Practical Moral Philosophy for Lawyers Lawyer Ethics & Pedagogy Ethics Writings James R. Elkins Lawyer Ethics: A Pedagogical Mosaic, 14 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 117 (2000) A Conversation of Moralists, 23 Legal Stud. F. 249 (1999) Teaching a Lawyer's Confessions, 21 Legal Stud. F. 151-192 (1997) An Argument Against Reticence in the Teaching of Virtue, 21 Legal Stud. F. 221-238 (1997) "Clients and Ethics," in Thomas L. Shaffer and James R. Elkins, Legal Interviewing and Counseling (St. Paul: West Publishing, 3rd ed. 1997) Thinking Like a Lawyer: Second Thoughts, 47 Mercer L. Rev. 511 (1996)(For a response to my "Second Thoughts," see Peter R. Teachout, Uneasy Burden: What it Really Means to Learn to Think like a Lawyer, 47 Mercer L. Rev. 543 (1996) The Moral Labyrinth of Zealous Advocacy, 20 Cap. L. Rev. 735-796 (1993) Symptoms Exposed When Legalists Engage in Moral Discourse: Reflections on the Difficulties of Talking Ethics, 17 Vt. L. Rev. 353-423 (1993) Socrates and the Pedagogy of Critique, 14 Legal Stud. F. 231-252 (1990) Resistance to Legal Ethics, 12 J. Legal Prof. 29-48 (1987) (co-authored with Elizabeth Gee) The Reconstruction of Legal Ethics as Ethics (Review Essay), 36 J. Legal Educ. 274-283 (1986) A Conversation Called Ethics, 10 Legal Stud. F. 265-274 (1986) The Examined Life: A Mind in Search of Heart, 30 Am. J. Juris. 155-187 (1985) The Pedagogy of Ethics, 10 J. Legal Prof. 37-83 (1985) Ethics: Professionalism, Craft, and Failure, 73 Ky. L. J. 937-965 (1984-85) Moral Discourse and Legalism in Legal Education, 32 J. Legal Educ. 11-52 (1982) The Paradox of A Life in Law, 40 U. Pitts. L. Rev. 129-168 (1978) Unpublished: Moral Politics and Legal Discourse     Home Page