Selected Publications for Professor John P. Sahl

Book Contributions and Supplements:

A 2010 Update: What Every Entertainment Lawyer Needs to Know – How to Avoid Being the Target of a Legal Malpractice Claim or Disciplinary Action, Vol. I COUNSELING CLIENTS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY 2010, 731-71 (revised version of the 2009 PLI chapter, Practicing Law Inst., 3/2010);

A 2009 Update: What Every Entertainment Lawyer Needs to Know – How to Avoid Being the Target of a Legal Malpractice Claim or Disciplinary Action, Vol. II Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2009, 15-50 (revised version of the 2008 PLI chapter, Practicing Law Inst., 3/2009);

A 2008 Update: What Every Entertainment Lawyer Needs to Know – How to Avoid Being the Target of a Legal Malpractice Claim or Disciplinary Action, Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2008, 323-52 (chapter, Practicing Law Inst., 3/2008);

 What Every Entertainment Lawyer Needs to Know – How to Avoid Being the
Target of a Legal Malpractice Claim or Disciplinary Action, Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2006, 265-86 (Practicing Law Inst., chapter, 3/2006); [republished in Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2007, 355-80];

Entertainment Law Ethics, Entertainment, Publishing And Arts Handbook (Thomson/West Publishing, 2004-05) (co-authored chapter with Attorney/Adjunct Professor Kenneth Abdo) [revised version of 2004 PLI chapter];

Chapter 9, Evidence & Chapter 12, Professional Responsibility, Teaching the Law School Curriculum (contributed entries to each chapter (Carolina Academic Press, 2004);

Entertainment Law Ethics, Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry  2004, 1413-66 (Practicing Law Inst., co-authored chapter with Kenneth Abdo); sole author –  accompanying essay, Professional Responsibility and Representing a Musical Group 1467-80 (3/2004) [republished in Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industries 2005, 459-543];

Entertainment Law Ethics, Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2001, 273-326 (Practicing Law Inst., 3/2001) (co-authored revisions to chapter with Kenneth Abdo); sole author – Addendum, The ABA Ethics 2000 Commission Report: New Standards for Professional Responsibility 327-33) [republished in Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2002, 447-504];

Entertainment Law Ethics, Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2000, 697-755 (Practicing Law Inst. 3/2000) (co-authored chapter with Kenneth Abdo);

The Encyclopedia of Law and Religion, 103-05 (Garland Press, 2000);                       

The Manual For Disposition of a Law Practice in Ohio, Cleveland Bar Association (contrib. author & contrib. editor 2000);

Groundwater Law in Vermont; Planning For Uncertainty, Pluralism and Conflict, Off. of Water Res. and Tech., Dept. of Interior, 101-32 (1979) (contrib. author).

Articles:

Entertainment Law – The Specter of Malpractice Claims and Disciplinary Actions, 20 Marq. Sports L.J. __-__ (2010);

A New Era – Quo Vadis? Symposium Introduction: Lawyers Beyond Borders and Practicing Law in the Electronic Age, 43 Akron L. Rev. __-__ (2010);

Thinking About Leaving? The Ethics of Departing One Firm For Another, 19 
Prof. Law.  2, 9-13 (2008);

Re-evaluating Ohio’s Advocate Witness Rule – Ohio’s Move to the Model Rules, 77 Clev. B.J. 28-29, 32 (2005);

Entertainment Law Ethics: Part I, 22, No.3 Ent. & Sports L.J. 2-7, 37-38 (Fall 2004) & Part II, 22, No.4 Ent. & Sports L.J. 2-7 (Winter 2005) (co-authored with Ken Abdo) [republication of Entertainment Law Ethics, Part 5, Entertainment, Publishing And Arts Handbook (2004-05)];

The Cost of Humanitarian Assistance: Ethical Rules and the First Amendment, 34 St. Mary’s L.J. 795-872 (2003);

Helping Clients with Living Expenses: “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished,” 13 Prof. Law.  1, 4-13, 23 (2002);

Lawyers’ Ethics in Evolution: The New Milestone, 72, No. 6 Clev. B.J. 32-34 (2001);

A Professional Responsibility Primer for Today’s Entertainment Lawyer, Vol. 18, No. 3 ABA Ent. & Sports L.J. 3-9 (2000) (co-authored with Kenneth Abdo);

The New Millennium and Professional Interdependence, Vol. 4, No. 18 Ohio Lawyer’s Weekly 4, 19 (2000);

A Lawyer’s Aspirational Ideals and a Vision of Collegiality, 71, No. 7 Clev. B.J. 22-23 (2000);

The Public Hazard of Lawyer Self-Regulation:  Learning From Ohio's Struggle to Reform Its Disciplinary System, 68, No. 1 U. Cin. L. Rev. 65-122 (1999);

From Grievance and Complaint to Sanction: Understanding & Bearing the Burden, 23 U. Dayton L. Rev. 303-11 (1998);

New Conflict of Interest Case Takes Old Vague Twist, 69, No. 9 Clev. B.J. 16-17 (1998) (co-authored with Attorney Robert Rutkowski);

Vexing Professional Responsibility Questions - Quo Vadis?, 69, No. 2 Clev. B.J. 12-14 (1997);

Secret Discipline in the Federal Courts - Democratic Values and Judicial Integrity at Stake, 70 Notre Dame L. Rev. 193-258 (1994);

College Athletes and Due Process Protection:  What's Left After National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Tarkanian? 21 Ariz. St. L.J. 621-61 (1989);

Groundwater Rights in Vermont, 4 Vt. L. Rev. 189-202 (1979);

Entertainment Lawyers & Professional Responsibility 1-9, 12TH Annual International  Folk Alliance CLE Program (2000) (revised for the 13 TH Annual  International Folk Alliance CLE Program (2/2001).

Other:

The Judicial Role in Identifying and Referring Trial Misconduct (Edited Book Chapter, 4/2009) – ABA Standing Committee on Professional Discipline Meeting.

OSBA Report, A Review: The Proposed Changes to Canon 1 of the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct 1-10 (11/1/06);

Yale Law Seminar (course materials) (2000-01);

Contract Law in the United States (CEIDA course materials) (1999-2002);

The U.S. Constitution & the American Legal System (CEIDA course materials) (1999-2001);

Malpractice and Various Business Forms for Lawyers, Teramo Law School, Teramo, Italy (5/98);

Recent Excessive Fee Cases in Ohio, The Lawyer Grievance Process -- A 1997 Perspective (11-7-97);

Letter to the Editor, Beacon Journal (3-2-93);

Connecticut Bar Association Informal Ethics Opinions (edited and approved by committee);

Faculty Report, Legal Research and Writing: The Need for Reform (University of Bridgeport School of Law, 1982).