Professional Responsibility of the Criminal Defense Lawyer: The Three Hardest Questions

Authors

Monroe H. Freedman, George Washington UniversityFollow

Abstract

In almost any area of legal counseling and advocacy, the lawyer may be faced with the dilemma of either betraying the confidential communications of his client or participating to some extent in the purposeful deception of the court. This problem is nowhere more acute than in the practice of criminal law, particularly in the representation of the indigent accused.

Recommended Citation

Monroe H. Freedman, Professional Responsibility of the Criminal Defense Lawyer: The Three Hardest Questions, 64 Mich. L. Rev. 1469 (1966).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol64/iss8/2