CollegeKid12
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ohio
I attend a college where every student pays a small fee into a collective fund for a non-profit law firm. Then if a student gets an underage, DUI, has issues with a landlord ect. they effectivly have the law firm on retainer to represent them free of charge.
I am in a fraternity that fined a member who subsequently left and does not want to pay the fine. Merits of the case aside I do not believe it is ethical that the lawyer represent him in this case.
On the lawfirms web sit it says it cannot represent a student in student v. student matters or matters of conflict of interest (among other reasons) and I believe both of these are violated in this case. First I see no difference between 1 student and a group of students and any money that this kid would get would be coming out of students pockets (as I stated the fraternitys funds are a collective pool of our money) and furthermore, since we all paid that fee how is it ethical of this lawyer to represent one client who paid a retainer over others? In theory my fee could now be put to use against me.
What are your thoughts? Do you agree or disagree? Any and all comments are welcome.
I attend a college where every student pays a small fee into a collective fund for a non-profit law firm. Then if a student gets an underage, DUI, has issues with a landlord ect. they effectivly have the law firm on retainer to represent them free of charge.
I am in a fraternity that fined a member who subsequently left and does not want to pay the fine. Merits of the case aside I do not believe it is ethical that the lawyer represent him in this case.
On the lawfirms web sit it says it cannot represent a student in student v. student matters or matters of conflict of interest (among other reasons) and I believe both of these are violated in this case. First I see no difference between 1 student and a group of students and any money that this kid would get would be coming out of students pockets (as I stated the fraternitys funds are a collective pool of our money) and furthermore, since we all paid that fee how is it ethical of this lawyer to represent one client who paid a retainer over others? In theory my fee could now be put to use against me.
What are your thoughts? Do you agree or disagree? Any and all comments are welcome.