Law Practice
Oct. 14, 2011
The price paid for abandoning common sense ethics
The function of the legal profession is lost when attorneys betray society's trust.
Last month, I attended a Chicago conference called "Reimagining the Legal Profession." One of the facilitators was surprised to learn that there was no ethical equivalent in the law to primum non nocere (first do no harm) found in the medical profession. After an engaging multi-hour conversation, our group came to a consensus that reimagining the legal profession required an inquiry into the profession's principal role. That role, we concluded, is to protect the social contract un...
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