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Category: Professional Responsibility/Ethics

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On Ethical Issues Raised by “Letter Lawyers”
  Mark Bennett refers to them as “letter lawyers”; they are the lawyers who, with the hopes of securing new clients, send out advertising materials...
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On Zealous Representation and Public Defenders
  I will remember this.  This is what the prosecutor promises you. In another context, she could be intending this as a threat.  As in: ...
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Rakofsky v. The Washington Post: Being on the Other End of the Attorney-Client Relationship
Over at My Shingle, Carolyn Elefant muses about finding herself on the other end of the attorney-client relationship; in this case, as one of over...
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More on Joseph Rakofsky: The Story Keeps Getting Worse
“We really didn’t check him out.  He said he was this and could do that.  We thought he was telling the truth.” — Henrietta Watson,...