Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Feb. 4, 2019
Legal ethics, personal conscience and higher notions of morality
What are the ethical responsibilities of overzealous lawyers who seek to “win” at all costs (“Rambo tactics”), including the tendency to ignore other considerations such as personal conscience and morality, excused under the guise they are required to “give their all” for clients in pursuing their legal rights?
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
What are the ethical responsibilities of overzealous lawyers who seek to "win" at all costs ("Rambo tactics"), including the tendency to ignore other considerations such as personal conscience and morality
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