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Theory And The Professions, Eliot Freidson
Theory And The Professions, Eliot Freidson
Indiana Law Journal
The Growth of Large Law Firms and Its Effect on the Legal Profession and Legal Education, Symposium
Should Lawyers Stick To Their Last?, Justin A. Stanley
Should Lawyers Stick To Their Last?, Justin A. Stanley
Indiana Law Journal
The Growth of Large Law Firms and Its Effect on the Legal Profession and Legal Education, Symposium
Speculation By A Customer About The Future Of Large Law Firms, Duncan A. Mcdonald
Speculation By A Customer About The Future Of Large Law Firms, Duncan A. Mcdonald
Indiana Law Journal
The Growth of Large Law Firms and Its Effect on the Legal Profession and legal Education, Symposium
Lawyers As Officers Of The Court, Eugene R. Gaetke
Lawyers As Officers Of The Court, Eugene R. Gaetke
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Lawyers like to refer to themselves as officers of the court. Careful analysis of the role of the lawyer within the adversarial legal system reveals the characterization to be vacuous and unduly self-laudatory. It confuses lawyers and misleads the public. The profession, therefore, should either stop using the officer of the court characterization or give meaning to it. This Article proposes certain modifications of the existing rules of professional responsibility that would bring lawyers' actual obligations more in line with those suggested by the label of officer of the court.