Publication Date
Summer 2005
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The lawyer's role as a "public citizen" also involves a duty to "seek improvement of the law." Changing technology has changed the way lawyers practice law. As public citizens lawyers have an affirmative commitment to the social goal of a just society. Ethical issues arise in the use of technology in society, and lawyers play a central role in social ordering. The idea that advocates in an adversary system have special responsibilities is not new.
Publication Title
University of Memphis Law Review
Volume
35
Issue
4
Recommended Citation
Irma S. Russell,
Introduction – 21st Century Law, Technology and Ethics: The Lawyer’s Role as a Public Citizen Serving the Public Good,
35
University of Memphis Law Review
619
(2005).
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https://irlaw.umkc.edu/faculty_works/10
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