Bernie Burk
Law Professor — Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Stanford JD. Yale BA. Former litigator and partner at a San Francisco firm. Co-author of Ethical Lawyering. Expert witness in legal malpractice. Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Bernie Burk Law Professor
Law Professor — Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Stanford JD. Co-author of Ethical Lawyering. Expert witness in legal malpractice. Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
“Ethics problems are easiest to solve before they happen. Professional responsibility is a habit of mind, a way of pausing to ask whether a step is sound before taking it.”
— Bernie Burk, Law Professor
What Bernie Writes About
Legal ethics, professional responsibility, the economics of law firms and legal education, and what it means to practice law with integrity. For students, educators, and practitioners who value clarity and rigor.
Legal Ethics & Practice
Conflicts of interest, billing disputes, client confidentiality, technology, and the ethics questions that come up every day — examined with the clarity that comes from practice and teaching.
Legal Education & the Profession
The entry-level legal job market, the economics of law firms, legal education reform, and what a career in the law actually looks like for the next generation of lawyers.
From the Blog
Writing on legal ethics, professional responsibility, and the legal profession.
Connect with Bernie
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