Legal Ethics: The Dishonest Client

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February 01 2015
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:
Machshava:
Ethics 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Legal Ethics

References: Bava Kamma: 118b Bava Kamma: 119a Sotah: 41a Sotah: 41b Avoda Zara: 39b  

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Under halachah and under the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Law Society of Greater Ontario, how does a lawyer deal with a situation in which a client requests the lawyer's aid in unethical conduct, or where the lawyer suspects that unethical conduct might be going on (with or without his own involvement)?

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