Nancy J. Moore
Professor of Law
Nancy E. Barton Scholar
BA magna cum laude, Smith College
JD, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia University
Biography
Professor Nancy Moore is a nationally recognized leader in the field of professional responsibility, an area in which she first became interested while working as a prosecutor in Philadelphia. Before joining Boston University School of Law in 1999, Professor Moore taught at Rutgers University School of Law, where she offered the school’s first course in professional responsibility. “Now is an exciting time to be teaching legal ethics,” she says. “Multi-disciplinary practice, multi-jurisdictional practice, lawyers and corporate scandals-lawyering in the 21st century raises a host of new challenges for our students.”
Professor Moore has written numerous articles on attorney ethics. Her most recent include “Who Should Regulate Class Action Lawyers?” (University of Illinois Law Review), “What Doctors Can Learn From Lawyers About Conflicts of Interest” (Boston University Law Review), “Ethics Matters, Too: The Significance of Professional Regulation of Attorney Fees and Costs in Mass Tort Litigation” (University of Pennsylvania Law Review) and “The Ethical Role and Responsibilities of Lawyer-Ethicist: The Case of the Independent Counsel’s Independent Counsel” for a 1999 symposium issue of the Fordham Law Review on “The Independent Counsel Investigation, the Impeachment Proceedings, and President Clinton’s Defense.” She was chief reporter for the ABA Commission on Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct (“Ethics 2000”) and is chair of the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Examination Test Drafting Committee. She has served twice as chair of the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Professional Responsibility and was an adviser to the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers.
- Profile Types
- Faculty, Full-Time Faculty, and Professors & Clinical Instructors
- Areas of Interest
- Legal Ethics and Torts
Publications
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Nancy J. Moore, Professional Responsibility for Business Lawyers (2022)
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Nancy J. Moore, Ethical Duties of Class Counsel Also Representing Class Representatives 72 Florida Law Review Forum (2022)
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Nancy J. Moore, Forming Start-Up Companies: Who's My Client? 88 Fordham Law Review (2020)
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Nancy J. Moore, Restating International Torts: Problems of Process and Substance in the ALI's Third Restatement of Torts 17-44 Boston University School of Law Public Law & Legal Theory (2017)
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Nancy J. Moore, The Future of Law as a Profession 20 Chapman Law Review (2017)
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Nancy J. Moore, Foreword 84 Fordham Law Review (2016)
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Nancy J. Moore & Kathleen Clark, Financial Rewards for Whistleblowing Lawyers 56 Boston College Law Review (2015)
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Nancy J. Moore, Why is There No Clear Doctrine of Informed Consent for Lawyers? 47 University of Toledo Law Review (2015)
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Nancy J. Moore, Ethical Issues in Mass Tort Plaintiffs' Representation: Beyond the Aggregate Settlement Rule 81 Fordham Law Review (2013)
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Nancy J. Moore, Who will Regulate Class Action Lawyers? 44 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal (2013)
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Nancy J. Moore & Janine Griffiths-Baker, Regulating Conflicts of Interest in Global Law Firms: Peace in Our Time? 80 Fordham Law Review (2012)
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Nancy J. Moore, Implications of Globalization for the Professional Status of Lawyers in the United States and Elsewhere 40 Fordham Urban Law Journal (2012)
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Nancy J. Moore, Implications of Globalization for the Professional Status of Lawyers in the United States and Elsewhere 40 Fordham Urban Law Journal (2012)
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Nancy J. Moore, The Absence of Legal Ethics in the ALI's Principles of Aggregate Litigation: A Missed Opportunity - And More 79 George Washington Law Review (2011)
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Nancy J. Moore, The Complexities of Lawyer Ethics Code Drafting: The Contributions of Professor Fred Zacharias 48 San Diego Law Review (2011)
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Nancy J. Moore, Is the Appearance of Impropriety an Appropriate Standard for Disciplining Judges in the Twenty-First Century? 41 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal (2010)
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Nancy J. Moore, Mens Rea Standards in Lawyer Disciplinary Codes 23 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (2010)
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Nancy J. Moore, Choice of Law for Professional Responsibility Issues in Aggregate Litigation 14 Roger Williams University Law Review (2009)
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Nancy J. Moore, Litigators and the Public: The Evolving Role of Ethics Codes, in A Century of Legal Ethics: Trial Lawyers and the ABA Canons of Professional Ethics (Andrew S. Pollis, Lawrence J. Fox & Susan R. Martyn,2009)
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Nancy J. Moore, Mr. Prinzo's Breakthrough and the Limits of Confidentiality 51 St. Louis Law Journal (2007)
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Nancy J. Moore, The American Law Institute's Draft Proposal to Bypass the Aggregate Settlement Rule: Do Mass Tort Clients Need (or Want) Group Decision Making? 57 DePaul Law Review (2007)
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Nancy J. Moore, Informed Consent in the Practice of Law, in Encyclopedia Of Philosophy (Donald M. Borchert,2006)
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Nancy J. Moore, Regulating Law Firm Conflicts in the 21st Century: Implications of the Globalization of Legal Services and the Growth of the 'Mega Firm’ 18 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (2005)
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Nancy J. Moore, Not Quite a Client: New Ethics Rule Provides Guidance on a Lawyer's Duty to Prospective Clients 90 American Bar Association Journal (2004)
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Nancy J. Moore, Regulating Self-Referrals and Other Physician Conflicts of Interest 15 HEC Forum (2003)
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Nancy J. Moore, Who Should Regulate Class Action Lawyers? 2003 University of Illinois Law Review (2003)
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Nancy J. Moore, Revisions, Not Revolution: Targeting Lawyer/Client Relations, Electronic Communications, Conflicts of Interests 88 American Bar Association Journal (2002)
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Nancy J. Moore, Lawyer Ethics Code Drafting in the Twenty-First Century 30 Hofstra Law Review (2002)
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Nancy J. Moore, 'In the Interests of Justice': Balancing Client Loyalty and the Public Good in the Twenty-First Century 70 Fordham Law Review (2002)
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Nancy J. Moore, Lawyering for the Middle Class 70 Fordham Law Review (2001)
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Nancy J. Moore, Lawyer Ethics Code Drafting in the Twenty-First Century 30 Hofstra Law Review (2001)
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Nancy J. Moore, What Doctors Can Learn from Lawyers About Conflicts of Interest 81 Boston University Law Review (2001)
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Nancy J. Moore, Ethics Matters, Too: The Significance of Professional Regulation of Attorney Fees and Costs in Mass Tort Litigation - A Response to Judith Resnik 148 University of Pennsylvania Law Review (2000)
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Nancy J. Moore, The Ethical Role and Responsibilities of a Lawyer-Ethicist: The Case of the Independent Counsel's Independent Counsel 68 Fordham Law Review (1999)
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Nancy J. Moore, The Case Against Changing the Aggregate Settlement Rule in Mass Tort Lawsuits 41 South Texas Law Review (1999)
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Nancy J. Moore, Conflicts of Interest For In-House Counsel: Emerging Issues in the Expanding Role of the Attorney-Employee 39 South Texas Law Review (1998)
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Nancy J. Moore, Ethical Issues in Third Party Payment: Beyond the Insurance Defense Paradigm 16 Review of Litigation (1997)
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Nancy J. Moore, Restating the Law of Lawyer Conflicts 10 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (1997)
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Nancy J. Moore, Conflicts of Interests in the Representation of Children 64 Fordham Law Review (1996)
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Nancy J. Moore, Implications of Circle Chevrolet for Attorney Malpractice and Attorney Ethics 28 Rutgers Law Journal (1996)
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Nancy J. Moore, Entrepreneurial Doctors and Lawyers: Regulating Business Activities in the Medical and Legal Professions, in Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Practice and Research (R. Spence, R. Shimm,1995)
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Nancy J. Moore, Expanding Duties of Attorneys to 'Non-Clients': Reconceptualizing the Attorney-Client Relationship in Entity Representation and Other Inherently Ambiguous Situations 45 South Carolina Law Review (1994)
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Nancy J. Moore, Intra-Professional Warfare Between Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys 53 University of Pittsburgh Law Review (1992)
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Nancy J. Moore, Professionalism: Rekindled, Reconsidered or Reformulated? 19 Capital University Law Review (1990)
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Nancy J. Moore, Author's Response 1989 Annual Survey of American Law (1989)
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Nancy J. Moore, The Usefulness of Ethical Codes 1989 Annual Survey of American Law (1989)
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Nancy J. Moore, 'Two Steps Forward, One Step Back': An Analysis of New Jersey's Latest 'Right-To-Die' Decisions 19 Rutgers Law Journal (1988)
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Nancy J. Moore, Professionalism Reconsidered 1987 ABF Research Journal (1987)
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Nancy J. Moore, Limits to Attorney-Client Confidentiality: A Philosophically Informed and Comparative Approach to Medical and Legal Ethics 36 Case Western Reserve Law Review (1985)
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Nancy J. Moore, Commentary 4 Business & Professional Ethics Journal (1985)
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Nancy J. Moore, Limits to Attorney-Client Confidentiality: A Philosophically Informed and Comparative Approach to Medical and Legal Ethics 36 Case Western Reserve Law Review (1985)
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Nancy J. Moore, Disqualification of an Attorney Representing Multiple Witnesses Before a Grand Jury: Legal Ethics and the Stonewall Defense 27 UCLA Law Review (1979)
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Activities & Engagements
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Courses
Professional Responsibility: LAW JD 984
Donweber - This course offers an approach to the lawyer's responsibilities to clients, the profession, and the public. Topics addressed will be problems of disclosure, conflict of interest, advertising, adversary tactics, competence, attorney fees, and fiduciary duties. NOTE: This course satisfies the upper-class Professional Responsibility requirement. GRADING NOTICE: This course does not offer the CR/NC/H option. Moore: This course offers an approach to the lawyer's responsibilities to clients, the profession, and the public. Topics addressed include competence, diligence, communication, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and limitations on the lawyer's duty to advance the client's interest (in adversary proceedings or in transactions) out of concern for others. The course will place special emphasis on business and other transactional lawyers, including addressing special problems that arise in representing organizational clients, although the course is appropriate for all students, regardless of the subject area in which they will practice. NOTE: This course satisfies the upper-class Professional Responsibility requirement. GRADING NOTICE: This course does not offer the CR/NC/H option.
FALL 2023: LAW JD 984 A1 , Sep 5th to Dec 7th 2023| Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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| Tue,Thu | 2:15 pm | 3:40 pm | 3 | Stephen M. Donweber | LAW | 103 |
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| Mon,Wed | 2:15 pm | 3:40 pm | 3 | Stephen M. Donweber | LAW | 103 |
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| Tue,Thu | 11:00 am | 12:25 pm | 3 | Nancy J. Moore | LAW | 101 |
Professional Responsibility for Business Lawyers (S): LAW JD 972
A survey of the laws and ethical rules that govern and regulate lawyers in corporate and transactional practice. Topics may include client identification in forming and dissolving business entities, representing close corporations and partnerships, investing in clients (including taking stock in lieu of legal fees), negotiation, representing public companies, the role of in-house counsel, conflicts of interest, and the future of regulating legal services in the US and globally. Students will write a 20-page research paper and give a brief oral presentation of their topic. NOTE: This class may be used to satisfy the Professional Responsibility requirement or the upper-class writing requirement (limited). This class may not be used to satisfy more than one requirement. GRADING NOTICE: This class does not offer the CR/NC/H option. ** A student who fails to attend the initial meeting of a seminar (designated by an (S) in the title), or to obtain permission to be absent from either the instructor or the Registrar, may be administratively dropped from the seminar. Students who are on a wait list for a seminar are required to attend the first seminar meeting to be considered for enrollment.
SPRG 2024: LAW JD 972 A1 , Jan 17th to Apr 24th 2024| Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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| Wed | 10:40 am | 12:40 pm | 3 | Nancy J. Moore | LAW | 417 |