The Society designed and tested a Management System for Ethical Legal Practice (MSELP), which includes 10 elements based on
existing ethical rules, as well as tools and resources to support enhanced quality of practice.
Not exact matches
It is not weakness, doing as one is told» what Wolin labeled «Gadamer's
ethical «conventionalism»: the view that, instead of making waves, we should follow the
rules and procedures of the
existing social order.»
Here I dare say that the
ethical religion of love can
exist without the belief in a world
ruling divine personality which corresponds to such an
ethical religion [«Fromm Sein.
Stem cell advocates have been expressing serious worry that
ethical requirements spelled out in the draft guidelines — in particular, informed consent procedures for embryo donors — will
rule out the use of many
existing human embryonic stem cell lines, including the 21 lines approved under the Bush Administration.
If you believe that an
existing client owns property that could be used as security for your fee, treat any request for a security agreement as a business transaction and follow the
ethical rules (ABA model
rule 1.8 (a)-RRB-, especially giving the client an opportunity to consult independent counsel about the transaction.
Like you, I believe that there are strategies the LSUC could pursue which would achieve their substantive goals, strategies which accurately reflect
existing (and unambiguous) legal and
ethical obligations and which are consistent with constitutional requirements and principles (as I've noted above, if the current requirement around a Statement of Principle merely required acknowledgement of our actual
existing obligations under the
Rules, rather than a general duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusion which is found nowhere in the
Rules, I suspect much opposition would melt away and the LSUC would be on far stronger Charter grounds).
Law society regulation
exists to establish general
rules applicable to all members to ensure
ethical conduct, protect the public and discipline lawyers who breach the
rules: the good governance of the profession.
Compliance - based regulation of legal practices should be adopted to promote
ethical best practices as a supplement to
existing rule - based regulation of individual lawyers.
However, due to
ethical rules applicable to lawyers, we can not discuss specific legal issues with you or represent you until we know that doing so will not create a conflict of interest involving one of our
existing clients.