Immediately prior to joining the full-time Law Center faculty in 2007, Professor Sirota was an attorney for the Professional Responsibility Advisory Office of the U.S. Department of Justice, where she advised and trained lawyers on professional responsibility issues in criminal and civil matters. She also taught Professional Responsibility as an adjunct faculty member.

Previously, Professor Sirota was Counsel for Ethics and Administration for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice.  Before joining the government, she was a partner at Baach Robinson & Lewis, where she practiced civil litigation.  Professor Sirota also served for six years as an appointed hearing committee member for the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility.

Professor Sirota currently serves as Ethics Counsel to the D.C. Volunteer Lawyers Project. She is also a member of the DCVLP Advisory Council.

Scholarship

Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

Rima Sirota, Making CLE Voluntary and Pro Bono Mandatory: A Law Faculty Test Case, 78 La. L. Rev. 547-595 (2018).
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Rima Sirota, Reassessing the Citizens Protection Act: A Good Thing It Passed, and a Good Thing It Failed, 43 Sw. L. Rev. 51-95 (2013). [WWW] [Gtown Law] [HEIN] [W] [L]

Selected Contributions to Other Publications

Rima Sirota, Incorporating Ethics into the Research Curriculum, 22 Persp. Teach. Legal Res. & Writing 118-124 (2014). [WWW]
Claudia J. Flynn & Rima Sirota, Professional Responsibility Issues in Corporate Fraud Matters, U.S. Att'ys Bull., Nov. 2003, at 29-32.
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In The News
October 3, 2018

Professors Hope Babcock, Gregg Bloche, John Copacino, Deborah Epstein, Daniel Ernst, James Feinerman, Anne Fleming, Sheila Foster, Maria Glover, Vida Johnson, Gregory Klass, David Luban, Allegra McLeod, Naomi Mezey, Sherally Munshi, Alicia Plerhoples, Jarrod Reich, Tanina Rostain, Rima Sirota, Abbe Smith, and Kristen Tiscione are among 1700 signatories on a letter, published by The New York Times, delivered to the United States Senate, October 4, 2018, presenting concerns of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's qualifications to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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