Lost lawyers -- The aligned lawyer -- The shared values of the profession -- Aligned lawyers : what do they look like? -- Alignment disrupters -- Serving clients successfully -- Relating to opposing counsel productively -- Aligned colleagues -- Understanding court stress and strain -- Judicial scrutiny of lawyers -- Managing and mentoring -- Priorities and pivots -- Perspectives on alignment -- First steps.
Summary:
"This book describes changes in the legal profession beginning in the mid-1980s when lawyers began to measure success by the profits they and their firms generated. Law became a business, not a profession. Integrity, efficiency, and strong client relationships eroded. Lawyers found themselves professionally unfulfilled. The suicide rate for lawyers skyrocketed. They forgot about their oaths; oaths that require civility, commitment to justice, fair play, and respect for the courts. Practice today would look vastly different if lawyers aligned themselves with the shared values of their profession and with their own values and priorities. Clients would be treated differently, colleague relationships would be strong, productive, and respectful. But is this kind of alignment possible anymore? It takes commitment and resolve for a lawyer to live by the oaths taken when admitted to practice and to adopt the right priorities. Choosing this path, an attorney embraces the practice of law as a profession and commits to serve others with integrity, competence, and compassion. The outcome is a lawyer who discovers fulfillment and significance in the practice of their profession, and the profession is better for it"--Publisher's description.
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