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Book SynopsisDelving into some of the most challenging issues to confront legal professionals, this book raises important questions about what it means to be an ethical lawyer in Canada.
Trade ReviewThere are many different conceptions of what an ethical lawyer is and what legal ethics are and there are tensions among these conceptions that make legal ethics more complex than I had ever imagined … In [In Search of the Ethical Lawyer], Adam Dodek and Alice Woolley have compiled a set of stories that illustrate these diverse aspects of ethical lawyership … I highly recommend this text … All in all, [it] is an indispensable guide for both the seasoned legal practitioner and lay user of the Small Claims Court.
-- Philton Moore, Barrister, Solicitor & Notary Public * Canadian Law Library Review *
In Search of the Ethical Lawyer is an engrossing collection of essays that seeks to inject a measure of humanity and empathy into discussion of some of the most complex and compelling ethical issues in Canadian legal history, past and present. In this regard, it succeeds, providing a perspective that simply cannot be matched by an examination of related court decisions or academic articles … Ethical Lawyer offers lessons and practical advice that today’s lawyers can understand and integrate into their own careers.
-- Jayme Anton * Saskatchewan Law Review *
Table of ContentsForeword / Paul Wells
Introduction / Adam Dodek and Alice Woolley
1 Keeping Secrets or Saving Lives: What Is a Lawyer to Do? / Adam Dodek
2 Putting Up a Defence: Sex, Murder, and Videotapes / Allan C. Hutchinson
3 “No One’s Interested in Something You Didn’t Do”: Freeing David Milgaard the Ugly Way / David Asper
4 “Begun in Faith, Continued in Determination”: Burnley Allan (Rocky) Jones and the Egalitarian Practice of Law / Richard F. Devlin
5 Feminist Lawyering: Insiders and Outsiders / Janine Benedet
6 Gender and Race in the Construction of “Legal Professionalism”: Historical Perspectives / Constance Backhouse
7 The Helping Profession: Can Pro Bono Lawyers Make Sick Children Well? / Lorne Sossin
8 A New Wave of Access to Justice Reform in Canada / Trevor C.W. Farrow
9 Michelle’s Story: Creativity and Meaning in Legal Practice / Alice Woolley
10 Ian Scott: Renaissance Man, Consummate Advocate, Attorney General Extraordinaire / W. Brent Cotter
11 Gerry Laarakker: From Rustic Rambo to Rebel with a Cause / Micah Rankin
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