Model Rules of Professional Conduct


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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.







Selected Standards on Professional Responsibility


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Professional responsibility is one of the most rapidly changing fields in American law. New rules, not just new cases, emerge each year. Covering national as well as the New York and California standards on professional responsibility, this edition collects the most up-to-date and important standards that govern judicial and legal ethics. The book provides students, faculty, the practicing bar, and judges an essential examination of the many professional responsibility issues they will confront on a daily basis.




Model Code of Judicial Conduct


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Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct


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"The eighth edition of the Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct presents an authoritative and practical analysis of the lawyer ethics rules and the cases, ethics opinions, and other legal authorities essential to understanding them. The Model Rules of Professional Conduct were adopted by the ABA in 1983 and have been amended numerous times since. This new edition of the Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct represents a major refinement of previous editions. It takes into account all amendments through February 2013, as well as the American Law Institute's Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers (2000)"--Acknowledgments.







California Legal Ethics


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The new editions of Problems in Legal Ethics (Eighth Edition) and California Legal Ethics (Sixth Edition) retain their popular problem-based approach while integrating recent developments since the prior editions. Of particular note is the completely rewritten chapter addressing judicial conduct, which adopts a fresh and more teachable approach to judicial ethics, based on the new 2007 ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct.




Regulation of Lawyers


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For its Sixth Edition, this extremely popular casebook continues to mix up-to-date materials with realistic problems to illustrate and demonstrate the full range of ethical issues facing lawyers and judges. Regulation of Lawyers builds on the strengths that earned it such widespread adoption: written by Professor Stephen Gillers, a recognized national authority on the subject in-depth, thorough treatment of the issues in a lively, accessible style covers the full range of professional responsibility topics, including conflicts of interest, special lawyer roles, and avoiding and redressing professional failure with three chapters on control of quality realistic problems (many of which are new or revised) help students Understand The rules and regulations that will govern their professional behavior combines cases, law review articles, excerpts from a wide variety of popular sources, and engaging problems to give variety and vividness accompanied by the most comprehensive annual statutory supplement in the field Regulation of Lawyers: Statutes and Standards, co-authored by Roy D. Simon with major, minor, and state variations of the rules governing lawyers and judges the Sixth Edition incorporates important new material: the no-contact and other ethics rules as they apply to state and federal law enforcers proposed changes in the Model Rules of Professional Conduct new cases on excessive fees (Matter of Fordham), using gender biased terms in a deposition (Mullaney v. Aude), liability for securities and common law fraud arising out of a negotiation for investment in a business (Rubin v. Schottenstein, Zox, & Dunn), And The unauthorized practice of law by lawyers from outside a state (Birbrower, Montalbano, Condon & Frank, P.C. v. Superior Court) coverage of the Clinton/Lewinsky matter And The ethical questions raised by the investigation conducted by Ken Starr to give students a clear understanding of their professional responsibilities from the client-lawyer relationship to their First Amendment rights use the casebook that has been proven effective in the classroom: Gillers' Regulation of Lawyers, Sixth Edition .




Professional Responsibility in Focus


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The Second Edition of Professional Responsibility in Focus offers a comprehensive, updated exposition of the law governing lawyers and judges. Real-world scenarios throughout the text provide students numerous opportunities for students to apply what they have learned and solidify their understanding of important concepts. New to the Second Edition: More than a dozen new cases and other recent developments—such as the amended advertising and solicitation rules—in an expanded, practice-oriented text with new and revised footnotes. Professors and students will benefit from: Clear and concise coverage of the attorney-client relationship, competence, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and more. Key Concepts at the start of each chapter and Chapter Summaries at the end of each chapter facilitate study and review Case Previews and Post Case Follow-Ups that frame each case writing clarifies the rules and aid in student understanding An introduction to the legal profession Real Life Applications and Applying the Rules exercises challenge students to apply what they have learned to realistic hypothetical scenarios Updates to Chapter One, on the moral responsibility of lawyers, that provides context for understanding and situating the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility covered in the chapters that follow. 12-chapter organization is easily adapted to two or three-credit courses




2009 Selected Standards on Professional Responsibility


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Professional Responsibility is one of the most rapidly changing fields in American law. New rules, not just new cases, come to the forefront each year. The 2009 edition of Morgan & Rotunda's Selected Standards on Professional Responsiblity, covering national as well as the New York and California standards on Professional Responsibility, has collected the most up-to-date and important standards that govern judicial and legal ethics. Students, faculty, the practicing bar, judges, and all those who write and study in this area will find in one short and accessible volume the essentials of what they will need to examine the many issues of professional responsiblity that they will confront on a daily basis. The standards include the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, The American Lawyer's Code of Conduct, California Rules of Professional Conduct, New York Code of Professional Responsibility, Aspirational Goals on Lawyer Advertising, and ABA Canons of Professional Ethics.