Who is the Customer and What are We Selling? Employer-Based Objectives for the Ethical Competence of Law School Graduates

Miller, Nelson

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Who is the Customer and What are We Selling? Employer-Based Objectives for the Ethical Competence of Law School Graduates

Nelson Pierce Miller

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

January 1, 2009

Journal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 33, No. 223, 2009

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In this article, the authors argue that law schools can substantially improve ethics instruction by defining clear objectives based on the needs of law firms, corporate-counsel offices, government agencies, and other employers of lawyers, for basic ethical competencies.

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Keywords: ethics, competence, objectives, instruction

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Date posted: November 18, 2011

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Miller, Nelson Pierce, Who is the Customer and What are We Selling? Employer-Based Objectives for the Ethical Competence of Law School Graduates (January 1, 2009). Journal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 33, No. 223, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1961624

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