The A.B.A. adopted one proposal permitting lawyers to speak out to prevent clients from committing crimes reasonably certain to result in death or serious bodily harm.

Eight states and the District of Columbia now have laws specifically permitting foreign lawyers to set up shop in their jurisidictions.

Mr. Millard, like the Mayor, suggests that the society forfeited its right to defend the poor when it permitted unionized lawyers to strike last year.

They eliminated a "pure-heart, empty-head" defense that permitted lawyers to avoid sanctions by asserting that they had not inquired into the merits of their case.

Whatever the reason, that decision permitted lawyers for General Noriega and the Government to go to court with a motion to prohibit the broadcast of the tapes.

And it would permit a team of intelligence officers and military lawyers not involved in a detainee's case to read mail sent to him by his lawyer.

The Rules include a provision permitting registered foreign lawyers to be directors and members of incorporated practices with solicitors.

The retired federal magistrate permitted lawyers from the mine company to obtain medical records of all of the women for their entire lifetimes.

The state has long permitted lawyers to recruit pregnant women.