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The Duty To Advise The Lorax: Environmental Advocacy And The Risk Of Reform, Keith W. Rizzardi Nov 2012

The Duty To Advise The Lorax: Environmental Advocacy And The Risk Of Reform, Keith W. Rizzardi

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

Lawyers have an ethical duty to advise their clients on moral, economic, social, and political matters. When applied to the changing field of environmental law, this abstract notion becomes provocative. Lawyers should advise their environmental advocacy clients of the possibility that their efforts to apply statutes or rules might initially succeed, but subsequent legislative reactions might defund, reform, or repeal the laws the client’s case relied upon. As a client’s sophistication decreases, or as the risk of adverse reactions to the client’s environmental advocacy increases, the lawyer’s duty to advise the client of these risks can shift from discretionary to …


Legal Ethics For Environmental Lawyers: Real Problems, New Challenges, And Old Values, Sanford M. Stein, Jan M. Geht Apr 2002

Legal Ethics For Environmental Lawyers: Real Problems, New Challenges, And Old Values, Sanford M. Stein, Jan M. Geht

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


A Critique Of Burrow V. Arce, Charles Silver Dec 2001

A Critique Of Burrow V. Arce, Charles Silver

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


Lawyers' Ethics And Fiduciary Obligation In The Brave New World Of Aggregative Litigation, Lester Brickman Dec 2001

Lawyers' Ethics And Fiduciary Obligation In The Brave New World Of Aggregative Litigation, Lester Brickman

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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The Awarding Of Attorneys' Fees In Environmental Litigation Apr 1977

The Awarding Of Attorneys' Fees In Environmental Litigation

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.