Michael P. Ambrosio
Professor of Law
Professor Ambrosio received his B.A. from Montclair State University and J.D. from Catholic University. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Southwestern University Law School and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Florence. He was named Professor of the Year for 1988 by the Delta Theta Phi International Legal Fraternity. He has published in the areas of legal ethics and professional malpractice. Professor Ambrosio is an Associate of the Columbia University Graduate Seminar on the History of Legal and Political Thought and Institutions and was a member of the New Jersey Bar Association and New Jersey Supreme Court Committees to evaluate the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. He was the founder and first director of the Seton Hall Law School Clinical Programs. He came to Seton Hall in 1970.
Publications
Law Review Articles
The Modern Tort Lawyer: Hero or Villain, Book Review Essay, Lawyers And The American Dream, by Stuart M. Speiser, 24 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1195 (1993)
A Moral Appraisal of Legal Education: A Plea for a Return to Forgotten Truths, 22 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1177 (1992)
The Path to Professionalism, 21 Seton Hall L. Rev. 524 (1991)
The Use of Expert Witnesses in Establishing Liability in Legal Malpractice Cases, 61 Temple L. Rev. 1351 (1988) (McLaughlin)
The Changing Standards of the Practice of Law, 8 Seton Hall L. Rev. 602 (1988)
Law Journal Article
Neglected Truth in ABA Ethics Canons, 191 N.J.L.J. 71 (January 14, 2008)
Lower Bar for Fraud Against Lawyers, 187 N.J.L.J. 659 (Feb. 26, 2007)
Limitations on Client Confidentiality, 186 N.J.L.J. 639 (November 13, 2006)
A Disclaimer Would End Hubbub Over 'Super' or 'Best' Lawyers, 186 N.J.L. 267 (October 9, 2006)
The Redefining of the Standards of Professional Ethics under Chief Justice Robert. Wilentz: A Legacy of Reform, 7 Seton Hall Const. L.J. 352 (1997) (McLaughlin)
Censure and the Academic Community, Seton Hall Constitutional L. J. (Inaugural Ed.), Vol. 1, No. 1, p.5. (Spring 1989)
The "New" New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct: Reordered Priorities for Public Accountability, 11 Seton Hall Legislative Journal 103 (1987)
Other Articles
Legal Realism, The New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, (October, 2000)
The Pursuit of Excellence in Work and Play, Proceedings of Second International Conference on Social Values, Oxford University, Oxford, England (1994) (1994)
Commentaries
Good Faith in Contract Law: The Problem of Profit Maximization: Reply to Professor James Gordley, Proceedings of the Second Annual International Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and Management Education, Brussels, Belgium (1997)