics in the news\u2019 which I use each week to start the class.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cKeeps me up to date on national developments and trends.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you know someone who would love the LER as much as these readers? If so, please share it.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Highlights from Last Week \u2014 Top <s>Ten Fifteen<\/s> Headlines<\/h3>\n<p><strong>#1. \u201cTrump Ally Jeffrey Clark Should be Disbarred Over 2020 Election Effort, DC Panel Says.\u201d <\/strong>From the<strong> Associated Press: <\/strong>\u201c<strong>Jeffrey Clark<\/strong>, the former Justice Department official who aided <strong>President Donald Trump\u2019s <\/strong>efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, should be stripped of his law license, a Washington disciplinary panel ruled on Thursday. Clark, who is now overseeing a federal regulatory office, played a key role in Trump\u2019s efforts to challenge his election loss to Joe Biden and clashed with Justice Department superiors who refused to back his false claims of fraud. The <strong>D.C. Board of Professional Responsibility\u2019s <\/strong>recommendation will now go to the D.C. Court of Appeals for a final decision. Under the second Trump administration, Clark has been serving as acting head of the <strong>Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs<\/strong>, a part of the Office of Management and Budget that is responsible for reviewing executive branch regulations.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jeffrey-clark-dc-bar-disbarred-discipline-trump-73ba327c73769674b4b87e8b924d8aeb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2 \u201cHundreds Sign Amicus Briefs in Support of Maryland\u2019s Federal Judges.\u201d <\/strong>From the<strong> Maryland Daily Record: <\/strong>\u201cHundreds of lawyers and pro-democracy groups have signed amicus briefs in support of Maryland\u2019s federal judges, who are facing an unprecedented lawsuit by the Trump administration over a standing order that seeks to preserve <strong>due process<\/strong> for people facing deportation. Three amicus briefs, endorsed by groups across the political spectrum, support the judges. \u2026 Eleven retired federal judges, who were appointed by both Republican and Democratic presidents, state in an amicus brief that the lawsuit \u2018threatens the judicial role to its core.\u2019 \u2026 <strong>Lawyers Defending American Democracy<\/strong> and the <strong>Lawyers Society for the Rule of Law Institute<\/strong>, along with retired federal appellate <strong>Judge J. Michael Luttig<\/strong> \u2014 a prominent anti-Trump conservative who was appointed to the bench by <strong>President George H.W. Bush<\/strong> \u2014 also filed an amicus brief asking for the case to be tossed.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thedailyrecord.com\/2025\/07\/29\/trump-lawsuit-maryland-judges-deportation-order\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#3 \u201cUS Appeals Court Extends Suspension of 98-Year-Old Judge in Fitness Probe.\u201d <\/strong>From<strong> Reuters: <\/strong>\u201cThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said on Monday that it would extend its suspension of 98-year-old judge <strong>Pauline Newman<\/strong> for another year after determining that she had not complied with an internal investigation into her fitness to serve on the Washington, D.C.-based court. A committee of the court\u2019s active judges <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tmsnrt.rs\/40DNBHl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">determined<\/a><\/strong> that reports from doctors chosen by Newman did not eliminate the need for her to undertake \u2018a full neuropsychological battery of tests\u2019 to ascertain whether she was capable of continuing to serve.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/legalindustry\/us-appeals-court-extends-suspension-98-year-old-judge-fitness-probe-2025-07-28\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#4 \u201cLegal Watchdog Files Bar Complaints Against Justice Dept. Lawyers.\u201d <\/strong>From the <strong>New York Times: <\/strong>\u201cA legal watchdog group accused three Justice Department lawyers of professional misconduct on Thursday, saying they had made false statements to a federal judge in a high-profile case challenging the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to dismantle the <strong>Consumer Financial Protection Bureau<\/strong>. The accusations by the group, the <strong>Legal Accountability Center<\/strong>, were formally filed with the grievance committees of bar associations in Washington and other cities where the lawyers lived or practiced. The move represented a rare attempt to seek professional sanctions against rank-and-file department lawyers who have appeared in court on behalf of the federal government. \u2018The rule of law is under direct assault right now, and its greatest threat comes when those within the legal system fail to do their duties and stand up against the attack,\u2019 said <strong>Michael Teter<\/strong>, the executive director of the group.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/31\/us\/politics\/justice-department-lawyers-complaint.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bk8.yh65.vA4A5cfUed4I&amp;smid=url-share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong> (gift link).<\/p>\n<p><strong>#5 \u201cWeak Ethics and Deep Politics at DOJ in the Epstein Case.\u201d <\/strong>From<strong> Executive Functions: <\/strong>\u201cAs <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/dag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">explained by<\/a><\/strong> the Department of Justice, the Deputy Attorney General\u2019s job is to \u2018advise[] and assist[] the Attorney General in formulating and implementing departmental policies and programs and then providing overall supervision and direction to all organizational units of the Department.\u2019 For this reason, it is extraordinary that the current DAG, Trump\u2019s former lawyer <strong>Todd Blanche<\/strong>, is leading the administration\u2019s response to the Epstein controversy.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/executivefunctions.substack.com\/p\/weak-ethics-and-deep-politics-at?r=4xo6yq&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;triedRedirect=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong># 6.<\/strong> <strong>\u201cApparent AI Mistakes Force Two Judges to Retract Separate Rulings.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Fox News: <\/strong>\u201cTwo U.S. judges in separate federal courts scrapped their rulings last week after lawyers alerted them to filings that contained inaccurate case details or seemingly \u2018hallucinated\u2019 quotes that misquoted cited cases \u2014 the latest in a string of errors that suggest the growing use of artificial intelligence in legal research and submissions. In New Jersey, <strong>U.S. District Judge Julien Neals<\/strong> withdrew his denial of a motion to dismiss a securities fraud case after lawyers revealed the decision relied on filings with \u2018pervasive and material inaccuracies.\u2019 \u2026 In Mississippi, <strong>U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate<\/strong> replaced his original July 20 temporary restraining order that paused enforcement of a state law blocking diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools after lawyers notified the judge of serious errors submitted by the attorney.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/apparent-ai-mistakes-force-two-judges-retract-separate-rulings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#7 \u201cBarrister Loses Appeal Against Disbarment for Sexual Harassment.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Legal Futures: <\/strong>\u201cA barrister disbarred for sexual harassment has lost his appeal against the sanction. <strong>Robert Michael Kearney<\/strong>, who was called in 1996, admitted to sexually harassing a woman during a mini pupillage and, separately, two pupils at social events. A Bar disciplinary tribunal said misconduct such as this \u2018needs to be deterred.\u2019 It was actually the second time he had been disbarred for these actions, after the High Court overturned the original decision on the basis of apparent bias on the part of the tribunal panel and ordered a fresh sanction hearing.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalfutures.co.uk\/latest-news\/barrister-loses-appeal-against-disbarment-for-sexual-harassment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#8 \u201cWoman Suffers a Cardiac Arrest While Taking the Bar Exam \u2014 and Proctors Allegedly Didn\u2019t Stop to Provide Help.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>People Magazine: <\/strong>\u201cA test taker suffered a cardiac arrest while taking the bar exam \u2014 and proctors administering the evaluation allegedly did not stop in order to provide an assist. The incident occurred on July 30, as the <strong>New York State Board of Law Examiners<\/strong> was administering the New York State Bar Examination at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., a spokesperson for the college told People.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/woman-suffers-cardiac-arrest-while-taking-bar-exam-proctors-allegedly-didnt-stop-11783707\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#9 \u201cUniversity of Michigan Law Professor Loses Race, Sex Bias Appeal.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Bloomberg Law: <\/strong>\u201cThe University of Michigan and a former dean of its law school defeated a Black female law professor\u2019s bid to revive her race and sex discrimination lawsuit.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/university-of-michigan-law-professor-loses-race-sex-bias-appeal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#10 \u201cFocusing on \u2018People Law,\u2019 State Chief Justices Encourage \u2018Innovative Pathways\u2019 to Law License, New Report Says.\u201d <\/strong>From the <strong>ABA Journal: <\/strong>\u201cChanging the requirements for a law license and supporting financial help for public-interest lawyering are among the ways that state supreme courts can help address \u2018staggering\u2019 unmet legal needs, according to a report by a group of state chief justices and court administrators <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.org\/our-centers-projects\/clear\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released Wednesday<\/a><\/strong>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/document\/CLEAR_Report.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The report<\/a><\/strong> also cites a need to address \u2018a concerning gap in practice skills\u2019 affecting \u2018critical competencies,\u2019 such as client communication, legal writing specific to practice tasks, negotiations and oral advocacy. \u2018The report details the urgent challenges we are facing in meeting the legal needs of the public and provides a roadmap for how state courts can lead in addressing those needs and advancing the profession,\u2019 says <strong>New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon J. MacDonald<\/strong>, who commented in an emailed response to the ABA Journal\u2019s questions.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/state-chief-justices-should-consider-innovative-pathways-to-law-license-report-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#11 \u201c5th Circ. Allows Challenge To Nonprofit Political Pro Bono Ban.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Law360: <\/strong>\u201cThe Fifth Circuit said Monday a free speech nonprofit has the right to sue members of the <strong>Texas Ethics Commission<\/strong> in an attempt to conduct pro bono work for a political organization, saying the commissioners do not have sovereign immunity in their official roles and must face the suit.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/podcasts\/amicus\/2024\/08\/donald-trump-court-cases-michael-cohen-and-lawyers-representing-the-former-president\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#12 \u201cGeorgia Lawyer Wins Revival of Race Bias Case Against State Bar.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Bloomberg Law: <\/strong>\u201cA Georgia lawyer can proceed with claims of racial discrimination in the State Bar\u2019s handling of professional discipline, after the Eleventh Circuit revived her case on jurisdictional grounds. The <strong>Georgia Supreme Court\u2019s<\/strong> authority to adjudicate lawyer disciplinary matters doesn\u2019t preclude federal courts from hearing related federal-law claims, a three-judge panel of the <strong>US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutblaw.com\/bi3C\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a><\/strong>. They sent the case back to the lower court for further proceedings. <strong>Marsha W. Mignott<\/strong>, a Black attorney based in Atlanta, sued the State Bar of Georgia\u2019s Office of General Counsel and related defendants \u2026 .\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/georgia-lawyer-wins-revival-of-race-bias-case-against-state-bar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#13 \u201cConflict U.: Two Dozen Federal Judges Did Not Recuse in Cases Involving the Universities Where They Teach.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Fix the Court: <\/strong>\u201cAs an appeals court judge, <strong>Amy Coney Barrett<\/strong> included both the University of Notre Dame and Notre Dame Law School on her <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fixthecourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Barrett-SJQ-Appendix-14-recusal-list.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recusal<\/a><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fixthecourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Barrett-SJQ-Appendix-14-recusal-list.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">list<\/a><\/strong>. That meant if the Seventh Circuit\u2019s case-assigning software was about to assign her a case in which either was a party, the software would instead skip her. Conflict avoided. It sounds simple, but it appears that Barrett is an outlier. According to a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fixthecourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Univ.-conflicts-report-7.30.253.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new report<\/a><\/strong>\u2014 \u2018Conflict U.\u2019 \u2014 released today by Fix the Court, two dozen federal judges who teach at law schools have recently participated in cases involving those schools\u2019 parent universities.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fixthecourt.com\/2025\/07\/conflict-u-two-dozen-federal-judges-did-not-recuse-in-cases-involving-the-universities-where-they-teach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#14 \u201cPartner Struck Off After Sticking \u2018Head in the Sand\u2019 Over Bill.\u201d <\/strong>From<strong> Legal Futures: <\/strong>\u201cA partner whose \u2018head in the sand\u2019 approach meant a case spiraled out of control after he failed to serve points of dispute on a bill of costs in time has been struck off. The <strong>Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal<\/strong> (SDT) said <strong>Daniel James Skinner,<\/strong> who at the time was a partner at South London firm Capsticks, had been dishonest in what he told his client once they learned directly from the opposing solicitors that a default costs certificate (DCC) had been issued.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalfutures.co.uk\/latest-news\/partner-struck-off-after-sticking-head-in-the-sand-over-bill#:~:text=A%20partner%20whose%20%E2%80%9Chead%20in,time%20has%20been%20struck%20off.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#15 \u201cCiting Inappropriate Social Media Posts, Mayer Brown Fires Partner Less Than 2 Months After Hiring Announcement.\u201d <\/strong>From the<strong> ABA Journal: <\/strong>\u201cMayer Brown fired a lateral funds formation partner in early July after a report surfaced of inappropriate social media posts with sexually explicit language on X, formerly known as Twitter, according to a report by Law.com.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/state-chief-justices-should-consider-innovative-pathways-to-law-license-report-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Get Hired<\/h3>\n<p>Did you miss the 300+ job postings from previous weeks? Find them all <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/ethics-jobs-get-hired\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Upcoming Ethics Events &amp; Other Announcements<\/h3>\n<p>Did you miss an announcement from previous weeks? Find them all\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/announcementsevents\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Keep in Touch<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>News tips? Announcements? Events?<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>A job to post?<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Reading recommendations?<\/strong>Email\u00a0legalethics@substack.com\u00a0\u2013 but be sure to subscribe first, otherwise the email won\u2019t be delivered.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Teaching Professional Responsibility or Legal Ethics?<\/strong> Check out the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/contemporaryprofessionalresponsibility.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">companion blog for my casebook Professional Responsibility: A Contemporary Approach<\/a><\/strong> for teaching ideas and other resources.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Meet Bertie<\/h3>\n<p>Say hello to the newest addition at the Knake Jefferson household \u2013 Bertie! She\u2019s a nine-week-old maltipoo havanese. While she is not named after a poet (like our microlabradoodle Rilke), we picked her name based on our happy memories from living in Albert Park, an oceanside village in Melbourne, Australia, and on Albert Avenue in East Lansing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/%24s_%2199MV%21%2Cw_1456%2Cc_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a8d4918-5f29-4225-8602-0357a8bca08b.heic?w=354&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"   data-attrs=\"&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/8a8d4918-5f29-4225-8602-0357a8bca08b.heic&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1941,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:354,&quot;bytes&quot;:1516181,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/heic&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/i\/166040116?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a8d4918-5f29-4225-8602-0357a8bca08b.heic&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p><strong><em>Renee Knake Jefferson holds the endowed Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics and is a Professor of Law at the University of Houston. Check out more of her writing at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Legal Ethics Roundup<\/a>. Find her on X (formerly Twitter) at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reneeknake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@reneeknake<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/legalethics.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">legalethics.bsky.social<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/08\/legal-ethics-roundup-celebrating-two-years-with-top-15-again-headlines-of-the-week-shoutouts-a-new-puppy-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Ethics Roundup: Celebrating Two Years With Top 15 (Again!) Headlines Of The Week, Shoutouts, A New Puppy &amp; More<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Happy Monday!<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Today marks exactly two years of the Legal Ethics Roundup.<\/strong> For some of you, that means we\u2019ve started our Mondays together since August 2023.<\/p>\n<p>And what an amazing couple of years it has been:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>100<\/strong> Weekly Roundups (featuring 1,000+ Headlines &amp; 200+ Reading Recommendations plus Ethics History, Reform Updates, Pop Culture, Trivia, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/ethics-jobs-get-hired\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Events<\/a><\/strong> &amp; More)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>19<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/celebrating-the-michael-franck-professional-responsibility-award-myles-lynk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bonus Content Posts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/ler-no-90-a-legal-ethics-summer-reading-list-tatel-litman-mystal-barkow-harris-hayes-mckean-fagan-adichie-arthur-rubin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Reading Lists<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Newly-Launched <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/legal-ethics-and-democracy-tracker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Ethics &amp; Democracy Tracker<\/a> <\/strong>for the latest news<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>300+<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/ethics-jobs-get-hired\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Job Listings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2,200+<\/strong> Subscribers From 49 States and 55 Countries<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2,500+<\/strong> Unique Reader Views Weekly<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> new puppy \u2013 scroll to the end to meet Bertie, who arrived in our household last week<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thank you for joining me on this journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To celebrate the LER\u2019s second birthday<\/strong>, I\u2019m sharing some <strong>shoutouts<\/strong> from subscribers over the past year before we cover last week\u2019s headlines (again 15, even though I tried hard to keep it at 10).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the rest of August<\/strong>, I\u2019ll be putting the Roundup on pause to catch up on a few writing projects and spend time with family. But don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll be back after Labor Day to help navigate whatever emerges in the field of legal ethics! Now for the shoutouts.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">LER Reader Shoutouts<\/h3>\n<p>Here are some of the great things subscribers have been saying in the LER\u2019s second year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cI support your work because I taught ethical precepts to thousands of law students over my 35 year career as a professor of law and I believe that legal ethics are essential to protection of democracy and the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cGreat way to keep up with important developments in the field.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cLove, love, love what you\u2019re doing!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate being able to keep up with the latest ethics news.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cGreat place to go to keep up with ethics developments. I also like hearing about your journey in the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m teaching Professional Responsibility from a public interest perspective and find the Roundup to be the best source of \u2018ethics in the news\u2019 which I use each week to start the class.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u201cKeeps me up to date on national developments and trends.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you know someone who would love the LER as much as these readers? If so, please share it.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Highlights from Last Week \u2014 Top <s>Ten Fifteen<\/s> Headlines<\/h3>\n<p><strong>#1. \u201cTrump Ally Jeffrey Clark Should be Disbarred Over 2020 Election Effort, DC Panel Says.\u201d <\/strong>From the<strong> Associated Press: <\/strong>\u201c<strong>Jeffrey Clark<\/strong>, the former Justice Department official who aided <strong>President Donald Trump\u2019s <\/strong>efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, should be stripped of his law license, a Washington disciplinary panel ruled on Thursday. Clark, who is now overseeing a federal regulatory office, played a key role in Trump\u2019s efforts to challenge his election loss to Joe Biden and clashed with Justice Department superiors who refused to back his false claims of fraud. The <strong>D.C. Board of Professional Responsibility\u2019s <\/strong>recommendation will now go to the D.C. Court of Appeals for a final decision. Under the second Trump administration, Clark has been serving as acting head of the <strong>Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs<\/strong>, a part of the Office of Management and Budget that is responsible for reviewing executive branch regulations.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jeffrey-clark-dc-bar-disbarred-discipline-trump-73ba327c73769674b4b87e8b924d8aeb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2 \u201cHundreds Sign Amicus Briefs in Support of Maryland\u2019s Federal Judges.\u201d <\/strong>From the<strong> Maryland Daily Record: <\/strong>\u201cHundreds of lawyers and pro-democracy groups have signed amicus briefs in support of Maryland\u2019s federal judges, who are facing an unprecedented lawsuit by the Trump administration over a standing order that seeks to preserve <strong>due process<\/strong> for people facing deportation. Three amicus briefs, endorsed by groups across the political spectrum, support the judges. \u2026 Eleven retired federal judges, who were appointed by both Republican and Democratic presidents, state in an amicus brief that the lawsuit \u2018threatens the judicial role to its core.\u2019 \u2026 <strong>Lawyers Defending American Democracy<\/strong> and the <strong>Lawyers Society for the Rule of Law Institute<\/strong>, along with retired federal appellate <strong>Judge J. Michael Luttig<\/strong> \u2014 a prominent anti-Trump conservative who was appointed to the bench by <strong>President George H.W. Bush<\/strong> \u2014 also filed an amicus brief asking for the case to be tossed.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thedailyrecord.com\/2025\/07\/29\/trump-lawsuit-maryland-judges-deportation-order\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#3 \u201cUS Appeals Court Extends Suspension of 98-Year-Old Judge in Fitness Probe.\u201d <\/strong>From<strong> Reuters: <\/strong>\u201cThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said on Monday that it would extend its suspension of 98-year-old judge <strong>Pauline Newman<\/strong> for another year after determining that she had not complied with an internal investigation into her fitness to serve on the Washington, D.C.-based court. A committee of the court\u2019s active judges <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tmsnrt.rs\/40DNBHl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">determined<\/a><\/strong> that reports from doctors chosen by Newman did not eliminate the need for her to undertake \u2018a full neuropsychological battery of tests\u2019 to ascertain whether she was capable of continuing to serve.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/legalindustry\/us-appeals-court-extends-suspension-98-year-old-judge-fitness-probe-2025-07-28\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#4 \u201cLegal Watchdog Files Bar Complaints Against Justice Dept. Lawyers.\u201d <\/strong>From the <strong>New York Times: <\/strong>\u201cA legal watchdog group accused three Justice Department lawyers of professional misconduct on Thursday, saying they had made false statements to a federal judge in a high-profile case challenging the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to dismantle the <strong>Consumer Financial Protection Bureau<\/strong>. The accusations by the group, the <strong>Legal Accountability Center<\/strong>, were formally filed with the grievance committees of bar associations in Washington and other cities where the lawyers lived or practiced. The move represented a rare attempt to seek professional sanctions against rank-and-file department lawyers who have appeared in court on behalf of the federal government. \u2018The rule of law is under direct assault right now, and its greatest threat comes when those within the legal system fail to do their duties and stand up against the attack,\u2019 said <strong>Michael Teter<\/strong>, the executive director of the group.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/31\/us\/politics\/justice-department-lawyers-complaint.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bk8.yh65.vA4A5cfUed4I&amp;smid=url-share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong> (gift link).<\/p>\n<p><strong>#5 \u201cWeak Ethics and Deep Politics at DOJ in the Epstein Case.\u201d <\/strong>From<strong> Executive Functions: <\/strong>\u201cAs <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/dag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">explained by<\/a><\/strong> the Department of Justice, the Deputy Attorney General\u2019s job is to \u2018advise[] and assist[] the Attorney General in formulating and implementing departmental policies and programs and then providing overall supervision and direction to all organizational units of the Department.\u2019 For this reason, it is extraordinary that the current DAG, Trump\u2019s former lawyer <strong>Todd Blanche<\/strong>, is leading the administration\u2019s response to the Epstein controversy.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/executivefunctions.substack.com\/p\/weak-ethics-and-deep-politics-at?r=4xo6yq&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;triedRedirect=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong># 6.<\/strong> <strong>\u201cApparent AI Mistakes Force Two Judges to Retract Separate Rulings.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Fox News: <\/strong>\u201cTwo U.S. judges in separate federal courts scrapped their rulings last week after lawyers alerted them to filings that contained inaccurate case details or seemingly \u2018hallucinated\u2019 quotes that misquoted cited cases \u2014 the latest in a string of errors that suggest the growing use of artificial intelligence in legal research and submissions. In New Jersey, <strong>U.S. District Judge Julien Neals<\/strong> withdrew his denial of a motion to dismiss a securities fraud case after lawyers revealed the decision relied on filings with \u2018pervasive and material inaccuracies.\u2019 \u2026 In Mississippi, <strong>U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate<\/strong> replaced his original July 20 temporary restraining order that paused enforcement of a state law blocking diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools after lawyers notified the judge of serious errors submitted by the attorney.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/apparent-ai-mistakes-force-two-judges-retract-separate-rulings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#7 \u201cBarrister Loses Appeal Against Disbarment for Sexual Harassment.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Legal Futures: <\/strong>\u201cA barrister disbarred for sexual harassment has lost his appeal against the sanction. <strong>Robert Michael Kearney<\/strong>, who was called in 1996, admitted to sexually harassing a woman during a mini pupillage and, separately, two pupils at social events. A Bar disciplinary tribunal said misconduct such as this \u2018needs to be deterred.\u2019 It was actually the second time he had been disbarred for these actions, after the High Court overturned the original decision on the basis of apparent bias on the part of the tribunal panel and ordered a fresh sanction hearing.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalfutures.co.uk\/latest-news\/barrister-loses-appeal-against-disbarment-for-sexual-harassment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#8 \u201cWoman Suffers a Cardiac Arrest While Taking the Bar Exam \u2014 and Proctors Allegedly Didn\u2019t Stop to Provide Help.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>People Magazine: <\/strong>\u201cA test taker suffered a cardiac arrest while taking the bar exam \u2014 and proctors administering the evaluation allegedly did not stop in order to provide an assist. The incident occurred on July 30, as the <strong>New York State Board of Law Examiners<\/strong> was administering the New York State Bar Examination at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., a spokesperson for the college told People.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/woman-suffers-cardiac-arrest-while-taking-bar-exam-proctors-allegedly-didnt-stop-11783707\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#9 \u201cUniversity of Michigan Law Professor Loses Race, Sex Bias Appeal.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Bloomberg Law: <\/strong>\u201cThe University of Michigan and a former dean of its law school defeated a Black female law professor\u2019s bid to revive her race and sex discrimination lawsuit.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/university-of-michigan-law-professor-loses-race-sex-bias-appeal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#10 \u201cFocusing on \u2018People Law,\u2019 State Chief Justices Encourage \u2018Innovative Pathways\u2019 to Law License, New Report Says.\u201d <\/strong>From the <strong>ABA Journal: <\/strong>\u201cChanging the requirements for a law license and supporting financial help for public-interest lawyering are among the ways that state supreme courts can help address \u2018staggering\u2019 unmet legal needs, according to a report by a group of state chief justices and court administrators <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.org\/our-centers-projects\/clear\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released Wednesday<\/a><\/strong>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/document\/CLEAR_Report.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The report<\/a><\/strong> also cites a need to address \u2018a concerning gap in practice skills\u2019 affecting \u2018critical competencies,\u2019 such as client communication, legal writing specific to practice tasks, negotiations and oral advocacy. \u2018The report details the urgent challenges we are facing in meeting the legal needs of the public and provides a roadmap for how state courts can lead in addressing those needs and advancing the profession,\u2019 says <strong>New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon J. MacDonald<\/strong>, who commented in an emailed response to the ABA Journal\u2019s questions.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/state-chief-justices-should-consider-innovative-pathways-to-law-license-report-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#11 \u201c5th Circ. Allows Challenge To Nonprofit Political Pro Bono Ban.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Law360: <\/strong>\u201cThe Fifth Circuit said Monday a free speech nonprofit has the right to sue members of the <strong>Texas Ethics Commission<\/strong> in an attempt to conduct pro bono work for a political organization, saying the commissioners do not have sovereign immunity in their official roles and must face the suit.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/podcasts\/amicus\/2024\/08\/donald-trump-court-cases-michael-cohen-and-lawyers-representing-the-former-president\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#12 \u201cGeorgia Lawyer Wins Revival of Race Bias Case Against State Bar.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Bloomberg Law: <\/strong>\u201cA Georgia lawyer can proceed with claims of racial discrimination in the State Bar\u2019s handling of professional discipline, after the Eleventh Circuit revived her case on jurisdictional grounds. The <strong>Georgia Supreme Court\u2019s<\/strong> authority to adjudicate lawyer disciplinary matters doesn\u2019t preclude federal courts from hearing related federal-law claims, a three-judge panel of the <strong>US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutblaw.com\/bi3C\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a><\/strong>. They sent the case back to the lower court for further proceedings. <strong>Marsha W. Mignott<\/strong>, a Black attorney based in Atlanta, sued the State Bar of Georgia\u2019s Office of General Counsel and related defendants \u2026 .\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/georgia-lawyer-wins-revival-of-race-bias-case-against-state-bar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#13 \u201cConflict U.: Two Dozen Federal Judges Did Not Recuse in Cases Involving the Universities Where They Teach.\u201d <\/strong>From <strong>Fix the Court: <\/strong>\u201cAs an appeals court judge, <strong>Amy Coney Barrett<\/strong> included both the University of Notre Dame and Notre Dame Law School on her <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fixthecourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Barrett-SJQ-Appendix-14-recusal-list.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recusal<\/a><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fixthecourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Barrett-SJQ-Appendix-14-recusal-list.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">list<\/a><\/strong>. That meant if the Seventh Circuit\u2019s case-assigning software was about to assign her a case in which either was a party, the software would instead skip her. Conflict avoided. It sounds simple, but it appears that Barrett is an outlier. According to a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fixthecourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Univ.-conflicts-report-7.30.253.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new report<\/a><\/strong>\u2014 \u2018Conflict U.\u2019 \u2014 released today by Fix the Court, two dozen federal judges who teach at law schools have recently participated in cases involving those schools\u2019 parent universities.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fixthecourt.com\/2025\/07\/conflict-u-two-dozen-federal-judges-did-not-recuse-in-cases-involving-the-universities-where-they-teach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#14 \u201cPartner Struck Off After Sticking \u2018Head in the Sand\u2019 Over Bill.\u201d <\/strong>From<strong> Legal Futures: <\/strong>\u201cA partner whose \u2018head in the sand\u2019 approach meant a case spiraled out of control after he failed to serve points of dispute on a bill of costs in time has been struck off. The <strong>Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal<\/strong> (SDT) said <strong>Daniel James Skinner,<\/strong> who at the time was a partner at South London firm Capsticks, had been dishonest in what he told his client once they learned directly from the opposing solicitors that a default costs certificate (DCC) had been issued.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalfutures.co.uk\/latest-news\/partner-struck-off-after-sticking-head-in-the-sand-over-bill#:~:text=A%20partner%20whose%20%E2%80%9Chead%20in,time%20has%20been%20struck%20off.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#15 \u201cCiting Inappropriate Social Media Posts, Mayer Brown Fires Partner Less Than 2 Months After Hiring Announcement.\u201d <\/strong>From the<strong> ABA Journal: <\/strong>\u201cMayer Brown fired a lateral funds formation partner in early July after a report surfaced of inappropriate social media posts with sexually explicit language on X, formerly known as Twitter, according to a report by Law.com.\u201d Read more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/state-chief-justices-should-consider-innovative-pathways-to-law-license-report-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Get Hired<\/h3>\n<p>Did you miss the 300+ job postings from previous weeks? Find them all <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/ethics-jobs-get-hired\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Upcoming Ethics Events &amp; Other Announcements<\/h3>\n<p>Did you miss an announcement from previous weeks? Find them all\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/p\/announcementsevents\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Keep in Touch<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>News tips? Announcements? Events?<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>A job to post?<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Reading recommendations?<\/strong>Email\u00a0legalethics@substack.com\u00a0\u2013 but be sure to subscribe first, otherwise the email won\u2019t be delivered.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Teaching Professional Responsibility or Legal Ethics?<\/strong> Check out the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/contemporaryprofessionalresponsibility.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">companion blog for my casebook Professional Responsibility: A Contemporary Approach<\/a><\/strong> for teaching ideas and other resources.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"header-anchor-post\">Meet Bertie<\/h3>\n<p>Say hello to the newest addition at the Knake Jefferson household \u2013 Bertie! She\u2019s a nine-week-old maltipoo havanese. While she is not named after a poet (like our microlabradoodle Rilke), we picked her name based on our happy memories from living in Albert Park, an oceanside village in Melbourne, Australia, and on Albert Avenue in East Lansing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/%24s_%2199MV%21%2Cw_1456%2Cc_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a8d4918-5f29-4225-8602-0357a8bca08b.heic?w=354&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"   data-attrs=\"&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/8a8d4918-5f29-4225-8602-0357a8bca08b.heic&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1941,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:354,&quot;bytes&quot;:1516181,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/heic&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/i\/166040116?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a8d4918-5f29-4225-8602-0357a8bca08b.heic&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p><strong><em>Renee Knake Jefferson holds the endowed Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics and is a Professor of Law at the University of Houston. Check out more of her writing at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legalethics.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Legal Ethics Roundup<\/a>. Find her on X (formerly Twitter) at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reneeknake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@reneeknake<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/legalethics.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">legalethics.bsky.social<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/08\/legal-ethics-roundup-celebrating-two-years-with-top-15-again-headlines-of-the-week-shoutouts-a-new-puppy-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Ethics Roundup: Celebrating Two Years With Top 15 (Again!) Headlines Of The Week, Shoutouts, A New Puppy &amp; More<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup,\u00a0here. Happy Monday! Today marks exactly two years of the Legal Ethics Roundup. For some of you, that means we\u2019ve started our Mondays together since August 2023. 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