http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2003/09/04/un-bundle-of-joy-a-win-win-for-lawyer-and-client/ breathless punditry and one-breath poetry with David Giacalone Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:58:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2003/09/04/un-bundle-of-joy-a-win-win-for-lawyer-and-client/comment-page-1/#comment-11210 shlep: the Self-Help Law ExPress » Blog Archive » retiring iowa chief justice praised for access efforts Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:29:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/formerlyknownas/2003/09/04/un-bundle-of-joy-a-win-win-fo#comment-11210 [...]  At a time when many lawyers are still unreasonably reluctant to engage openly in discrete-task lawyering (see ethicalEsq’s posting No Need for Unbundlephobia), it’s great to see a respected jurist praise unbundling.  There is still much to be done to get out the message that unbundling holds advantages for both lawyer and client, and can be practiced without running afoul of ethics rules or malpractice liability.  But, the tide is turning (e.g., the recent Arizona Bar ethics opinion on limited scope representation [#06-03, July 2006], which approved a lawyer, in appropriate situations, limiting services to ghostwriting a pleading, coaching the client, or appearing at a deposition — so long as the lawyer “direct[s] the client to be truthful and candid in the client’s activities”).   [...] [...]  At a time when many lawyers are still unreasonably reluctant to engage openly in discrete-task lawyering (see ethicalEsq’s posting No Need for Unbundlephobia), it’s great to see a respected jurist praise unbundling.  There is still much to be done to get out the message that unbundling holds advantages for both lawyer and client, and can be practiced without running afoul of ethics rules or malpractice liability.  But, the tide is turning (e.g., the recent Arizona Bar ethics opinion on limited scope representation [#06-03, July 2006], which approved a lawyer, in appropriate situations, limiting services to ghostwriting a pleading, coaching the client, or appearing at a deposition — so long as the lawyer “direct[s] the client to be truthful and candid in the client’s activities”).   [...]

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