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Commentary: Creative problem solving for your client and the ethics rules
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The issues clients bring to us essentially boil down to how we should behave toward one another in complex human communities. The tradition of our profession set forth in the Preamble to the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct is that lawyers are advisers, helping clients to understand their best interests holistically, with a particular emphasis on providing an informed understanding of the client’s rights and obligations and explaining their practical implications. Rule 2.1 captures the complexity of this role. “In representing a client, a lawyer shall exercise independent professional judgment and render candid advice. In rendering advice, a lawyer may refer not only to law but to other considerations such as moral, economic, social and political factors, that may be relevant to the client’s situation.” The first comment to the rule reminds us that a client is entitled… Source : accessmylibrary.com |
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