Different Roles of the Lawyer

The lawyer must exercise independent professional judgment and render candid advice. The advice must be honest even when it is unpalatable to the client.

A lawyer may refer to moral, economic, social, and political factors that are relevant to the client's situation. Advice need not be confined to purely legal analysis.

No. Candid advice sometimes involves unpleasant facts and alternatives. A lawyer should not be deterred from giving honest advice by the prospect that it will be unwelcome to the client.

When the lawyer knows the client proposes a course of action likely to result in substantial adverse legal consequences, the lawyer's duty to the client may require offering advice even though the client has not asked for it.

Generally a lawyer need not give advice unasked, and a client may decline advice the client does not want to hear. The duty to volunteer arises mainly when serious adverse legal consequences are likely.