Stephen Gillers

Stephen Gillers is a professor at the New York University School of Law. He is often cited as an expert in legal ethics.

Biography

After graduating from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in 1964, he received his J.D. in 1968 from the New York University School of Law.[1]

Gillers' political activism includes calling on then-presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004 to name former U.S. President Bill Clinton as his running mate in a New York Times op-ed.[2]

Gillers has also been critical of U.S. Supreme Court Justices accepting paid trips to legal seminars.[3]

Gillers annually co-authors Regulation of Lawyers: Statutes and Standards (with Professor Roy Simon of Hofstra).

References

1. "Biographical Sketches of Participants Conference on the Commercialization of the Legal Profession 45 South Carolina Law Review 1993-1994". Heinonline.org. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
2. Gillers, Stephen (March 3, 2004). "The Next Best Thing to Being President". The New York Times.
3. Ross, Brian (January 23, 2006). "Supreme Ethics Problem?". ABC News.

Further reading

• Regulation of Lawyers (7th ed., Aspen L. & Bus. 2005). ISBN 0-7355-5256-8
• "The Perjury Loophole". The New York Times. February 18, 1998.