Categories : Law Practice Wellness
Diversity Fellowship Program: Mental Health and Fostering Talent
This article was originally published in the Sep/Oct 2021 issue of San Diego Lawyer Magazine.
Categories : Legal Ethics
Rule 1.2.1: Hired Guns Or Client Gatekeepers?
By David C. Carr
Lawyers owe many ethical duties to their clients. Most of these duties are bottomed on the fiduciary nature of the attorney-client relationship. But lawyers also owe ethical duties to the judicial system and other persons arising from their status as officers of the Court and agents of the justice system. The most exciting (sometimes too exciting) problems in legal ethics arise from conflicting duty situations. California’s Rule of Professional Conduct 1.2.1 provides the context for many conflicting duty scenarios. It has been a part of ethical controversies since it became part of the black letter law of legal ethics on its adoption by the Supreme Court in November 2018.