Delegate and trustee lawyering each create distinctive ethical dilemmas
Evidence
Each of these relationships between lawyer and client poses dilemmas. “Delegate” attorneys may face a conflict between the interests of their clients and the demands of justice or the good of society. This conflict, though not confined to criminal law, is clearest perhaps when an attorney defends a guilty client in a criminal case. “Trustee” attorneys may confront situations in which the pursuit of their political goals seems to conflict with the immediate interests of their clients. In such circumstances they must determine how to advance the interests of a particular client without compromising their own goals. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 610
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Lawyers pursue client aims either as delegates or as trustees with broader goals — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 608; Lawyers act as client delegates or as trustees for assumed group goals — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 895; Ethical ideals differ between client-loyalty and justice-serving lawyers — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 933 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Lawyers act as client delegates or as trustees for assumed group goals
#expands(0.92) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 895 - Ethical ideals differ between client-loyalty and justice-serving lawyers
#corroborates(0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 933 - Delegated authority creates jurisdictional conflicts that entangle intermediaries in divided loyalties.
#expands(0.78) - Fiduciary duties respond to generic trustee opportunities for abuse through custody, access, and expertise.
#expands(0.76) — Shapiro, Susan P., The Social Control of Impersonal Trust, 66