lawyer-client relation

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Noun1.lawyer-client relation - the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the clientlawyer-client relation - the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client
attorney-client relation
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
client - a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
attorney, lawyer - a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
fiduciary relation - the legal relation that exists when one person justifiably places reliance on another whose aid or protection is sought in some matter
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Lawyer as Friend: The Moral Foundations of the Lawyer-Client Relation,
Lawyering in juvenile court: lessons from a civil Gideon experiment
The idea that the lawyer-client relation is a complex and interdependent one is not new.
Bounded autonomy and bounded zeal
(41.) See, e.g., Charles Fried, The Lawyer as Friend: The Moral Foundations of the Lawyer-Client Relation, 85 YALE L.J.
The preemployment ethical role of lawyers: are lawyers really fiduciaries?
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