The good lawyer /
Adrian Evans.
- xv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Good legal education. -- The law practice landscape: choosing to be a 'good' lawyer in a good law firm. -- Values, ethics and virtue in lawyering. -- Connecting character to lawyers' roles. -- Truth and deception. -- Professional secrets. -- Conflects of loyalty and interest. -- The morality of competence. -- Practical wisdom for lawyers. -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Appendix A: Self-assessment of legal ethical preferences. -- Appendix B: Safety nets for lawyers.
"Explores the ethical and professional challenges that confront people who work in the law -- or are considering it -- and offers principled and pragmatic advice about how to overcome such challenges ... [and shows] how to develop personal judgement when you may be pulled one way by rules, another way by decided cases and yet another way by conventional 'role morality.'"--Provided by publisher.
1107423430 9781107423435 1316057976 9781316057971
2015372320
Legal ethics. Legal ethics--Australia Practice of law Practice of law--Australia