Lawyer Professionalism in the 21st Century
Abstract
The environment within which legal services are supplied has witnessed change in recent times. This has raised the question as to whether a corresponding shift has ensued in ‘lawyer professionalism’. If the professional landscape changes, it may also be the case that what is means to be a legal professional has also changed. This article seeks to catalogue what has traditionally formed the accepted understanding of (lawyer) professionalism, as a springboard for inquiry into whether the parameters of lawyer professionalism have indeed shifted.
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2018-12-31
How to Cite
Dal PontG. E. (2018) “Lawyer Professionalism in the 21st Century”, Victoria University Law and Justice Journal. Melbourne, Australia, 8(1), pp. 7–18. doi: 10.15209/vulj.v8i1.1132.
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