Title: Behavioural Legal Ethics and Attorney Wellbeing in Contemporary Practice
Abstract: Contemporary legal practice has much to recommend it. The practice of law can involve intellectually stimulating work, engagement with issues that are important to society and to individual clients, opportunities for problem solving, career-long learning and development, and much more. But legal practice also has its challenges. Aspects of the work can be repetitive, structural changes in the profession have put pressure on firms and attorneys, and new technologies are changing the ways law is practised. While most lawyers report being satisfied in their work, others are dissatisfied. And many, while satisfied overall, are unhappy with particular aspects of the profession. Some are concerned in particular about the effects of the modern practice environment on attorney wellbeing. Others are concerned about the state of ethics and professionalism in the practice of law. These two concerns are related– attorney wellbeing has implications for legal ethics, ethics have implications for attorney wellbeing, and there are a number of aspects of the profession that have implications for both.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-07-06
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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