How Attorneys Are Changing the Way They Communicate , by Susan B. Ross, discusses some of the practical and ethical issues associated with Internet e-mail use by attorneys. The Ethical Boundaries of Selling Legal Services in Cyberspace , written by William E. Hornsby, Jr., staff counsel to the American Bar Association Commission on Advertising, discusses ethical issues associated with attorney advertising on the Internet. The article appeared earlier this year in the National Law Journal. The paper examines the ethical and legal issues associated with attorney advertising on the Internet. Draft Article 2B - Licenses provides access to the draft text of the law, allows users to follow the progress of the draft law and to participate in the drafting process by posting comments which will be reviewed by the law professor writing the law.
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The Report, written by the IITF Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights chaired by Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks Bruce A. Lehman, explains how intellectual property law applies to Cyberspace and makes legislative recommendations to Congress to fine tune the law for the digital age. Legal Ethics and the Internet , by Professors Catherine J. Lanctot and James Edward Maule of the Villanova University Law School, outlines ethical issues raised by Internet use. An article on the features of an Internet Acceptable Use Policy. Wake Up Call by Peter Krakaur, offers a brief introduction to some of the ethical issues raised by Internet use and discusses some of the ethics opinions issued to date that discuss the Internet. An interview with William Hornsby, staff counsel to the ABA Commission on Advertising in the ABA's Legal Services Division.