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Solicitation By And For Attorneys, Richard R. Gygli, Gordon W. Larson
Solicitation By And For Attorneys, Richard R. Gygli, Gordon W. Larson
Cleveland State Law Review
The young attorney often may have time on his hands. He may be tempted to increase his following by advertising or by soliciting clients, but rules of the bar and statutes against solicitation prevent this. There are, of course, some forms of advertising open to all lawyers. National directories and law lists, such as the Martin dale-Hubbell Law Directory, theoretically published only for lawyers, not only advertise the attorney and his firm, but also list the names of any clients whom he wishes to give as representative of his practice and his specialties.
Legal Ethics And The Poverty Program, Kenneth D. Korosec
Legal Ethics And The Poverty Program, Kenneth D. Korosec
Cleveland State Law Review
This paper has attempted to reconcile the neighborhood legal services plan with the existing Canons of Professional Ethics.The prime argument is that the plan provides benefits to society, and that the Canons were designed to prevent evils far different from the questions presented by the project. This is the fundamental issue: whether the canons are merely bent, or, in reality, broken. In either event, the canons should not prevent justice for those too poor to pay for a lawyer. The"redeeming social interest" spoken of by the Court in obscenity cases and the "overriding social importance" talked about in social legislation …