Civil Litigation
Apr. 16, 2011
E-Discovery Ethical Considerations
Staying within the ethical bounds of e-mediation requires technical knowledge and moral restraint.
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
When I was attending law school in the "Days of the Dinosaurs," the subject of legal ethics (later "professional responsibility") was something relegated to philosophical contemplation. Just a bleep on the screen that flashed by momentarily as a distraction from what was "really important" about the law: How to become rich and famous, which was justified by the rationale that the richer and more famous, the better lawyers we would be for those who needed high powered representation.
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