Client relations and ethics
Lawyer's ethics and client relations
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Malpractice and ethics basics
Professional responsibility authorities Lawyer's obligations to client Lawyers malpractice: transgressions Lawyer discipline system Malpractice law principles
Conflicts of interest and related matters
Lawyers-client: conflict of interest Lawyer-client relations: Client funds and property Lawyer mediation to avoid malpractice complaints ABA Attorney -mediation standards
Confidentiality
Lawyer confientiality
Fees, retention and discharge
Lawyer: end of the representation Lawyer discharge and withdrawal Lawyers billing opitions Lawyer source of business: ethical issues Lawyer initial interview Lawyers retention Lawyer's retainer agreement Lawyer's billing practices Lawyers: Letters of retention and non-retention
Other client-relations matters
Lawyer independence Lawyer malpractice
Further reading:
"Lawyer as Friend: The Moral Foundations of the Lawyer-Client Relation", by Fried, Charles
"Love, hate, and other emotional interference in the lawyer/client relationship",MA Silver - Clinical L. Rev., 1999
"The Ethics of Care and Reimagining the Lawyer/Client Relationship", PJ Zwier… - J. Contemp. L., 1996
"Negotiating the Lawyer-Client Relationship: A Search for Equality and Collaboration", AJ Hurder - Buff. L. Rev., 1996
"The Lawyer's Amoral Ethical Role: A Defense, A Problem, and Some Possibilities", SL Pepper - Law & Social Inquiry, 1986
"Ethics of Empowerment: Rethinking the Role of Lawyers in Interviewing and Counseling the Child Client, The", KH Federle - Fordham L. Rev., 199
"Contingent?Fee Lawyers and Their Clients: Settlement Expectations, Settlement Realities, and Issues of Control in the Lawyer?Client Relationship", HM Kritzer - Law & Social Inquiry, 1998
"Lawyers and Caring: Building an Ethic of Care into Professional Responsibility",T Glennon - Hastings LJ, 1991
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