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Article

Publication Date

1999

Abstract

In Acting "A Very Moral Type of God": Triage Among Poor Clients, an article in this Symposium issue, Professor Paul R. Tremblay argues for the need for triage in the selection of legal services cases and clients and suggests a formula for making those triage decisions. While many of Professor Tremblay's views are unassailable, there is a part of me that rejects absolutely his hierarchy of case selection. In this musing on Professor Tremblay's meditation, I attempt to sort out the basis for my strong reaction to some of his points. I join others who have rejected a system of triage, but my reaction also surely stems from my years of lawyering on behalf of those who lacked the funds to retain counsel.

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Originally published by Fordham Law Review in 1999.

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