This course will investigate two sets of intersecting issues. First, it will consider classical and contemporary theories of law and of justice, using the idea and ideal of the rule of law as recurring focus. A central question will concern the role of considerations of justice in the formation and application of law. Second, it will explore the nature and grounds for the lawyer's commitment to the rule of law and challenges to personal integrity posed by the demands of professionalism and adversarial partisanship thought to be embedded deep in common law practice.