Attorney-Client Confidentiality
Submitted by mmyriam3 on February 2, 2012
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Attorney-Client Confidentiality
Communication between a lawyer and his or her client is legally “privileged,” that
is, protected from disclosure to third parties (Gifis, 1984). Privilege is essential forcommunication, trust, and confidentiality in the lawyer-client relationship that
allows an attorney to effectively represent his client. The rationale is that if clients
were not assured of the confidentiality of the information they share with their
attorneys, then they would have an incentive to hide or distort facts necessary for
their defense (Freedman, 1988; Pollock, 1998).
But this privilege is neither uncontroversial nor unlimited. How should an
attorney respond...
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