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Rhea Sharma
The article featured on the American Bar website tackles the intricate topic of
lawyers having to defend people who have committed horrendous crimes. The article
goes through the different struggles that might accompany a client that is facing
criminal charges that arent simple. One of the core problems with compulsory
representation is the effect that the lawyers association with an unpopular client or a
scandalous issue might have on an attorneys existing clients said the author when
listing the ramifications of taking a scandalous case. Previous lawyers who have
attempted to run for public office have been attacked because of previous clients and
the fact that they fought for rapists and serial killers. The article brings up a good point
about how lawyers are supposed to act as counsel to the accused and helping a person
doesnt mean that you necessarily condone their actions. The author also discusses how
lawyers who take scandalous cases and then dont perform well could face malpractice
suits for neglect. People may accuse the lawyer of purposely botching the case because
There werent many good quotes that I could take from the article, but one that
I did like was as attorneys, we do not give up our personal moral standards when we
become members of the bar. Lawyers still have personal opinions that they have to
deal with when representing clients who have committed crimes that they are offended
by. The article also gave me the idea that somewhere in my presentation I could quote
the constitution in order to stress the right that everyone has to counsel and that it is a
The article came from a reliable source: American Bar. The American Bar
law. This URL, which is an .org, supports the validity of the source . The author is also a
trusted expert and he is an associate with a prominent law firm in Kentucky. The author
has also been practicing for a while and has plenty of experience in the area of law. He
also cited several other lawyers who he has heard at conferences and courses that are
also experts in their field, which further validates his opinion on the situation and his
stance.
decision that lawyers face when deciding whether or not to represent a client . The
source was definitely helpful because it further proved that this is a serious question
that lawyers face and that the answer is not always black and white . The article will
fit into the research section of my project and I will also look back on it when I
compile a list of all the factors that lawyers look at when deciding whether or not to
represent a client.