• Orientation
• Ethics Symposium Issue of Law Review
• Legal Ethics Essay Contest
• Advanced Ethics Seminars
• On-Campus Speaking Programs
• Public Service Involvement
• Website, Discussion Threads, and Survey

• Seminars for the clinical curriculum
• Interdisciplinary courses and expanded access
• Positions and policy statements on important ethical issues
• Conferences and continuing education programs

FUTURE PLANS

Seminars for the clinical curriculum: The Center will work together with the law school's existing civil and criminal litigation clinics to enable clinical students to participate the forthcoming civil litigation and criminal law ethics seminars. Combining clinical work and ethics will enhance and round out students' clinical experience. CALE will also be developing a wide range of topics for advanced seminars.

Interdisciplinary courses and expanded access: The Center will develop interdisciplinary courses, such as business and Internet ethics, in collaboration with undergraduate, business school, and other faculty. The Center intends opening this curriculum not only to all university students, but as appropriate to both law practitioners and alumni as well.

Positions and policy statements on important ethical issues: The CALE has been enabled by the law faculty to take positions on ethical issues of significance to the profession. The Center and its faculty will continue to be actively involved in national seminars, conferences, and debates, especially those focused on rules revisions, emerging ethical issues deserving wider debate, and teaching morality and values in law school.

Such positions include: Center Director Richard Zitrin's series of articles and speeches on preventing secrecy in settlements that may affect the public health and safety; Zitrin's efforts to liberalize California Rule 3-600 regarding whistleblowing by government lawyers; and the report of the California Supreme Court's Advisory Task Force on Multijurisdictional Practice, for which Professor Josh Davis served as Reporter.

The CALE envisions working together with other legal ethics centers and ethics institutions in other disciplines on issues of mutual concern. Over time, it will join its faculty to take positions on current and future ethical issues of significance. The goals are increased focus, scrutiny, and debate on questions of importance to both the legal profession and society as a whole.

Conferences and continuing education programs: The Center intends to develop periodic conferences with two principal emphases. National or statewide conferences will focus on emerging ethical issues facing the legal world nationally or in California. Continuing education conferences and seminars will focus on constructive practical solutions to everyday problems confronting the average lawyer.

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