Posted by Jeff Lipshaw

The current top ten downloaded papers as reported by SSRN for its Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Journal, as of October 3, 2006:

1 Illuminating Secrecy: A New Economic Analysis of Confidential Settlements Scott A. Moss,Marquette University – Law School

2 Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Readiness for RehabilitationDavid B. Wexler,University of Arizona – James E. Rogers College of Law

3 Judicial Ethics, the Appearance of Impropriety, and the Proposed New ABA Judicial CodeRonald D. Rotunda,George Mason University – School of Law

4 Politics, Office Politics, and Legal Ethics: A Case Study in the Strategy of Judgment David McGowan,University of San Diego – School of Law

5 Lawyers’ Ethics in Interdisciplinary Collaboratives: Some Answers to Some Persistent Questions Alexis Anderson, Lynn Barenberg, Paul R. Tremblay,Boston College – Law School, Boston College – Law School, Boston College Law School

6 I Can Tell When You’re Telling Lies: Metadata in Litigation and Transactional PracticeDavid C. Hricik,Mercer University – Walter F. George School of Law

7 Legal Hazard: Corporate Crime, Advancement of Executives’ Defense Costs, and the Federal CourtsPeter Margulies,Roger Williams University School of Law

8 Judicial Opinions as Minefields of Misinformation: Antecedents, Consequences and RemediesJacob Jacoby,New York University – Department of Marketing

9 The Images of LawyersFred C. Zacharias,University of San Diego – School of Law

10 Ethics and Corporate Responsibility Marina Ricci,Valparaiso University School of Law