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The Irony Of Lawyers' Justice In America, Thomas L. Shaffer Aug 2016

The Irony Of Lawyers' Justice In America, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Symposium: Client Counseling And Moral Responsibility, Thomas L. Shaffer, Deborah L. Rhode, Paul R. Tremblay, Robert F. Cochran Aug 2016

Symposium: Client Counseling And Moral Responsibility, Thomas L. Shaffer, Deborah L. Rhode, Paul R. Tremblay, Robert F. Cochran

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


The Legal Ethics Of The Two Kingdoms, Thomas L. Shaffer Aug 2016

The Legal Ethics Of The Two Kingdoms, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


On Living One Way In Town And Another Way At Home, Thomas L. Shaffer Aug 2016

On Living One Way In Town And Another Way At Home, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Business Lawyers, Baseball Players, And The Hebrew Prophets, Thomas L. Shaffer Aug 2016

Business Lawyers, Baseball Players, And The Hebrew Prophets, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

This article is a reflection on the ethics of practiving law for business, building on the career of Scott Boras, who acts as agent and lawyer for professional baseball players. The reflection wonders at the clout corporate lawyers have over their clients, mentioning, of course, some personal experiences (back before the invention of moveable type) from the author's two years in a large business-oriented law firm, as well as on Mr. Boras's significant influence in the baseball world. The object, finally, is ethical reflection on such things as the particular a lawyer has when she in in house rather than …


Legal Interviewing And Counseling In A Nutshell, Thomas Shaffer, James Elkins Jun 2015

Legal Interviewing And Counseling In A Nutshell, Thomas Shaffer, James Elkins

Thomas L. Shaffer

In today's world, lawyers tend to become identified more with law and less with people, the public interest, social welfare and the common good. However, many lawyers are sensitive, people-oriented professionals who relate to their clients as persons and not as problems. The authors argue that counseling is the heart and soul of lawyering, and that it is an integral part of the legal education.


Estate Planning Games, Thomas Shaffer Dec 2013

Estate Planning Games, Thomas Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


The Practice Of Law As Moral Discourse, Thomas Shaffer Dec 2013

The Practice Of Law As Moral Discourse, Thomas Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Undue Influence, Confidential Relationship, And The Psychology Of Transferenc, Thomas L. Shaffer Dec 2013

Undue Influence, Confidential Relationship, And The Psychology Of Transferenc, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


On Being A Professional Elder, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

On Being A Professional Elder, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Roman Catholic Lawyers In The United States Of America, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Roman Catholic Lawyers In The United States Of America, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Legal Counseling And Lawyers' Fees: A Quadrilogue, Thomas L. Shaffer, Louis M. Brown, Robert S. Redmount, Larry D. Soderquist Nov 2013

Legal Counseling And Lawyers' Fees: A Quadrilogue, Thomas L. Shaffer, Louis M. Brown, Robert S. Redmount, Larry D. Soderquist

Thomas L. Shaffer

Discusses the relationship between legal counseling and lawyers' fees. Attitudes of lawyers toward legal counseling; Area of legal counseling related to human needs and human interactions; Usefulness of counseling time.


Character And Community: Rispetto As A Virtue In The Tradition Of Italian-American Lawyers, Thomas Shaffer, Mary Shaffer Nov 2013

Character And Community: Rispetto As A Virtue In The Tradition Of Italian-American Lawyers, Thomas Shaffer, Mary Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


The "Estate Planning" Counselor And Values Destroyed By Death, Thomas Shaffer Nov 2013

The "Estate Planning" Counselor And Values Destroyed By Death, Thomas Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Symposium: Client Counseling And Moral Responsibility, Robert F. Cochran Jr, Deborah L. Rhode, Paul R. Tremblay, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Symposium: Client Counseling And Moral Responsibility, Robert F. Cochran Jr, Deborah L. Rhode, Paul R. Tremblay, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

Cochran served as moderator and presented an introduction to this symposium titled "Client Counseling and Moral Responsibility". It is based on papers and discussion presented at the Professional Responsibility Section panel at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Schools in Washington, D.C., on January 4, 2003. Members of the panel, Professors Deborah Rhode, Paul Tremblay, and Thomas Shaffer presented three different approaches to moral issues that arise in the client counseling relationship: the directive approach, client-centered counseling and the collaborative model. Under the directive model, a lawyer asserts control of moral issues that arise during legal representation. …


Should A Christian Lawyer Serve The Guilty?, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Should A Christian Lawyer Serve The Guilty?, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Experience-Based Teaching Methods In Legal Counseling, Thomas L. Shaffer, Robert T. Grismer Nov 2013

Experience-Based Teaching Methods In Legal Counseling, Thomas L. Shaffer, Robert T. Grismer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Serving The Guilty, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Serving The Guilty, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Lawyers, Counselors, And Counselors At Law, Thomas Shaffer Nov 2013

Lawyers, Counselors, And Counselors At Law, Thomas Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Human Nature And Moral Responsibility In Lawyer-Client Relationships, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Human Nature And Moral Responsibility In Lawyer-Client Relationships, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Henry Knox And The Moral Theology Of Law Firms, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Henry Knox And The Moral Theology Of Law Firms, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Growing Up Good In Maycomb, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Growing Up Good In Maycomb, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Preface, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Preface, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


On Teaching Legal Ethics In The Law Office, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

On Teaching Legal Ethics In The Law Office, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Slippered Feet Aboard The African Queen, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Slippered Feet Aboard The African Queen, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Jews, Christians, Lawyers, And Money, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Jews, Christians, Lawyers, And Money, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Toward A Jurisprudence For The Law Office, Thomas L. Shaffer, Louis M. Brown Nov 2013

Toward A Jurisprudence For The Law Office, Thomas L. Shaffer, Louis M. Brown

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


A Lesson From Trollope For Counselors At Law, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

A Lesson From Trollope For Counselors At Law, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


The Corporate Counsel: A Role Study, By John D. Donnell, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

The Corporate Counsel: A Role Study, By John D. Donnell, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Inaugural Howard Lichtenstein Lecture In Legal Ethics: Lawyer Professionalism As A Moral Argument, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Inaugural Howard Lichtenstein Lecture In Legal Ethics: Lawyer Professionalism As A Moral Argument, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.