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  1. This is a UK take but I think it applies to North American lawyers as well. Professional conduct has devolved to "not illegal" rather than the much higher traditional bar the the professional rules require:

    "[The legal profession] must discern the public interest for itself. It cannot expect a regulator to translate the public interest into a set of rules."

    legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news

    #Lawyers #Ethics

  2. This is a UK take but I think it applies to North American lawyers as well. Professional conduct has devolved to "not illegal" rather than the much higher traditional bar the the professional rules require:

    "[The legal profession] must discern the public interest for itself. It cannot expect a regulator to translate the public interest into a set of rules."

    legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news

    #Lawyers #Ethics

  3. This is a UK take but I think it applies to North American lawyers as well. Professional conduct has devolved to "not illegal" rather than the much higher traditional bar the the professional rules require:

    "[The legal profession] must discern the public interest for itself. It cannot expect a regulator to translate the public interest into a set of rules."

    legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news

    #Lawyers #Ethics

  4. This is a UK take but I think it applies to North American lawyers as well. Professional conduct has devolved to "not illegal" rather than the much higher traditional bar the the professional rules require:

    "[The legal profession] must discern the public interest for itself. It cannot expect a regulator to translate the public interest into a set of rules."

    legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news

    #Lawyers #Ethics

  5. This is a UK take but I think it applies to North American lawyers as well. Professional conduct has devolved to "not illegal" rather than the much higher traditional bar the the professional rules require:

    "[The legal profession] must discern the public interest for itself. It cannot expect a regulator to translate the public interest into a set of rules."

    legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news

    #Lawyers #Ethics