LJU4802 ASSIGNMENT 1 MEMO 2021 SUPER SEMESTER UNISA
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LJU4802 - Professional Ethics
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University Of South Africa (Unisa)
Read the article by Patrick J Schiltz: “On being a happy, healthy and ethical member of an unhappy, unhealthy, and unethical profession” 1999 (52) Vanderbilt Law Review 871-951 and answer the questions here below.
Where to find the article: The article can be accessed under “Additional Resou...
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LJU4802
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
UNISA
2021
ASSIGNMENT NUMBER 1
DUE DATE:12 MAY 2021
TOTAL: 30 MARKS
ASSIGNMENT 01
DUE DATE: 12 MAY 2021
Written assignment
You must submit your assignment electronically via myUnisa. Note that the
assignment may not be submitted by fax or e-mail.
, Read the article by Patrick J Schiltz: “On being a happy, healthy and ethical member
of an unhappy, unhealthy, and unethical profession” 1999 (52) Vanderbilt Law Review
871-951 and answer the questions here below.
Where to find the article: The article can be accessed under “Additional Resources”
on the myUnisa LJU4802-21-S1-ECP module site.
Please note: This article was written by an American professor, with specific reference
to the legal practice in the United States. Although his views cannot generally be
applied to the South African legal practice, some of the issues that he addresses are
worth debating, also in the South African context.
Instructions:
This assignment takes the form of a comprehension test. You will find all the
answers in the prescribed article. You do NOT have to consult any other academic
sources or websites. Only use the prescribed article to answer the questions.
Questions:
1.1 Why are lawyers, according to the author, so unhealthy and unhappy?
(10)
Professor Patrick Schiltz (1999) wrote a polarizing article titled On Being a Happy,
Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession in
the 17 Vanderbilt Law Review. In this analysis of lawyer well-being, Schiltz focused on
the central role of money (enormous salaries and promise of year-end bonuses), also
characterized as greed, as to the reason why associates worked long hours and were
therefore miserable. One critic of this allegation claimed that unfulfilling work,
unpleasant work atmospheres, and ugly internal politics were more to blame for the
complaints of young lawyers in large firms than the relentless drive to earn money.
People who are this unhealthy—people who suffer from depression, anxiety,
alcoholism, drug abuse, divorce, and suicide to this extent—are almost by definition
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