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The Preemployment Ethical Role Of Lawyers: Are Lawyers Really Fiduciaries?, Fred C. Zacharias
The Preemployment Ethical Role Of Lawyers: Are Lawyers Really Fiduciaries?, Fred C. Zacharias
William & Mary Law Review
This Article considers the nature and extent of lawyers' obligations to prospective clients. Most jurisdictions have rules forbidding certain kinds of representation, requiring that particular information be given clients in writing, and regulating fees. Professional code drafters, courts, and commentators, however, have never addressed the broader issue of the lawyer's role at the retainer stage of representation, including whether lawyers have responsibility for providing prospective clients with candid advice regarding the course they should pursue.
The issue is important to clients. A lawyer's action may determine whether a client obtains any representation, competent representation, or a lawyer well suited to …
Kidsvoice: A Multidisciplinary Approach To Child Advocacy, Scott Hollander, Jonathan Budd
Kidsvoice: A Multidisciplinary Approach To Child Advocacy, Scott Hollander, Jonathan Budd
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
There is growing recognition that effective child advocacy requires a broad range of knowledge that often goes well beyond the legal needs of the child. This Essay details the multidisciplinary approach to child advocacy that KidsVoice, a Pittsburgh legal services organization representing almost 5000 dependent children each year, has implemented to better develop uniquely tailored recommendations regarding which placement and services might create better possibilities of success for each child and family.
Why Children Still Need A Lawyer, Marcia Robinson Lowry, Sara Bartosz
Why Children Still Need A Lawyer, Marcia Robinson Lowry, Sara Bartosz
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Every day approximately 500,000 children across the United States wake up in foster care, most in foster family homes, though many others in group homes and institutions. These children entered the state foster care system as innocent victims of abuse or neglect occurring in their birth homes. As wards of the state, they depend completely on the government to provide for their essential safety and wellbeing and to reconnect them with a permanent family, hopefully their own.
Though state child welfare agencies possess fundamental legal obligations under the United States Constitution and federal and state statutes to provide adequate care …
Looking Ahead: A Personal Vision Of The Future Of Child Welfare Law, Donald N. Duquette
Looking Ahead: A Personal Vision Of The Future Of Child Welfare Law, Donald N. Duquette
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The participants in the Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic were all challenged to envision the future of child welfare and to address these questions: What should the law and legal institutions governing children's rights and child and family welfare look like in thirty more years? What steps are necessary to achieve those goals? After setting out the historical and optimistic circumstance in which the Child Advocacy Law Clinic was founded, this Article responds to the organizing questions by presenting the author's vision of the future of child welfare law and practice. When families fail children, what …
Convocation On The Face Of The Profession: Judicial Institute On Professionalism In The Law, Stephen J. Friedman
Convocation On The Face Of The Profession: Judicial Institute On Professionalism In The Law, Stephen J. Friedman
Pace Law Review
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“Lawyers” Not “Liars”: A Modified Traditionalist Approach Yo Teaching Legal Ethics, Lonnie T. Brown Jr.
“Lawyers” Not “Liars”: A Modified Traditionalist Approach Yo Teaching Legal Ethics, Lonnie T. Brown Jr.
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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Teaching Lawyers Ethics, Bruce A. Green
Teaching Lawyers Ethics, Bruce A. Green
Saint Louis University Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Lawyers As Sanctifiers: The Role Of Elite Law Firms In International Business Transactions, John Flood
Lawyers As Sanctifiers: The Role Of Elite Law Firms In International Business Transactions, John Flood
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Globalization has fundamentally accelerated and altered business transactions. The search for low labor costs and cheap raw materials has led to a proliferation of international transactions, and large, international law firms are called on to participate in complex transactions helping business tap into sources of finance around the world for investment. This article first examines the theoretical underpinnings of international legal practice, taking into account the historiography of U.S. and U.K. law firms. Part II describes the economic and political factors behind law firms' rise. Part III analyzes the success of the common law, as expressed through contract, at the …
Class Of 2007 Commencement Address: Lawyers - The Guardians Of Truth And Justice, Herbert E. Phipps
Class Of 2007 Commencement Address: Lawyers - The Guardians Of Truth And Justice, Herbert E. Phipps
Case Western Reserve Law Review
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Margaret Brent—Maryland’S First Female Lawyer, Pamela J. White
Margaret Brent—Maryland’S First Female Lawyer, Pamela J. White
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
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Breaking Barriers And Ending The Gauntlet, Lauren Stiller Rikleen
Breaking Barriers And Ending The Gauntlet, Lauren Stiller Rikleen
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Disbarring Jerry Maguire: How Broadly Defining "Unauthorized Practice Of Law" Could Take The "Lawyer" Out Of "Lawyer-Agent" Despite The Current State Of Athlete Agent Legislation, Jeremy J. Geisel
Marquette Sports Law Review
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