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Ten Elements Of "Real" Ethics In The Practice Of Law (And Life), David Barnhizer
Ten Elements Of "Real" Ethics In The Practice Of Law (And Life), David Barnhizer
David Barnhizer
The legal profession has been “running a game” on its clients and on American society in its claim that it can self-regulate. The system of ethical regulation as practiced by the legal profession and courts is not a “real” system nor can it even be said to be an Ideal system. It is a deceptive pretense and pretension. It is time to stop the deception and to construct a new way of regulating lawyers and holding them to account for deficiencies and neglect. Many lawyers will not accept this interpretation either because of self-interest or to avoid facing the uncomfortable …