Professional Responsibility

Authors

The Honorable Harold Leventhal

Abstract

The lawyer's duty to the public is often referred to by the multifarious term "Professional Responsibility." In his address Judge Leventhal scrutinizes this term from a variety of perspectives. The examination includes a discussion of the means of better serving the needs of the legal consumer through a consideration of the duty to provide competent counsel; the acceleration of the appellate process, from notice to decision; an increase in judicial activeness; a reexamination of confidentiality and of the conflict of values between lawyer and client; and the need for lawyers who would represent public interests.

Recommended Citation

The Honorable Harold Leventhal, Professional Responsibility, 30 U. Mia. L. Rev. 789 (1976)
Available at: https://repository.law.miami.edu/umlr/vol30/iss4/2