Foreword: Corporate Lawyers: Ethical and Practical Lawyering with Vanishing Gatekeeper Liability

As the articles in this Colloquium illustrate, the role of the corporate lawyer—both as in-house and outside counsel—is instrumental in effectuating ethical lawyering, sound corporate governance practices, and law compliance. These timely contributions that are summarized at a later point in this Article comprise a valuable resource to assess the functions, obligations, and perceptions of the corporate attorney, as well as the public policy ramifications of counsel’s conduct.