Professor Judith A. McMorrow teaches torts, professional responsibility and related topics. She has written many articles on topics of professional responsibility and age discrimination (with a focus on retirement policy.) Professor McMorrow is active in pro bono activities, including representing women in Massachusetts seeking commutation based on Battered Woman Syndrome. She has also been active in promoting the interdisciplinary practice of law. After graduating from University of Notre Dame Law School in 1980, Prof. McMorrow clerked for the Hon. Gilbert S. Merritt (United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit) and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger (United States Supreme Court.) She practiced with the Washington D.C. law firm of Steptoe and Johnson before entering teaching in 1985. For the 2008-09 academic year Prof. McMorrow taught at Renmin University in Beijing, China on a Fulbright grant. Follow her experiences at: http://reillysinchina.blogspot.com/
Articles
In Defense of the Business of Law, Fordham Urban Law Journal (2013)
This article focuses on three current professionalism challenges in the U.S. legal profession: (i) the...
Zacharias’s Prophecy: The Federalization of Legal Ethics Through Legislative, Court, and Agency Regulation (with Daniel R. Coquillette), San Diego Law Review (2011)
In his 1994 seminal article on Federalizing Legal Ethics, Prof. Fred Zacharias examined the need...
Professional Responsibility in an Uncertain Profession: Legal Ethics in China, Akron Law Review (2010)
The rapidly expanding Chinese legal profession provides an extraordinary opportunity for the U.S. legal profession...
The Moral Responsibility of the Corporate Lawyer (with Luke M. Scheuer), Catholic University Law Review (2010)
Lawyers traditionally claim that they are not morally accountable for the goals or activities of...
Books
Lawyers and Fundamental Moral Responsibility (with Daniel R. Coquillette and R. Michael Cassidy), Daniel R. Coquillette (2010)
The materials in this book are organized around specific problems designed to encourage and focus...
Moore's Federal Practice, 3rd ed.: The Federal Law of Attorney Conduct (with Daniel R. Coquillette) (2006)
Moore's Federal Practice, The Federal Law of Attorney Conduct (with Daniel R. Coquillette) (2001)
Contributions to Books
Law and Lawyers in the U.S.: The Hero-Villain Dichotomy, Perspectives on American Law (2013)
Lawyers in U.S. culture are often presented in either an extremely positive or extremely negative...
Civility Issues in Federal Court Practice (with Daniel R. Coquillette), The Federal Law of Attorney Conduct: Court Practice (2009)
(Moore's Federal Practice. 3rd. ed., vol. 30)
Toward an Ecclesiastical Professional Ethic: Lessons from the Legal Profession (with Daniel R. Coquillette), Church Ethics And Its Organizational Context: Learning from the Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church (2006)
As the Catholic Church struggles with the aftermath of the clergy sexual abuse crisis, some...
The Power and Limits of Legal Naming: A Case Study of 'Battered Woman Syndrome', The Eyes of Justice: Round Table on Law and Semiotics (1994)
Selected Professional Activities
Civility: Multi-Tiered Strategies for Litigation Ethics, U.S. District Court Bench and Bar Conference, U.S. District Court of Massachusetts (2012)
Ethical Issues in Labor Arbitration, 12th Annual Conference of the NE Consortium of State Labor Relations Agencies (2012)
This 90 minute presentation was designed to serve as Continuing Legal Education program for lawyers...
Lawyer Discipline in China, International Legal Ethics Conference, International Association of Legal Ethics (2012)
In Defense of the Business of Law, BC Law School Summer Brown Bag Series (2012)
Conference Chair & Introductory Remarks, ABA Professional Responsibility Conference, ABA Center for Professional Responsibility (2012)
I was chair of the Planning Committee for this conference, which draws about 400 scholars,...