With complete coverage of the ethical principles that inform the role of the paralegal, Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Paralegals, Eighth Edition is ideal for use as either a primary course book, or a supplementary text. An authoritative presentation combined with clear and readable pedagogy enriches all levels of inquiry into the ethics of legal practice. Key Benefits: Comprehensive coverage of the professional responsibilities of paralegals, illuminated with chapter overviews, key terms, and a student-friendly organization. Discussion questions with hypotheticals and review questions in each chapter. Landmark cases, many involving paralegals, that demonstrate how the principles and rules of ethics are applied. Updated ethics opinions, with a focus on technology and social media, supported by new hypotheticals. Expanded coverage of how technology is affecting various aspects of ethics and practice, including confidentiality and privilege, competence, conflicts of interest and advertising. Many new cases including: State Bar v. Lang (unauthorized practice of law), Committee v. JPMorgan Chase (competence), Lola v. Skadden (professionalism), Pension Committee v. Banc of America Securities (advocacy), and McDermott v. Superior Court (confidentiality).
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.
In this Second Edition of her best-selling ethics paperback text, renowned paralegal educator Therese Cannon clearly addresses pertinent case law, rules changes, and other developments involving this important area of the law.
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Resource added for the Paralegal program 101101 and Paralegal Post-Baccalaureate diploma 311101.
"The 5th edition of the text will provide a stronger understanding for the rules and guidelines that paralegal students must understand by providing very clear and concrete examples of the rules in practice."--
The book provides a thorough examination of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct as they relate to legal assistants and includes an introduction to basic texts and materials used in...
Exercises and cases edited in the language of the court add to the applied nature of the text.ALSO AVAILABLE INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDERInstructor’s Manual (with Test Bank), ISBN: 0-314-05460-X
This new edition encompasses all recent changes to the Model Rules, along with updated references to court decisions and other resources.
Instructor's Manual to Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Legal Assistants
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