Re:The Price of a Harvard Lawyer
by torstenvl on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:08PM
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We're having entirely different conversations. Ensuring a fair trial goes well beyond simply not rigging them.
You propose that lawyers "work" toward a certain goal. In any individual instance, that goal either is or is not in the client's best interest.
If it is in their client's best interest, then your proposal is a nullity; it changes nothing about the attorney's ethical obligations.
If it is not in their client's best interest, then to do that "work" would deny the client effective assistance of counsel. That would constitute structural injustice.
You propose that lawyers "work" toward a certain goal. In any individual instance, that goal either is or is not in the client's best interest.
If it is in their client's best interest, then your proposal is a nullity; it changes nothing about the attorney's ethical obligations.
If it is not in their client's best interest, then to do that "work" would deny the client effective assistance of counsel. That would constitute structural injustice.