Title: The good lawyer /
Authors: Evans, Adrian
Year: 2014
Subjects: Legal ethics.; Legal ethics Australia.; Practice of law.; Practice of law Australia.; Legal skills & practice.; Legal ethics; Practice of law; Australia
Abstract: "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.
Contents: Good legal education -- The law practice landscape : choosing to be a 'good' lawyers in a good law firm -- Values, ethics and virtue in lawyering -- Connecting character to lawyers' roles -- Truth and deception -- Professional secrets -- Conflicts of loyalty and interest -- The morality of competence -- Practical wisdom for lawyers.