Voice of Justice

Margaret Tarkington is a Professor of Law at the Indiana University McKinney School of Law. Her scholarship bridges specialties in constitutional law, lawyer regulation, and procedure – harnessing the First Amendment as a means to protect the integrity of government processes. In addition to teaching and writing on these topics, she has served as an expert consultant on disciplinary proceedings brought against attorneys for their speech, association, and petitioning. She serves as the 2018 Chair of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Professional Responsibility Section. She previously practiced law in New York, Indiana, and Utah.

Introduction; Part I. Understanding The Puzzle: 1. Do lawyers have First Amendment rights?; 2. 'Speech is all we have'; 3. Self-regulation: myth and reality; 4. Attorneys as officers of the court and delegates of state power; Part II. Towards A Proper Methodology: 5. Core ideals of the First Amendment; 6. Cognate inseparable rights; 7. The access to justice theory; Part III. Protecting The Role Of The Attorney: 8. Freedom to form an attorney-client relationship; 9. Safeguarding client counseling and confidences; 10. Invoking law and processes to protect client interests; 11. Safeguarding and impugning judicial integrity; 12. Securing criminal constitutional processes; 13. Uncompromised pretrial publicity; 14. Attorney civility, harassment, and discrimination.