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| Disbarred Terrorist Lawyer To Teach Ethics To Other Lawyers |
| 2007-09-26 |
| A disbarred lawyer convicted of helping her client communicate with terrorists was scheduled to teach at a Long Island, N.Y., law school ethics conference, FederalReview.com reported. Lynne Stewart, who was convicted in 2005 of providing material support to terrorists and received a 28-month sentence, was to speak at Hofstra Law SchoolÂ’s legal ethics conference, set for Oct. 14 to Oct. 16. Click here for the full story at FederalReview.com. Her former client, sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, was sentenced to life in prison for plotting to blow up five New York landmarks and assassinate Egypt's president. According to HofstraÂ’s Web site, conference speakers were expected to discuss "prosecutorial abuse, the challenges of representing prisoners at Guantanamo and attacks on lawyers who represent unpopular clients and causes." |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #11 In the US News & World College Rankings Hofstra falls neatly into the abyss of the fourth tier -- if anyone ever wondered why, this article is as the lawyers say, "asked and answered." |
| Posted by: regular joe 2007-09-26 21:31 |
| #10 ThatÂ’s effective education in lawyersÂ’ ethics, which is too often considered a dry, uninteresting, and unimportant subject. Just went back and looked at that. Interesting outlook...for a law school. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-26 21:01 |
| #9 Nobody forget that Stewart's client, Omar "the blind sheik" Abdel-Rahman, was the architect of the first World Trade Center attack. That scumsucking terrorist maggot drew Osama's roadmap for the 9-11 atrocity. Lynne Stewart's consorting with this waste of skin meant collaborating with America's absolute worst enemies. She should have been executed for treason. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-26 20:56 |
| #8 The oral arguments for the appeal of her conviction are slated for December 18, 2007. She's out on appeal. |
| Posted by: Phinater Thraviger 2007-09-26 20:55 |
| #7 Students are more likely, therefore, to come away viewing her not as a role model, but as a cautionary lesson. Nowhere in the Hofstra's publicity are her conviction and disbarment mentioned.However, she is described as a 'human rights attorney'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-09-26 20:48 |
| #6 This shitbag is allowed to skip jail because she's sick? WFT? |
| Posted by: jds 2007-09-26 20:28 |
| #5 Too bad. They just missed getting Ahmadinejad to lecture on the Holocaust. Like tu3031 noted, Stewart shouldn't even be allowed to set foot out of prison. Evidently, this rutbag has been granted a stay due to her breast cancer. If she's well enough to lecture, she's well enough to serve time. America takes yet another step through the looking glass. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-26 19:43 |
| #4 Hofstra goes into CYA mode... Ms. Stewart is not being invited to teach trial advocacy or legal ethics. Implicit in lawyering at the edge is the risk of going over the edge, both ethically and legally. Like every speaker at our highly successful conferences, Stewart will speak for twenty minutes and then be subjected to sharp questioning for an equal twenty minutes. Students are more likely, therefore, to come away viewing her not as a role model, but as a cautionary lesson. ThatÂ’s effective education in lawyersÂ’ ethics, which is too often considered a dry, uninteresting, and unimportant subject. Uh-huh...I'm sure she'd agree to that. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-26 19:36 |
| #3 Can it be any clearer? They are just on the other side. |
| Posted by: Titus Hayes 2007-09-26 19:07 |
| #2 Ummmmmmmmm...why isn't she in jail like she was sentenced to be? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-26 18:30 |
| #1 Might I suggest the following additions to the curriculum: Intro. to Academic Integrity: Ward Churchill Ethics of Political Fund-raising: Norman Hsu |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-09-26 18:17 |