Abstract Legal scholars have engaged in robust discussions of ethics in adoption law, but have paid little attention to the lawyering role in adoption. This article seeks to fill this gap by reviewing the disconnect between ethical obligations as conceived by lawyers’ rules of professional responsibility and societal norms of ethics; and proposes an ethic of care for lawyers that centers the interests of the child. This article draws on Tronto’s four phases of care, and argues that centering the needs of children for continuing relationships leads to ethical adoption lawyering.

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收养中的道德律师：在收养法中以儿童为中心

摘要 法律学者对收养法中的伦理问题进行了热烈的讨论，但很少关注收养中的律师作用。本文试图通过回顾律师职业责任规则所设想的道德义务与社会道德规范之间的脱节来填补这一空白；并提出了以儿童利益为中心的律师关怀伦理。本文借鉴了特朗托的四个护理阶段，并认为以儿童对持续关系的需求为中心会导致道德收养律师。