In Search of the Ethical Lawyer: Stories from the Canadian Legal Profession
About this ebook
In this equally inspiring and troubling book, leading Canadian legal academics and practising lawyers draw on real-life stories – case studies, biography, and memoir – to examine the tension between ethics and the law. Whether re-examining high-profile cases, celebrating barristers who tore down barriers, or pointing out current injustices within the justice system, their stories are compelling and raise important questions about what it means to be a “good” lawyer.
About the author
Adam Dodek is associate professor in the Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa. He is the author of Solicitor-Client Privilege and The Canadian Constitution, as well as the co-editor of five other books. He is a member of the Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism and is a former Governor of the Law Commission of Ontario. He is also a founding member of the Canadian Association for Legal Ethics and a member of the Advisory Board for the journal Legal Ethics. In 2014, he was named by Canadian Lawyer magazine as one of the twenty-five most influential figures in the Canadian legal profession.
Alice Woolley is a professor and associate dean academic in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. She is the author of Understanding Lawyers’ Ethics in Canada and co-editor of Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Regulation (2nd Edition). She is a founding member of the Canadian Association for Legal Ethics, a member of the Canadian Bar Association’s Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, and a member of the Board of the International Association of Legal Ethics. In 2015, she was named by Canadian Lawyer magazine as one of the twenty-five most influential figures in the Canadian legal profession.
Contributors: David Asper, Constance Backhouse, Janine Benedet, Brent Cotter, Richard Devlin, Trevor Farrow, Allan Hutchinson, Micah Rankin, and Lorne Sossin
