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2016 Mich. St. L. Rev. 757 (2016)
Insights from Psychology: Teaching Behavioral Legal Ethics as a Core Element of Professional Responsibility

handle is hein.journals/mslr2016 and id is 775 raw text is: INSIGHTS FROM PSYCHOLOGY: TEACHING BEHAVIORAL LEGAL ETHICS AS A CORE ELEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY Tigran W. Eldrea' 2016 MICH. ST. L. REV. 757 ABSTRACT The field of behavioral legal ethics-which draws on a large body of empirical research to explore how subtle and often unconscious psychological factors influence ethical decision-making by lawyers-has gained significant attention recently, including by many scholars who have called for a pedagogy that incorporates behavioral lessons into the professional responsibility curriculum. This Article provides one of the first comprehensive accounts of how law teachers can meet this challenge. Based on an approach that employs a variety of experiential techniques to immerse students in the contextual and emotional aspects of legal practice, it provides a detailed model of how to teach legal ethics from a behavioral perspective. Reflections on the approach, including the encouraging response expressed by students to this interdisciplinary method of instruction, are also discussed. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ...........................................758 II. TEACHING BEHAVIORAL LEGAL ETHICS ........ ...........762 A. Understanding Behavioral Science ..... .........762 B. Teaching Methodology ................ ......767 * Professor, New England Law | Boston. Special thanks to Lawrence Friedman, K. Babe Howell, Vivien Holmes, Leslie Levin, Catherine Gage O'Grady, Robert Prentice, Jordan Singer, Jean Sternlight, Jennifer Stumpf, Juliet Stumpf, and Molly Wilson for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this Article. Thanks also to the American Bar Association's 41st National Conference on Professional Responsibility and CUNY Law School's faculty colloquium, where earlier versions of this Article were presented; and to my excellent research assistants, Justin Amos and Julianna Zitz.

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