Roy M. Sobelson
Professor of Law Emeritus- Education
B.A., Emory University
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law
LL.M., Temple University School of Law.
- Specializations
- Biography
Roy M. Sobelson, professor of law and former associate dean for academic affairs, joined the College of Law faculty in 1985. He taught Professional Responsibility, Civil Procedure and Evidence and has long served as one of the college's Mock Trial team coaches. Sobelson was the director of the LL.M. Program.
Sobelson also has taught as a visiting professor at the Emory University School of Law. Before entering academia, he served as managing attorney at the Brunswick office of Georgia Legal Services, the activities of which are chronicled in Melissa Fay Greene's award winning book, Praying for Sheetrock.
Sobelson lectures and writes widely on ethics and professionalism. He has served on the Georgia Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, the Formal Advisory Opinion Board and the Clients' Security Fund, as well as acting as reporter for the Georgia Chief Justice's Commission on the Evaluation of Disciplinary Enforcement.
Sobelson is a regular instructor in trial techniques and served for a year as the interim director of the Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques at Emory University School of Law.
- Publications
Articles
Roy M. Sobelson, Now That's Progress! What'll You Do Next?, Ga. B.J., June 2010, at 80.
Roy M. Sobelson, Legal Ethics, 56 Mercer L. Rev. 315 (2004).
Roy M. Sobelson, Legal Ethics, 56 Mercer L. Rev. 315 (2004).
Roy M. Sobelson, Legal Ethics, 51 Mercer L. Rev. 353 (1999).
Roy M. Sobelson, Legal Ethics, 48 Mercer L. Rev. 387 (1996).
Roy M. Sobelson, Legal Ethics, 45 Mercer L. Rev. 287 (1993).
Roy M. Sobelson, Legal Ethics, 44 Mercer L. Rev. 281 (1992).
Roy M. Sobelson, Professionalism Page, Ga. St. Bar J., May 1991, at 216.
Roy M. Sobelson, Interviewing Clients Ethically, Prac. Law., Jan. 1991, at 13.
Roy M. Sobelson, ‘Narrowing the Gap’-Hither How? GSU’s Response to the Task Force Report, Ga. St. Bar J., May 1990, at 171.
Roy M. Sobelson, Legal Interviewing & Counseling, Professional Ethics & Responsibility: The New Model Rules in a Changing Legal Profession, ALI-ABA, 1990, at 183.
Roy M. Sobelson, The Ethics of Advertising by Georgia Lawyers: Survey and Analysis, 6 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 23 (1989-1990).
Ethical Issues in Civil Trial Advocacy, Inst. Continuing Legal Educ. in Ga. (1988)
Roy M. Sobelson, Lawyers, Clients and Assurances of Confidentiality: Lawyers Talking without Speaking, Clients Hearing without Listening, 1 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 703 (1988).
Roy M. Sobelson, Trust Account Rules for Georgia Lawyers, Ga. St. Bar J., Aug. 1987, at 22.
Roy M. Sobelson, Termination of Indigents’ Parental Rights after Lassiter: Ignoring Complexity and Protecting the Best Interests of Psychological Parents, 16 U. Rich. L. Rev. 731 (1982).
Popular Press
Reputation and Public Trust Committee, Atlanta Bar Association, The Hows and Whys of Judicial Elections in Georgia - A Citizens' Primer, Daily Report, March 3, 2014
Roy M. Sobelson, Bar Has a Duty to Provide Representation for the Poor, Atl. J.-Const., Mar. 28, 1987, at A21.