John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, The Lord’s calling a basis of our way of life, III.X.6 (John T. McNeill ed., Ford Lewis Battles trans., Westminster Press 1960) (1559).
Chapter X, section 6 is a classic formulation of the Protestant idea of “calling.” Note that Institutes is available online here.
Showing posts with label Law School (PR/Ethics). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Law School (PR/Ethics). Show all posts
Christian Faith and Legal Practice
Joseph G. Allegretti, The Lawyer's Calling: Christian Faith and Legal Practice (1996).
From the publisher: A noted law school professor reflects on the spiritual vacuum at the heart of the legal profession and suggests ways of reintegrating that profession with the deepest aspirations of its members.
B&N review: Lawyers in our day are facing a crisis of meaning. Distrusted by the public, stressed by overwork and questioning the value of their contribution to society, legal professionals find themselves in a situation where work has lost its connection with deeper beliefs. The crisis they face is essentially spiritual. How can lawyers bridge the gap between their beliefs and their daily work? Joseph Allegretti maintains that law can be a true vocation - a "calling" from God. He points to ways that lawyers are or can be healers in society, and he explains how their service to clients resembles a covenant relationship. Lawyers and law students will find his vision of the legal profession to be rich with possibility.
From the publisher: A noted law school professor reflects on the spiritual vacuum at the heart of the legal profession and suggests ways of reintegrating that profession with the deepest aspirations of its members.
B&N review: Lawyers in our day are facing a crisis of meaning. Distrusted by the public, stressed by overwork and questioning the value of their contribution to society, legal professionals find themselves in a situation where work has lost its connection with deeper beliefs. The crisis they face is essentially spiritual. How can lawyers bridge the gap between their beliefs and their daily work? Joseph Allegretti maintains that law can be a true vocation - a "calling" from God. He points to ways that lawyers are or can be healers in society, and he explains how their service to clients resembles a covenant relationship. Lawyers and law students will find his vision of the legal profession to be rich with possibility.
On Human Work
John Paul II, Encyclical Letter on Human Work: Laborem Exercens ¶¶ 24 ff. (1981).
A continuation, expansion, and explication of the Church’s social teaching on work. Written on the ninetieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum, the encyclical sets out the basis of the Church’s social teaching in Genesis and then develops the idea of the “spirituality of work.”
This resource is available online.
A continuation, expansion, and explication of the Church’s social teaching on work. Written on the ninetieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum, the encyclical sets out the basis of the Church’s social teaching in Genesis and then develops the idea of the “spirituality of work.”
This resource is available online.
On Being a Christian and a Lawyer
Thomas L. Shaffer, On Being a Christian and a Lawyer (1981).
An important book, because, among other things, it laid the groundwork for more mainstream scholarship in the area of law and religion.
An important book, because, among other things, it laid the groundwork for more mainstream scholarship in the area of law and religion.
PR / Ethics Law Review Articles
This is a great list of articles addressing professional responsibility and legal ethics from a Christian perspective (or at least implicating Christian principles and ideas). Also, many of these articles address what it means, or should mean, for an attorney to be a Christian. Topics such as vocation, calling, and the practical outworkings of one's faith in the legal profession are examined in some detail.
Joseph Allegretti, Lawyers, Clients, and Covenant: A Religious Perspective on Legal Practice and Ethics, 66 Fordham L. Rev. 1101 (1998).
Gordon J. Beggs, Laboring Under the Sun: An Old Testament Perspective on the Legal Profession, 28 Pacific L. J. 257 (1996).
Jeffrey A. Brauch, John Winthrop: Lawyer as Model of Christian Charity, 11 Regent U. L. Rev. 343 (1999).
Robert F. Cochran, Honor as a Deficient Aspiration for “The Honorable Profession”: The Lawyer as Nostromo, 69 Fordham L. Rev. 859 (2000).
Robert F. Cochran, Professionalism in a Postmodern Age: Its Death, Attempts at Resurrection, and Alternative Sources of Virtue, 14 Notre Dame J. Leg. Ethics and Pub. Pol. 305 (2000).
Teresa Stanton Collett, Speak No Evil, Seek No Evil, Do No Evil: Client Selection and Cooperation with Evil, 66 Fordham L. Rev. 1339 (1998).
Professor Collett, whose work focuses on legal ethics in a moral or religious context, discusses the problem for the Christian lawyer of associating with the “unsavory client.”
Daniel O. Conkle, Professing Professionals: Christian Pilots on the River of Law, 38 Cath. Law. 151 (1998).
How can one be a Christian in the legal profession? Professor Conkle provides several perspectives.
Timothy W. Floyd, The Practice of Law as Vocation or Calling, 66 Fordham L. Rev. 1405 (1998).
A brief essay on the basics of the idea of the lawyer’s vocation.
Bruce Frohnen, The Bases of Professional Responsibility: Pluralism and Community in Early America, 63 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 931 (1995).
Leslie Griffin, The Relevance of Religion to a Lawyer’s Work: Legal Ethics, 66 Fordham L. Rev. 1253 AND
Thomas D. Morgan, The Relevance of Religion to a Lawyer’s Work – Legal Ethics: A Response to Professor Griffin, 66 Fordham L. Rev. 1313 (1998)
Randy Lee, Faith Through Lawyering: Finding and Doing What is Mine To Do, 11 Regent U. L. Rev. 71 (1998-99).
This lengthy article explores what it means to be called to be a lawyer.
Arthur Allen Leff, Unspeakable Ethics, Unnatural Law, 1979 Duke L. J. 1229 (1979).
Susan R. Martyn, Are We Moving in the Right Dimension? Sadducees, Two Kingdoms, Lawyers, and the Revised Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 34 Val. U. L. Rev. 121 (1999).
Professor Martyn, a member of the commission reviewing the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct for possible revisions in 2001, addresses issues of confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and fiduciary duty from a Lutheran perspective.
Michael P. Schutt, Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Decline of the American Lawyer: Social Engineering, Religion, and the Search for Professional Identity, 30 Rutgers L. J. 143 (1998).
A discussion of the view of Holmes and thousands after him that the law is an engine and lawyers are social engineers. With this utilitarianism, I contrast Alexis de Tocqueville’s view of the lawyer and the role of the lawyer informed by God’s call and a proper view of the law.
Michael P. Schutt, What’s a Nice Christian Like You Doing in a Profession Like This? 11 Regent U. L. Rev. 137 (1998-99).
A very short essay in answer to the ever-present challenge: “How can a Christian lawyer represent guilty people?” In addition, Prof. Schutt briefly discusses the basic question of God’s justice as opposed to human justice and the public’s concerns about lawyers.
Thomas L. Shaffer, The Profession as Moral Teacher, 18 St. Mary’s L. J. 195 (1986).
Thomas L. Shaffer, On Religious Legal Ethics, 35 Cath. Lawyer 393 (1994).
Joseph Allegretti, Lawyers, Clients, and Covenant: A Religious Perspective on Legal Practice and Ethics, 66 Fordham L. Rev. 1101 (1998).
Gordon J. Beggs, Laboring Under the Sun: An Old Testament Perspective on the Legal Profession, 28 Pacific L. J. 257 (1996).
Jeffrey A. Brauch, John Winthrop: Lawyer as Model of Christian Charity, 11 Regent U. L. Rev. 343 (1999).
Robert F. Cochran, Honor as a Deficient Aspiration for “The Honorable Profession”: The Lawyer as Nostromo, 69 Fordham L. Rev. 859 (2000).
Robert F. Cochran, Professionalism in a Postmodern Age: Its Death, Attempts at Resurrection, and Alternative Sources of Virtue, 14 Notre Dame J. Leg. Ethics and Pub. Pol. 305 (2000).
Teresa Stanton Collett, Speak No Evil, Seek No Evil, Do No Evil: Client Selection and Cooperation with Evil, 66 Fordham L. Rev. 1339 (1998).
Professor Collett, whose work focuses on legal ethics in a moral or religious context, discusses the problem for the Christian lawyer of associating with the “unsavory client.”
Daniel O. Conkle, Professing Professionals: Christian Pilots on the River of Law, 38 Cath. Law. 151 (1998).
How can one be a Christian in the legal profession? Professor Conkle provides several perspectives.
Timothy W. Floyd, The Practice of Law as Vocation or Calling, 66 Fordham L. Rev. 1405 (1998).
A brief essay on the basics of the idea of the lawyer’s vocation.
Bruce Frohnen, The Bases of Professional Responsibility: Pluralism and Community in Early America, 63 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 931 (1995).
Leslie Griffin, The Relevance of Religion to a Lawyer’s Work: Legal Ethics, 66 Fordham L. Rev. 1253 AND
Thomas D. Morgan, The Relevance of Religion to a Lawyer’s Work – Legal Ethics: A Response to Professor Griffin, 66 Fordham L. Rev. 1313 (1998)
Randy Lee, Faith Through Lawyering: Finding and Doing What is Mine To Do, 11 Regent U. L. Rev. 71 (1998-99).
This lengthy article explores what it means to be called to be a lawyer.
Arthur Allen Leff, Unspeakable Ethics, Unnatural Law, 1979 Duke L. J. 1229 (1979).
Susan R. Martyn, Are We Moving in the Right Dimension? Sadducees, Two Kingdoms, Lawyers, and the Revised Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 34 Val. U. L. Rev. 121 (1999).
Professor Martyn, a member of the commission reviewing the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct for possible revisions in 2001, addresses issues of confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and fiduciary duty from a Lutheran perspective.
Michael P. Schutt, Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Decline of the American Lawyer: Social Engineering, Religion, and the Search for Professional Identity, 30 Rutgers L. J. 143 (1998).
A discussion of the view of Holmes and thousands after him that the law is an engine and lawyers are social engineers. With this utilitarianism, I contrast Alexis de Tocqueville’s view of the lawyer and the role of the lawyer informed by God’s call and a proper view of the law.
Michael P. Schutt, What’s a Nice Christian Like You Doing in a Profession Like This? 11 Regent U. L. Rev. 137 (1998-99).
A very short essay in answer to the ever-present challenge: “How can a Christian lawyer represent guilty people?” In addition, Prof. Schutt briefly discusses the basic question of God’s justice as opposed to human justice and the public’s concerns about lawyers.
Thomas L. Shaffer, The Profession as Moral Teacher, 18 St. Mary’s L. J. 195 (1986).
Thomas L. Shaffer, On Religious Legal Ethics, 35 Cath. Lawyer 393 (1994).
Proverbial Practice
Gordon J. Beggs, Proverbial Practice: Legal Ethics from Old Testament Wisdom, 30 Wake Forest L. Rev. 831 (1995).
“The Old Testament book of Proverbs supplied foundational moral values for our nation's legal ethics. With the adoption and revision of formal codes, moral teaching has virtually disappeared from legal ethics. This essay suggests that the wisdom of Proverbs offers a timely challenge to the character of the legal profession by advocating values which include justice, purity, mercy, humility, honesty, candor, truthful testimony, and civility.”
“The Old Testament book of Proverbs supplied foundational moral values for our nation's legal ethics. With the adoption and revision of formal codes, moral teaching has virtually disappeared from legal ethics. This essay suggests that the wisdom of Proverbs offers a timely challenge to the character of the legal profession by advocating values which include justice, purity, mercy, humility, honesty, candor, truthful testimony, and civility.”
What’s a Nice Christian Like You Doing in a Profession Like This?
Michael P. Schutt, What’s a Nice Christian Like You Doing in a Profession Like This? 11 Regent U. L. Rev. 137 (1998-99).
A very short essay in answer to the ever-present challenge: “How can a Christian lawyer represent guilty people?” In addition, Prof. Schutt briefly discusses the basic question of God’s justice as opposed to human justice and the public’s concerns about lawyers.
A very short essay in answer to the ever-present challenge: “How can a Christian lawyer represent guilty people?” In addition, Prof. Schutt briefly discusses the basic question of God’s justice as opposed to human justice and the public’s concerns about lawyers.
Also, part of this essay addresses the importance of moral procedure, sometimes pejoratively called “legal technicalities,” to the separation of God’s jurisdiction and man’s.
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