Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, Fourth Edition is a problem-based casebook with a contemporary and thoughtful approach to challenging ethical dilemmas, encouraging deep analysis and lively class discussion. Thoroughly updated, the Fourth Edition presents: Recent changes to the Model Rules and other new developments in the law governing lawyers, and numerous new examples of recent cases of lawyer misconduct Six new problems on conflicts of interest, a criminal defense lawyer s duty to investigate, prosecutorial investigations, and relationships between lawyers and judges Up-to-date discussions of how the Internet is affecting law practice, including the use of e-mail, social media, blogging, and raising capital for law firms by crowdfunding Expanded coverage of the post-recession changes in the legal profession Discussion of the implications for confidentiality of employer monitoring of employees, government monitoring of electronic communications, and hacking of law firm computer systems Deeper coverage of ethical issues for prosecutors Lerman/Schrag/Gupta Model Rules supplement includes 115 practice questions and detailed answers to help students prepare for the MPRE, and a selection of provisions from the state ethics codes that diverge from the Model Rules for comparative analysis
Key Features: Succinct and accessible explanation of lawyer law in question and answer format Numerous problems based on actual cases, in which students must analyze the ethical and strategic issues as if they were practicing lawyers Focus ...
Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2020-2021
Ethical Problems in The Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2022 and 2023 Edition.
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.
Timely and practical, this book should be required reading for law students as well as students and scholars of law and society.
This book of case studies and problems brings real ethical dilemmas in legal practice to life.
This 2004 Edition offers: - a completely up-to-date ABA Model Rules - federal statutes and regulations - California, New York, and District of Columbia materials - Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers - frequent Editor's Notes
Raising provocative questions about the rationale and limits of professional responsibility, this text provides insights into the ethics of the legal profession at a time when technology, globalization, and the changing economics of ...
9 In re Barker, 993 N.E.2d 1138, https://www.in.gov/judiciary/files/order-discipline-2013-55S00-1008-DI-429.pdf (Ind. 2013). Discriminatory epithets of the kind implied in Barker, demeaning someone because of the person's asserted or ...
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