THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TEACHING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM (NIFTEP)
Web Site: http://law.gsu.edu/ccunningham/Professionalism/NIFTEP/

The National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism (NIFTEP) was established in 2005 as a consortium of the following five nationally-recognized centers on ethics and professionalism:

NIFTEP workshops are co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professionalism and the Georgia Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism.

NIFTEP conducts annual workshops that bring together leading academics and practitioners involved in promoting the teaching of ethics and professionalism. Participants in NIFTEP workshops are designated NIFTEP Fellows. Although fellowships are typically granted either to full-time law professors who teach legal ethics or to practitioners actively involved in ethics CLE education and professionalism programs, any person committed to promoting ethics and professionalism may apply. Fellows are reimbursed for their travel expenses; there is no charge for the Workshops. If you wish to be placed on an electronic mailing list to receive notice when Fellowship applications are invited and other information about NIFTEP, please send an email to Professor Clark Cunningham: cdcunningham@gsu.edu . Put "NIFTEP MAILING LIST" in the subject line and place your contact details in the text of the email message.

Two NIFTEP workshops are scheduled for 2009:
Spring 2009 Workshop: Friday, April 24 - Sunday, April 26
Fall 2009 Workshop: Friday, November 6 - Sunday, November 8

SPRING 2009 WORKSHOP ON TEACHING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM:

The Spring 2009 Workshop will take place from Friday, April 24 - Sunday, April 26 at the Red Top Mountain Lodge which is located about 40 miles northwest of Atlanta.Attendance at this highly participatory event is limited to invited speakers and to those selected to be Spring 2009 NIFTEP Fellows. Applications are now closed. Information for Spring 2009 Fellows and Workshop Speakers: -- General Information -- Optional Friday tour of Atlanta medical examination center -- Program -- Background Information on Fellows (web version) (pdf download) -- Speakers and Discussants (web version) (pdf download) -- Directions to Red Top Lodge

Red Top Mountain Lodge

INAUGURAL WORKSHOP ON TEACHING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM:
The First Annual NIFTEP workshop on teaching ethics and professionalism took place in Atlanta from Friday, September 23 - Sunday, September 25, 2005. There were more than 30 speakers and participants, comprised of full-time law teachers and practicing lawyers engaged in teaching ethics and promoting professionalism.
To view a webcast of the entire program, click here.
To view the workshop materials (program, speaker bios, and list of fellows) click here.

2006 WORKSHOP ON TEACHING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM:
-- To view a webcast of the first two days of the workshop, click here.
-- Program
-- General Information
-- Background Information on 2006 Fellows (web version) (pdf download)
-- Speakers and Discussants (web version) (pdf download)

2007 WORKSHOP ON TEACHING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM:
-- To view a webcast of the program, click here
-- Background Information on Fellows (web version) (pdf download)
-- Speakers and Discussants (web version) (pdf download)

In place of a 2008 workshop, two workshops are scheduled for 2009.

INNOVATIVE METHODS FOR TEACHING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM
Presented June 12, 2006 at the ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS Conference on New Ideas for Law School Teachers.

EMPIRICAL METHODS FOR MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS OF INNOVATION

NIFTEP Advisory Board

Chair:
Clark D. Cunningham, W. Lee Burge Professor of Law & Ethics
W. Lee Burge Endowment for Law & Ethics
Georgia State University College of Law  

Members:  
Avarita Hanson, Executive Director
Georgia Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism  

Patrick Longan, William Augustus Bootle Chair in Ethics & Professionalism
Center for Legal Ethics & Professionalism
Mercer University School of Law  

Russell G. Pearce, Co-Director
Louis Stein Center for Law & Ethics
Fordham University School of Law

Deborah L. Rhode, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law
Stanford Law School

John E. Montgomery, Director
The Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism
University of South Carolina School of Law

Melvin F. Wright, Jr.
Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism, and
Executive Director, North Carolina Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism

Links to the:
National Award for Innovation & Excellence in Teaching Professionalism
Burge Endowment for Law & Ethics at the Georgia State University College of Law