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The Legal Profession's Rule Against Vouching For Clients: Advocacy And The Manner That Is The Man Himself, Thomas L. Shaffer
The Legal Profession's Rule Against Vouching For Clients: Advocacy And The Manner That Is The Man Himself, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
Modem American lawyers impose on one another regulatory rules that speak to the old argument but have not resolved it. One of these requires lawyers to advocate the interests of their clients with zeal; another forbids them from arguing that they believe what they say, or in the merit of what they are asking the government to do. The latter of these is a rule against vouching for clients. Rules that require zeal and forbid vouching seek to prevent both advertent deceit and an "unprofessional" limitation of advocacy to causes lawyers believe in. My claim is that these rules are …
Lawyers And Biblical Prophets, Thomas L. Shaffer
Lawyers And Biblical Prophets, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
This is part of a broader exploration of the suggestion that the biblical prophets-Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, Nathan, and the others-are sources of ethical reflection and moral example for modern American lawyers. The suggestion appears to be unusual; I am not sure why. The Prophets were, more than anything else, lawyers-as their successors, the Rabbis of the Talmud, were. They were neither teachers nor bureaucrats, not elected officials or priests or preachers. And the comparison is not an ancient curiosity: Much of what admirable lawyer-heroes have done in modern America has been prophetic in the biblical sense-that is, what they …
The Gentleman In Professional Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
The Gentleman In Professional Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
The Legal Ethics Of Servanthood, Thomas L. Shaffer
The Legal Ethics Of Servanthood, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Unique, Novel, And Unsound Adversary Ethic, Thomas L. Shaffer
Unique, Novel, And Unsound Adversary Ethic, 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
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
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
On Living One Way In Town And Another Way At Home, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Is This Appropriate?, Thomas L. Shaffer, Julia B. Meister
Is This Appropriate?, Thomas L. Shaffer, Julia B. Meister
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Business Lawyers, Baseball Players, And The Hebrew Prophets, Thomas L. Shaffer
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 …
Materials On The Development Of Legal Ethics In The United States, Thomas Shaffer
Materials On The Development Of Legal Ethics In The United States, Thomas Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
American Lawyers And Their Communities: Ethics In The Legal Profession, Thomas Shaffer, Mary Shaffer.
American Lawyers And Their Communities: Ethics In The Legal Profession, Thomas Shaffer, Mary Shaffer.
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Lawyers In The United States Of America, Thomas Shaffer
Lawyers In The United States Of America, Thomas Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Text, Readings And Discussion Topics In American Legal Ethics, Thomas Shaffer
Text, Readings And Discussion Topics In American Legal Ethics, Thomas Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
American Legal Ethics: Text, Readings And Discussion Topics, Thomas Shaffer
American Legal Ethics: Text, Readings And Discussion Topics, Thomas Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Lawyers, Clients, And Moral Responsibility, Thomas Shaffer, Robert Cochran
Lawyers, Clients, And Moral Responsibility, Thomas Shaffer, Robert Cochran
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
On Being A Christian And A Lawyer: Law For The Innocent, Thomas Shaffer
On Being A Christian And A Lawyer: Law For The Innocent, Thomas Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Faith And The Professions, Thomas Shaffer
The Professional Responsibility Of Teachers Of Professional Responsibility, Thomas Shaffer
The Professional Responsibility Of Teachers Of Professional Responsibility, Thomas Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Character And Community: Rispetto As A Virtue In The Tradition Of Italian-American Lawyers, Thomas Shaffer, Mary Shaffer
Character And Community: Rispetto As A Virtue In The Tradition Of Italian-American Lawyers, Thomas Shaffer, Mary Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
How I Changed My Mind, Thomas L. Shaffer
Should A Christian Lawyer Sign Up For Simon's Practice Of Justice?, Thomas L. Shaffer
Should A Christian Lawyer Sign Up For Simon's Practice Of Justice?, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Less Suffering When You're Warned: A Response To Professor Lewis, Thomas L. Shaffer
Less Suffering When You're Warned: A Response To Professor Lewis, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
The Democratic Virtues, Our Common Life And The Common School: Trust In Democracy: Anabaptists, Italian Americans, And Solidarity, Thomas L. Shaffer
The Democratic Virtues, Our Common Life And The Common School: Trust In Democracy: Anabaptists, Italian Americans, And Solidarity, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
"Technical" Defenses: Ethics, Morals, And The Lawyer As Friend, Thomas L. Shaffer, Robert F. Cochran Jr.
"Technical" Defenses: Ethics, Morals, And The Lawyer As Friend, Thomas L. Shaffer, Robert F. Cochran Jr.
Thomas L. Shaffer
This essay examines the question of lawyer-client counseling on the issue of raising "technical" defenses, such as statutes of limitations. The authors challenge the prevailing notion of American lawyers that technical defenses raise no moral issue worthy of dialogue between lawyers and clients. Looking at the history of legal ethics and modern treatment in European law, they suggest that questions of limitations do raise moral issues. They go on to explore how those moral issues ought to be discussed and decided between lawyers and clients, using the framework of lawyers as godfathers, hired guns, gurus, and friends that they laid …
Symposium: Client Counseling And Moral Responsibility, Robert F. Cochran Jr, Deborah L. Rhode, Paul R. Tremblay, Thomas L. Shaffer
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. …
On Religious Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
Should A Christian Lawyer Serve The Guilty?, Thomas L. Shaffer
Should A Christian Lawyer Serve The Guilty?, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Towering Figures, Enigmas, And Responsive Communities In American Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
Towering Figures, Enigmas, And Responsive Communities In American Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Legal Ethics And The Good Client, Thomas L. Shaffer
Legal Ethics And The Good Client, Thomas L. Shaffer
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.