PO210 Lecture 2: Chapter 2
Document Summary
The role of lawyers: lawyers take a personal complaint and make it actionable in law, large corporations have in house counsel, sole practitioner, public perception of lawyers not good, seen as expensive, unethical, ethical dilemmas. Lawyers and demographics: more females being called to the bar; older lawyers are 9 men to 1 women, most are white. Rule of professional conduct: cba has professional conduct code, each province can also make rules. Relationship to other lawyers and the court: courteous, civil, good faith to everyone they encounter. Competence: competent service is owed to the client, need professional knowledge, must prepare and communicate affectively with clients, they must admit if they are not competent. Confidentiality: oldest type of privilege, pri9vallage with client and lawyer is one of the highest, reason is that clients should be able to have full and unreserved community with lawyer, continues even after lawyer has ceased the services.
