Judith A. McMorrow (born 1955) is an American legal scholar serving as a Professor at

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, where she teaches torts, professional responsibility and related topics. Her research interests include professional responsibility and age discrimination (with a focus on retirement policy.) McMorrow participates in several ongoing ''

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'' activities, including representing women in Massachusetts seeking commutation based on Battered Woman Syndrome. She has explained the role of lawyers in a democratic society. She also advocates interdisciplinary and international scholarship. After graduating from Nazareth College and

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in 1980, McMorrow clerked for Judge

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of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Chief Justice

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of the

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. She practiced with the Washington D.C. law firm of Steptoe & Johnson before entering teaching in 1985, when she joined the faculty of Washington and Lee University School of Law.

Selected works

Books McMorrow, Judith; and Daniel R Coquillette (2001). ''Federal law of attorney conduct'', part of ''Moore’s Federal Practice'' (3d edition). New York : Lexis Publishing. , . Articles and Symposia McMorrow, Judith A. (2007). "Creating Norms of Attorney Conduct in International Tribunals: A Case Study of the ICTY." Newton Centre, MA: Boston College Law School; Berkeley: The Berkeley Electronic Press ost OCLC 778130414. --- (2004). "The (F)Utility of Rules: Regulating Attorney Conduct in Federal Court Practice." Newton Centre, MA: Boston College Law School; Berkeley: The Berkeley Electronic Press ost --- (2001)
"Symposium-Lawyering for the Middle Class – The Advocate as Witness: Understanding Context, Culture and Client."
''Fordham L. Rev.'' 70(3): 945-983. ---; and Anthony R. Baldwin (1991)
"Life After Law School: On Being a Retired Law Professor."
''Journal of Legal Education'' 41(3-4): 407-419. --- (1991). "Civil Disobedience and the Lawyers Obligation to the Law." Newton Centre, MA: Boston College Law School; Berkeley: The Berkeley Electronic Press ost OCLC 778153409. --- (1990). "Employment Bonding and the End of Mandatory Retirement." ''Industrial Relations Law Journal'' 12(1): 197-216. --- (1989)
"Who owns rights: waiving and settling private rights of action."
Villanova, Pa.: Villanova University Press. Reprinted from ''Villanova L. Rev.'' 34(3-4): 429-466.

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Selected works

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