Pluralism and Professionalism: The Question of Authority

Vischer, Robert K.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.601221

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Pluralism and Professionalism: The Question of Authority

Robert K. Vischer

University of St. Thomas, St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN - School of Law

St. John's Legal Studies Research Paper

Abstract:
Professionalism initiatives tend to presume that the only sources of authority material to a lawyer's cultivation of professional values are grounded in the law and speak to all lawyers. In reality, many lawyers find meaning and purpose in sources of authority that are particular and extralegal. Expanding our conception of authority will equip lawyers to engage questions of professional identity in new, more powerful ways.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 40

Keywords: Legal ethics, professionalism, morality, lawyers

JEL Classification: K4

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Date posted: October 11, 2004

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Vischer, Robert K., Pluralism and Professionalism: The Question of Authority. St. John's Legal Studies Research Paper. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=601221 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.601221

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