Place-Based versus Practice-Based Norms for American Lawyers: "It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)"

Authors

James E. Moliterno, Washington and Lee University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

South Carolina Law Review

Publication Date

2023

Abstract

This Article acknowledges the growing trend toward practice-based lawyer norms, points out how it allows interaction between the existing place-based norms and the new practice-based norms, and compares this movement with the existing regulatory conditions outside the US. If there is movement from the world as we know it (place-based norms) to a world as it may come to be (practice-based norms), is the change tragic, inevitable, risky, in line with the rest of the global legal profession, or all of the above and more? Specifically, how would such an evolution affect the core duty of lawyer-client confidentiality?

Recommended Citation

James E. Moliterno, Place-Based versus Practice-Based Norms for American Lawyers: "It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)", 74 S.C. L. Rev. 739 (2023).