Michael P. Ambrosio

Professor of Law
SETON HALL LAW SCHOOL


(973)642-8807
 
 
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Biography
 

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
 

Legal Realism, The New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (October, 2000)

Natural Law as a Wisdom Tradition, Proceedings of 1998 Summer Institute of Seton Hall University Center for Catholic Studies (1999).

The Redefining of the Standards of Professional Ethics under Chief Justice Robert.  Wilentz: A Legacy of Reform, 7 Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal 352 (1997) with Prof. McLaughlin.

The Modern Tort Lawyer: Hero or Villain, Book Review Essay, Lawyers And The American Dream, by Stuart M. Speiser, 24 Seton Hall Law Review 1195 (1993).

Rethinking the Client-Lawyer Relationship, New Jersey Family Lawyer, (February/March 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).

Censure and the Academic Community, Seton Hall Constitutional L. J. (Inaugural Ed.), Spring 1989, Vol. 1, No. 1, p.5.

The Use of Expert Witnesses in Establishing Liability in Legal Malpractice Cases, 61 Temple L. Rev. 1351 (1988),(w/ Prof. McLaughlin).

The Changing Standards of the Practice of Law, 18 Seton Hall L. Rev. 602 (1988).

The "New" New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct: Reordered Priorities for Public Accountability, 11 Seton Hall Legislative Journal 103 (1987).
 
Other Articles
 

Conflict of Interest: Clarifying and Applying the Basic Principles, N.J. ICLE Program Materials, (2003)

Confidentiality and its Limitations, N.J. ICLE Program Materials (2000).

The Ethics of Civil Trial Advocacy, N.J. ICLE Program Handbook for Ethics of Advocacy: Dealing with Civil, Criminal & Matrimonial Ethical Issue (1998).

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)

The Pursuit of Excellence in Work and Play, Proceedings of Second International Conference on Social Values, Oxford University, Oxford, England (1994).

Abortion, A Moral and Legal Issue, Editorial Opinion, Bergen Record, (July 29, 1992)

Return to Natural Law Could Strengthen the High Court, Editorial Opinion, Bergen Record, (July 13, 1991)
 
Works in Progress
 
A Natural Law Perspective on Corporate Governance