The Common Good and the Duty to Represent: Must the Last Lawyer in Town Take Any Case?

Teresa Stanton Collett

South Texas Law Review
South Texas Law Review

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More specifically, this article explores the question: Is it morally permissible for a lawyer to decline representation of a prospective client who seeks to obtain a legal but immoral objective, if the lawyer reasonably believes that the prospective client will be otherwise unable to obtain legal representation?


Collett TS. The Common Good and the Duty to Represent: Must the Last Lawyer in Town Take Any Case? South Texas Law Review. 1999;40(137-179)

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