CLE and Diversity in Florida; Brady: Law and Ethics; and Conflicts of Former Government Lawyers

Stephen Gillers and Barbara Gillers discuss a Florida Supreme Court ruling that no Florida lawyer could get CLE credit if the CLE sponsor “uses quotas based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation in the selection of course faculty or participants.” They then discuss the obligation of prosecutors to reveal exculpatory information under Brady v. Maryland and rule 3.8. Last, they explain conflict rules for former government lawyers.

Stephen is the Elihu Root Professor of Law and Barbara is an Adjunct Professor of Law, both at New York University School of Law.

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Reference List for Podcast #3: Florida Supreme Court Opinion on CLE’s, Brady and Rule 3.8, and Former Government Lawyer Conflicts

In re: Amendment to Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 6-10.3 (April 15, 2021), 2021 WL 1418863

Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963)

ABA M.R. 3.8(d)

NYRPC 3.8(b)

People v Bell, 71 Misc.3d 646 (2021)

Report of the National Registry of Exonerations: Government Misconduct and Convicting the Innocent, September 1, 2020

Strickler v. Greene, 527 U.S. 263 (1999)

Smith v. Cain, 565 U.S. 73 (2012)

United States v. Certified Environmental Services, 753 F.3d 72 (2nd Cir. 2014)

In re Kurtzrock, 2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 8114 (N.Y. App. Div. 2020)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/us/rick-jackson-disbarred-texas.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/15/dallas-prosecutor-disbarred-black-murder/

In re Riek, 834 N.W.2d 384 (Wis. 2013)

In re Kline, 113 A.3d 202 (D.C. 2015)

ABA Opinion 09-454

Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S. (1995)

People v. Samuels, 71 Misc.3d 1203(A) (2021)