Deck 8: What Ever Happened to Atticus Finch Lawyers As Legal Advocates and Moral Agents

Question 1

According to the legal advocate perspective, attorneys should follow what moral or ethical guidance in regard to the attorney-client relationship?

A) ABA model rules
B) religious teachings
C) their own set of ethical standards
D) the mores of society

Answer 1

A

Question 2

According to the text, the client can be persuaded not to engage in unethical or immoral practices when the lawyer plays the ____________ role.

A) hired gun
B) guru/godfather
C) client-centered/friend
D) none of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

____________ have been more likely to believe that the client was too "unsophisticated" or ignorant to make good decisions.

A) Prosecutors
B) Corporate attorneys
C) Public defenders
D) all of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The ____________ center on morality as tied to relationships and the understanding of connectedness.

A) ethics of rights
B) ethics of wholesight
C) ethics of care
D) both a and c

Question 5

Which of the following is a consideration that must be made when determining whether a lawyer should engage in moral arguments with clients?

A) the seriousness of the issue
B) the client's intellectual capacity to make decisions
C) the existence of any conflicts of interest
D) all of the above

Question 6

In England, what type of attorney's primary responsibility is to appear in court and present legal cases?

A) advocate
B) solicitor
C) counselor
D) barrister

Question 7

A ___________imposes a personal view of morality on his or her activities.

A) legal agent
B) moral agent
C) hired gun
D) guru/godfather

Question 8

According to the text, the most common complaint lodged against attorneys is:

A) being a hired gun
B) being a moral agent
C) being a legal agent
D) being incompetent

Question 9

What do the current Model Rules of Professional Conduct demand regarding the relationship between attorney and client?

A) The attorney has full discretion to make decisions he/she feels are best for the case.
B) The client has absolute authority over decisions regarding the case.
C) The client's participation is encouraged in all decision making.
D) The client's participation is discouraged in all decision making.

Question 10

Under what circumstances can an attorney reveal information about the client that the attorney obtained during the representation of that client?

A) under no circumstance
B) under any circumstance
C) with consent of the client
D) with consent of the client with certain exceptions

Question 11

Legal advocates are those persons with an individual contribution of morality into his or her activities for the client.

Question 12

Memory and Rose (2002) suggest that morality is subjective.

Question 13

According to Pollock, law school ethics classes help future lawyers answer questions on being moral agents or legal advocates.

Question 14

"Hired guns" is a term referring to lawyers who act like moral agents.

Question 15

Defense attorneys and prosecutors share some vision of what is fair and the system operates to enforce this vision.

Question 16

Most complaints result in serious sanctions taken against attorneys.

Question 17

An attorney who is playing a passive role would disclose the information to the court after his or her client committed perjury.

Question 18

According to Pollock, prosecutors are supposed to be advocates for justice.

Question 19

A lawyer following the guru/godfather role tells the client what should be done.

Question 20

According to the moral agent perspective, attorneys should follow the ABA model rules.