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Codes of Ethics & Legal Malpractice Liability


# 13099
Codes of Ethics & Legal Malpractice Liability
Examines relationship between American Bar Association's codes & attorneys' liability & argues that code violations are evidence of liability. Looks at legal bases, disciplinary rules and state views.
6,300 words (approx. 25.2 pages) | 38 sources | 1997 United States


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"The Relationship Between Codes of Ethics and Liability for Legal Malpractice
This paper will examine attorneys' liability for malpractice and the relationship between this liability and the codes of ethics enacted by the states and the American Bar Association (ABA). The specific purpose of this paper is to argue that violations of ethics code provisions should be admissible as evidence of liability for legal malpractice. This view is not based upon any major problem with the current structure of either malpractice liability or the disciplinary system. Rather, it recognizes that there are some similarities in the laws of the two subject areas. Maintaining complete separation between the two areas so far as to deny a plaintiff use of a violation of an ethics code provision as evidence in a malpractice action defies..."

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APA Citation:

Codes of Ethics & Legal Malpractice Liability (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Argumentative-Essay-Codes-of-Ethics-Legal-Malpractice-Liability/13099

MLA Citation:

"Codes of Ethics & Legal Malpractice Liability" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Argumentative-Essay-Codes-of-Ethics-Legal-Malpractice-Liability/13099>




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