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conflict between the two? Gillers proposed various rules that lawyers need to remember, including being independent of the business agents they represent and being prepared to resign when a violation is serious enough. As in the discussion about eliciting client information, a line needs to be drawn “between zealous advocacy and improper advocacy,” Gillers said. Yet this line is not only difficult to draw, but inherently ambiguous depending on the exigencies of the situation and the relationship between the lawyer and client. The lesson Gillers offered was that lawyers need to always be vigilant in thinking about and applying abstract ethical principles to their professional practice. LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS LUNCHEON
NYU President-Designate John Sexton welcomed alumni, family, friends, students, and faculty to Lipton Hall for the Law
Alumni Achievement Award recipient Anthony Welters (’77) with wife Beatrice Welters
Alumni Association Awards Luncheon. This annual event provides an opportunity for the Law School alumni to come together to celebrate the accomplishments of their peers. Andrew Segal (’92), the president and founder of Boxer Property Management Corporation, was honored with the Recent
Graduate Award for his extensive accomplishments in business in the decade since he graduated from NYU Law. Segal’s company owns, manages, and leases over 5,000,000 square feet of office space in six states. His bold business strategies revolutionized the office leasing business and
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