Empirical Professional Ethics – Minneapolis, MN

The Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions and the Law Journal of the University of St. Thomas School of Law (MN) host a one-day conference, Empirical Professional Ethics, featuring leading researchers on ethical professional formation, including Dr. Anne Colby, from the Carnegie Foundation; and law professors from Georgetown, Harvard, University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Georgia State University, and the University of St Thomas. The event takes place Nov. 6, 2010.

Presentations will focus on empirical research concerning professionalism, ethical professional identity, law firm or department ethical culture, rules compliance, preventive law and risk management. This conference will include discussion of the future research agenda for empirical professional ethics.