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This 4 page paper provides an overview of the Rules of Professional Conduct in the State of Connecticut in regards to the role of lawyers who believe their clients might lie. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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role of the lawyer is complex. In the State of Connecticut, the rules of professional conduct for lawyers specifically address the role that the lawyer must play, the ethics
of this kind of issue, and bring into question whether the lawyer should be asked to be removed from the case or whether there are methods to provide this individual
with adequate legal representation without breaching a code of legal ethics. Confidentiality of the Conversation The client is being prosecuted for extortion and has informed the client of certain
personal information. He has not, in fact, offered false information to the lawyer at this time, and the lawyer has refused to ask certain pertinent points because he believes
that the client will lie. At this point, though, the client has not perjured himself, has not lied to the lawyer, and has not acted in a manner that
should reduce his protection under client confidentiality rules. In the State of Connecticut, under Rule 1.6, Confidentiality of Information, the lawyer cannot reveal information based on his belief that
the client might lie. At this point, the client has not lied, and therefore the lawyer cannot determine whether the information the client might produce (on top of what
the client already has given him) would determine a significant enough breach of ethics in order to breach confidentiality. Rule 1.6 outlines that a lawyer "shall not reveal information
relating to representation of a client unless the client consents after consultation" unless specific issues could occur as a result of NOT disclosing the information. In other words, if
the lawyer determined that information provided to him would result in the substantial bodily harm (or death), monetary or property damage to others, he has an obligation to disclose this
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