LAWYERS' ETHICS

This collection contains the very best writing on lawyers’ ethics. Timeless and provocative, the essays explore the moral foundations of the lawyer’s role as well as the personal and professional dilemmas lawyers face in the practice of law. What does it mean to be a good lawyer? How does a lawyer navigate the inevitable tension between moral principles and professional responsibilities? The collection brings together previously published articles alongside a specially commissioned introduction by the volume editors which provides an overview of the articles and themes in the collection. This volume is of interest to teachers and scholars of legal ethics, and undergraduate and graduate students of law.

Monroe H. Freedman was Professor of Law at Hofstra University, USA, from 1973 to 2015, and Dean from 1973 to 1977. Professor Freedman also taught at Harvard University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and Cleveland-Marshall University, USA. Abbe Smith is Director of the Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic, Co-Director of the E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship Program, and Professor of Law at Georgetown University, USA. Alice Woolley is Professor of Law and Associate Dean (Academic) at the Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Canada.