Rule 1.8(j) of the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility says that A lawyer shall not have sexual relations with a client unless a consensual sexual relationship existed between them when the client-lawyer relationship commenced. In other words, you can take your lover as a client, but you cant take your client

Can lawyers sleep with clients Australia?

The lawyer relies on the notion that the relationship involved consenting adults. Many in the profession would agree theres nothing unethical about lawyers having consensual sexual relations with their clients. In Australia, no specific rule expressly prohibits such relationships.