Still standing accused: addressing the gap between work and talk in firms of criminal defence lawyers

Newman, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3735-1026 2012. Still standing accused: addressing the gap between work and talk in firms of criminal defence lawyers. International Journal of the Legal Profession 19 (1) , pp. 3-27. 10.1080/09695958.2012.758039

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Abstract

This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study investigating the everyday reality of legally aided criminal defence. This is the largest survey of its kind for fifteen years since two competing accounts clashed in this journal. In order to update understanding of this branch of the profession, participant observation and formal interviews are utilised to elucidate something of the health of the lawyer–client relationship as it currently stands. The results challenge the prospect of achieving access to criminal justice, as lawyers degrade their clients. However, this is deemed to be caused by a misalignment of values that might be rectified if lawyers are encouraged to become more ethically self-aware.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACES)
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
ISSN:	0969-5958
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2022 09:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/57803

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