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Introduction The subject of this essay was first suggested in 1993 when Griffith University was designing its coursework Masters in Law. In consulting the local profession as to what was lacking in the LLM courses then available, we were intrigued when Elizabeth Nosworthy, a senior partner of one of Australia’s largest and most successful law firms, suggested that lawyers should be taught ethics – not so much for themselves but for their clients. Her view was that clients needed more than just legal advice. They needed, and were increasingly seeking, ‘whole of business’ advice. They had gone beyond asking lawyers for the legal consequences of potential decisions and accountants for the financial consequences. Some of them were asking: ‘what do you think I should do?’ In her view, lawyers should be the natural profession to whom clients should turn for such advice – and should be educated accordingly. This is a tantalizing suggestion because it is so contrary to the received image of la
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Introduction The subject of this essay was first suggested in 1993 when Griffith University was designing its coursework Masters in Law. In consulting the local profession as to what was lacking in the LLM courses then available, we were intrigued when Elizabeth Nosworthy, a senior partner of one of Australia’s largest and most successful law firms, suggested that lawyers should be taught ethics – not so much for themselves but for their clients. Her view was that clients needed more than just legal advice. They needed, and were increasingly seeking, ‘whole of business’ advice. They had gone beyond asking lawyers for the legal consequences of potential decisions and accountants for the financial consequences. Some of them were asking: ‘what do you think I should do?’ In her view, lawyers should be the natural profession to whom clients should turn for such advice – and should be educated accordingly. This is a tantalizing suggestion because it is so contrary to the received image of la
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