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Non-Academic Qualities of Lawyers

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posted on 2024-09-06, 00:00 authored by H.N. MacDonald
In this address to the Hudson Society Mr Justice MacDonald \ reminds law students that the academic study of law is not enough. \.To play his proper part in the pursuit of justice the lawyer must l develop a sound moral judgment allied to integrity, tie must also be l able to apply reason and logic to the facts of each case and must be able to reveal the facts by cross-examination without abusing . this powerful weapon.

An address by Justice McDonald to law students on the non-academic qualities of a competent lawyer, give to The Hudson Society, April 1973.

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Department of Law, University of Rhodesia ( now University of Zimbabwe.) (UZ)

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MacDonald, H.N. (1973) Non-Academic Qualities of Lawyers. Rhodesia Law Journal (RLJ), vol. 13, no. 1, (pp. 25-31.) UZ (formerly University of Rhodesia), Harare (formerly Salisbury): Department of Law (UR).

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University of Zimbabwe (UZ) (formerly University College of Rhodesia)

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