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Lawyers Gone Bad

By immlawyer

I'm reading Lawyers Gone Bad by Philip Slayton. While he acknowledges that 'only a few lawyers are dishonest' he believes that the ones detailed in his book and their stories provides insight into both the legal profession and the practice of law. I'm not so sure. I think the stories of dishonest lawyers provides insight into their particular pathology. Generally speaking one finds insight into a general population by analysing a representative subset of that population. Slayton also seems to call for a change from lawyer self regulation which is the norm in Canada to the UK model. I'm not sure if he's demonstrated any serious deficiencies with the status quo ... all of the lawyers chronicled in his book were disciplined by their respective law societies'. Nor can it be shown that government or some other form of regulation would be superior. In any event the book should be especially enjoyable to those that have a pre existing belief in the dishonesty and moral failings of lawyers...

Full post as published by Canadian Immigration Blawg on June 02, 2009 (boomark / email).