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43 Mitchell Hamline L. J. Pub. Pol'y & Prac. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/hplp43 and id is 1 raw text is: HOW #FREEBRITNEY EXPOSES THE NEED TO DISABLE THE MODEL RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT Heather Swadley* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................2 II. DEBATES REGARDING CAPACITY AND DISABILITY RIGHTS....6 A. Capacity-Based Models of Legal Personhood ................6 B. Toward a Support-Based Model of Legal Personhood .......8 C. The Current Status of Supported Decision-Making in the United States.........................................................................11 III. THE ETHICAL ATTORNEY AND THE INCOMPETENT CLIENT..14 A. Model Rule 1.14: Client with Diminished Capacity..........14 B. Navigating the Ethical Minefield: Representing Disabled Clients...................................................................................17 C. Lack of Access to Attorneys...............................................21 IV. IMPLEMENTING SUPPORT THROUGH CHANGING MODEL RULE 1.14................................................................................................22 A. What Should Supported Decision-Making Look Like?......23 B. What About People Who are Too Impaired? ................24 C. Proposed Language ...........................................................26 V. HYPOTHETICALS.......................................................................29 * Dr. Heather Swadley is a recent J.D./Ph.D. graduate. She currently practices law in the District of Columbia. She would like to thank Professor Susan DeJarnatt and her peer readers for comments on prior iterations of this manuscript. 1

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