The Lawyer as Legal Scholar

Lawyer as Translator Representation as Text: Towards an Ethnography of Legal Discourse

Legal and Ethical Principles of Lawyer Interference in the Criminal Procedure Process

Background: Advocacy is one of the most important institutions that can play a constructive role in the process of achieving justice. The presence of a lawyer in judicial trials will greatly facilitate the discovery of the truth and the prevention of encroachments and violations of citizens' rights. The necessity and importance of the right of defense have made it possible for advanced legal an...

The Lawyer as Caregiver: Child Client's Competence in Context

INTRODUCTION am the father of a two-year-old girl. In my more lucid moments, I want to letmy daughter, Sarah, explore the world. Still, I try to stay no more than a quick dive across the room away from Sarah during her explorations. When Sarah is twelve-years-old, my feelings will probably not be much different. In my lucid moments, I will probably want Sarah to make her own decisions and her o...

Exploring Lawyer–Client Interaction

Personal injury victims involved in compensation processes have a worse recovery than those not involved in compensation processes. One predictor for worse recovery is lawyer engagement. As some people argue that this negative relation between lawyer engagement and recovery may be explained by lawyers' attitude and communications to clients, it seems important to investigate lawyer-client inter...

Prohibiting lawyer-client sex.

Psychotherapists' and physicians' sexual contact with their patients has been long held as unethical conduct. However, lawyers' sexual contact with clients has been largely ignored in the professional literature. This article uniquely anatomizes the similarities in the vulnerabilities and power imbalances that exist between psychotherapists' and lawyers' relationships with patients/clients. The...