The Attorney/Client Privilege is a law that protects communications between attorneys and their clients by keeping them confidential. This privilege encourages openness and honesty between attorneys and their clients because lawyers cannot reveal attorney/client communications. Although it seems like this is a positive thing and most of the time it is‚ it can also lead to a major problem for lawyers because similar to psychologists they must ask themselves when is it necessary to break this confidentiality
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Confidentiality is a key word in most professions‚ especially in an attorney-client relationship. Through many years of requesting your firm’s services‚ I have always had a good experience in dealing with your firm. You have provided me with excellent service. Also‚ your firm has always left me having confidence that both my personal and business affairs would be kept private. Considering the fact‚ that you provide a Client’s Bill of Rights‚ I am certain that you expect the same level of confidentiality
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Attorney-Client confidentiality William J Brenengen CJS/220 Feb 8‚ 2013 Harvey Smith Attorney-Client confidentiality We would all hope that the day we need an attorney to represent us will never come. Life can throw many things at you‚ some that are not so pleasant. All it takes is being in the right place at the wrong time to either become a victim or a criminal. If the time should ever come when a person needs to retain an attorney‚ it’s important to understand what attorney-client
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Attorney / Client Privilege Richard R Parrish CJS / 220 July 3‚ 2013 David McNees Attorney / Client Privilege With the American Criminal Justice System‚ a person accused of a crime has the right to be represented by an attorney to advise them and represent them in a court. Attorneys must meet with clients and get information from the client to help form a strong defense strategy for their case. Attorney and their clients have what is known as attorney-client privilege‚ which allows attorneys
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In the United States criminal juctice system truth seeking ought to take presidence over attorney client privielege. I provide the following definitions for clarification: Truth-seeking- According to the International Center of Transitional Justice truth seeking is Truth commissions are not judicial inquiries. Th ey do not establish individual criminal responsibility for specifi c crimes‚ determine punishment‚ or use the standards of due process applicable in a court of law. If they gather evidence
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exchanged between parties should be prepared with a thought to potential litigation. Attorney Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine are two separate and distinct issues and should be treated within the legal world as separate disclosures. Attorney Client Privilege‚ which originated in Roman and canon law‚ has evolved into a recognized judicial doctrine and is necessary in order to provide clients with access to effective‚ well informed counsel. In Upjohn Co. v US the Supreme Court
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Today I will be discussing Attorney-Client Privilege so that we can have a better understanding of what that legal term means. The Attorney-Client Privilege is a law that protects between attorneys and their clients and keeps them confidential (General Counsel‚ 2004). This privilege encourages openness and honesty between attorneys and their clients because attorneys cannot reveal Attorney/Client communications. This privilege becomes especially important in the litigation context because privilege
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definition of confidentiality is “the principle in medical ethics that the information a patient reveals to a health care provider is private and has limits on how and when it can be disclosed to a third party.” http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/confidentiality In the field I am entering‚ the main idea of having confidentiality is to gain the clients trust. At any time this confidentiality is broken or the private matters are disclosed it is called a breach of confidentiality. Patients
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CJS/200 Checkpoint #6 November 4‚ 2012 According to the textbook the courtroom work group is the professional courtroom actors‚ including judges‚ prosecuting attorneys‚ defense attorney‚ public defenders and others who earn a living serving the court. The jobs of the courtroom work group vary from person to person. The courtroom work group interacts in many ways on a daily basis. All of the different professionals have their specific jobs to do. First I will start off with the one
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How would you define client-attorney privilege? Why is this privilege an important part of the court system? How can we improve confidentiality between clients and their attorney? The attorney-client privilege is confidentiality between an attorney and his or her client in regarding issues in legal matters. Whether it is a private or public official representing the defendant‚ the more attorney knows about the client the better he or she can build his or her defense since the prosecution already
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