In essence, Wieder recognized the unique nature of the legal profession and deemed it appropriate to grant a narrow exception to the at-will doctrine for the circumstances presented.
Assuming that there are some employment relationships, other than those between a lawyer and a law firm, that might fit within the Wieder exception, the relationship in this case is not one of them.
In fashioning the Wieder exception, the Court stressed both the ethical obligations of members of the bar and the importance of those obligations to the employment relationship between a lawyer and a law firm.