Story at MSNBC that quotes Steve Lubet. Excerpt:
“There’s actually a stronger case here to identify (Adgebile [the nominee]) with the client because there’s more discretion about how to represent in these post-conviction proceedings,” says Steve Lubet, an expert in legal ethics and a professor at Northwestern University School of Law. At the same time, he says, “when you’re challenging a sentence on appeal, you’re not endorsing the client, you’re trying to make sure the sentence is lawful and appropriate. Nobody benefits when sentences are imposed inappropriately, and the only way to make sure that doesn’t happen is to have everyone represented by capable lawyers.”