The formation of professional identity : the path from student to lawyer /

"Becoming a lawyer is about much more than acquiring knowledge and technique. As law students learn the law and acquire some basic skills, they are also inevitably forming a deep sense of themselves in their new roles as lawyers. That sense of self - the student's nascent professional iden...

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Main Authors: Longan, Patrick Emery (Author), Floyd, Daisy Hurst (Author), Floyd, Timothy W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and overview
  • 2. Motivation and professional identity
  • 3. Competence as a professional virtue
  • 4. Fidelity to the client as a professional virtue
  • 5. Fidelity to the law as a professional virtue
  • 6. Public spiritedness as a professional virtue
  • 7. Civility as a professional virtue
  • 8. Practical wisdom as a professional virtue
  • Professional identity and the future of the legal profession