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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.


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.


Serving The Guilty, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

Serving The Guilty, 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.


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.


The Biblical Prophets As Lawyers For The Poor, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

The Biblical Prophets As Lawyers For The Poor, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

Lawyers practicing poverty law often lack mentors and role models. This author discusses how biblical figures, who served poor people, could be mentors and role models for lawyers practicing poverty law. Prophets, and particularly prophets-as-lawyers, redefine power relationships. Shaffer discusses his personal journey through out his career in using religious guidance to help him better understand his career. He also discuss his teachings to his law students of the value of learning from prophets in their legal careers.