Professional Responsibility

Resource 4 . 1 .

26 minutes

Lawyer Advice and Client Autonomy: Mrs. Jones’s Case

William H. Simon, 50 Md. L. Rev. 213 (1991).

Prof. Nina Chernoff

In contrast to Abbe Smith, William Smith describes a more passive approach to client counseling in the context of an adult client and a criminal plea offer.

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