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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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Hello from Denver, where I spoke at the American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility National Conference on Thursday. I was invited by Lucian Pera (Adams and Reese) to talk about “hot topics” in legal ethics along with Matthew Corbin (Aon) and Hope Todd (DC…