.

Lawyers keep secrets locked up – that’s why they get asked to do the dirty work

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
Lawyers keep secrets locked up – that’s why they get asked to do the dirty workAttorney Michael Cohen was recently the target of an FBI raid. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

Lawyers seem to at the center of lot of scandals lately.

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, whose office and hotel were raided by the FBI, is only the latest example. Harvey Weinstein’s law firm hired the private investigator who...

Read more: Lawyers keep secrets locked up – that’s why they get asked to do the dirty work

More Articles ...

  1. The urgency of curbing pollution from ships, explained
  2. Overeating? It may be a brain glitch
  3. Rebuilding trust in the media from the bottom up
  4. Reading Zuckerberg’s face: What 3 key expressions from his testimony reveal
  5. Why remembering matters for healing
  6. To serve a free society, social media must evolve beyond data mining
  7. Should California winemakers be worried about China's tariffs?
  8. The law that made Facebook what it is today
  9. A school resource officer in every school?
  10. When presidents lawyer up: A brief history
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more