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The Legal Ethics Roundup - your Monday morning tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson

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Last week marked the start of a new semester in my eighth year of teaching at the University of Houston. Since becoming a parent nearly 20 years ago, I’ve always been mindful that the days are long but the years are short—too short. That seems especially true of my years at Hou…