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Author Lesnick, Howard, 1931-

Title Being a lawyer : individual choice and responsibility in the practice of law / by Howard Lesnick
Published St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 1992

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 MELB  KL 82 G1 Les/Oba  AVAILABLE
Description xix, xxvii, 422 pages ; 25 cm + teacher's manual
Series American casebook series
American casebook series.
Contents Table of Model Rules and Model Code Provisions -- Table of Secondary Authorities -- I. The Traditional Concept of Advocacy. 1. Some Illustrative Decisions. 2. The Basic Question of Justification. 3. Professional Detachment: The Dichotomization of the Professional and the Personal. 4. The Meaning and Value of Client Autonomy. 5. The Adversarial Frame of Mind -- II. Addressing the Barriers to an Alternative Synthesis. 1. The Implicit Teaching of Legal Education. 2. Constraining Patterns of Thought. 3. The Denial of Choice and Responsibility. 4. The Experience of Meaninglessness. 5. The Legal Consciousness of Work. 6. The Power of the Legal System to Require Conformity -- III. The Contours of an Alternative Synthesis. 1. The Expression of the Self in Lawyering. 2. The Integration of Client Empowerment and Lawyer Autonomy -- ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility -- ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Lawyers -- United States.
Legal ethics -- United States.
Practice of law -- United States.
LC no. 92016679
ISBN 0314009167 (alk. paper)