In Search of the Ethical Lawyer

Adam Dodek is associate professor in the Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa. He is the author of Solicitor-Client Privilege and The Canadian Constitution, as well as the co-editor of five other books. He is a member of the Chief Justice of Ontario's Advisory Committee on Professionalism and is a former Governor of the Law Commission of Ontario. He is also a founding member of the Canadian Association for Legal Ethics and a member of the Advisory Board for the journal Legal Ethics. In 2014, he was named by Canadian Lawyer magazine as one of the twenty-five most influential figures in the Canadian legal profession.Alice Woolley is a professor and associate dean academic in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. She is the author of Understanding Lawyers' Ethics in Canada and co-editor of Lawyers' Ethics and Professional Regulation (2nd Edition). She is a founding member of the Canadian Association for Legal Ethics, a member of the Canadian Bar Association's Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, and a member of the Board of the International Association of Legal Ethics. In 2015, she was named by Canadian Lawyer magazine as one of the twenty-five most influential figures in the Canadian legal profession.Contributors: David Asper, Constance Backhouse, Janine Benedet, Brent Cotter, Richard Devlin, Trevor Farrow, Allan Hutchinson, Micah Rankin, and Lorne Sossin

There are many different conceptions of what an ethical lawyer is and what legal ethics are and there are tensions among these conceptions that make legal ethics more complex than I had ever imagined … In [In Search of the Ethical Lawyer], Adam Dodek and Alice Woolley have compiled a set of stories that illustrate these diverse aspects of ethical lawyership … I highly recommend this text … All in all, [it] is an indispensable guide for both the seasoned legal practitioner and lay user of the Small Claims Court.- Philton Moore, Barrister, Solicitor & Notary Public (Canadian Law Library Review) In Search of the Ethical Lawyer is an engrossing collection of essays that seeks to inject a measure of humanity and empathy into discussion of some of the most complex and compelling ethical issues in Canadian legal history, past and present. In this regard, it succeeds, providing a perspective that simply cannot be matched by an examination of related court decisions or academic articles … Ethical Lawyer offers lessons and practical advice that today's lawyers can understand and integrate into their own careers.- Jayme Anton (Saskatchewan Law Review)

• Foreword / Paul WellsIntroduction / Adam Dodek and Alice Woolley1 Keeping Secrets or Saving Lives: What Is a Lawyer to Do? / Adam Dodek2 Putting Up a Defence: Sex, Murder, and Videotapes / Allan C. Hutchinson3 "No One's Interested in Something You Didn't Do": Freeing David Milgaard the Ugly Way / David Asper4 "Begun in Faith, Continued in Determination": Burnley Allan (Rocky) Jones and the Egalitarian Practice of Law / Richard F. Devlin5 Feminist Lawyering: Insiders and Outsiders / Janine Benedet6 Gender and Race in the Construction of "Legal Professionalism": Historical Perspectives / Constance Backhouse7 The Helping Profession: Can Pro Bono Lawyers Make Sick Children Well? / Lorne Sossin8 A New Wave of Access to Justice Reform in Canada / Trevor C.W. Farrow9 Michelle's Story: Creativity and Meaning in Legal Practice / Alice Woolley10 Ian Scott: Renaissance Man, Consummate Advocate, Attorney General Extraordinaire / W. Brent Cotter11 Gerry Laarakker: From Rustic Rambo to Rebel with a Cause / Micah RankinIndex