Joel Cohen
For the last few months, lawyers—especially criminal defense lawyers—have struggled with how long we’ll continue to practice our profession in lockdown, even as the “phases” have been slowly implemented.
Criminal lawyers are no different than other people, but their concerns are somewhat differently focused: How long until we can look at a client and learn what he really wants—fight or yield? How long before we can tell him what we think? How long before we can look the judge directly in the eye to better persuade her? How long before we can safely visit an incarcerated client? How long before we aren’t forced to make decisions—some small, some weighty, some on the spot—without receiving sufficient input from clients who are not physically present?
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