Professional responsibility in the life of the lawyer
By: by Carl A. Pierce, Judy M. Cornett, Alex B. Long
Contributors: Cornett, Judy M.; Long, Alex B.
Series: American casebook series; American casebook series
Publisher: Thomson/West
Published: 2011
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1087
ISBN-13: 9780314150103; 9780314150097
Subjects: Admission to the bar; Practice of law; Lawyers; Malpractice; Attorney and client; Legal ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. ix-xi) and index.
Table of contents: title: Lawyers; title: Regulation of the legal profession : promulgating standards of conduct for lawyers; title: Regulation of the legal profession : enforcing standards of professional conduct; title: Legal education; title: Admission to the bar; title: Preventing the unauthorized practice of law by non-lawyers; title: Multi-jurisdictional practice; title: Associating with law firms; title: Advertising; title: Solicitation; title: Cooperating with matchmakers; title: Establishing a client-lawyer relationship; title: Clarifying the scope of a client's representation; title: Setting the fee : general principles; title: Fees and reimbursements contingent on the outcome of the representation; title: Safekeeping client funds and property; title: Pro bono representation; title: Communication and decision-making; title: Impaired clients; title: Competent and diligent representation of a client; title: Duties to third persons derived from the lawyer's duties to a client; title: Protecting information relating to the representation of clients; title: Exceptions to the lawyer's duty of confidentiality; title: Using the attorney-client privilege to prevent compeled disclosure of information related to a client's representation; title: Using the work-product rule to prevent conpelled disclosure of information relating to a client's representation.; title: Representing a client whose interests are directly adverse to the interests of another client in different matters; title: Representation of a client materially limited by the representation of another client; title: Identifying and resolving conflicts of interest between the client and the lawyer; title: Identifying and resolving conflicts of interest between a lawyer's client and non-clients; title: Avoiding complicity in client wrongdoing; title: Termination of the client-lawyer relationship; title: Duties to former clients; title: Duties to former clients when lawyers move between law firms; title: Marshaling and preventing access to facts on behalf of a client; title: Designing and negotiating settlements; title: Filing claims and motions; title: Discovery; title: Trial practice : prohibited advocacy; title: Trial practice : truthfulness, candor, and the prevention of offenses against the administration of justice; title: Appellate practice; title: Prosecutors; title: Lawyers and judges; title: Alternative dispute resolution roles and processes; title: Forming and representing organizational clients; title: Avoiding complicity in client crimes and frauds; title: Becoming and serving as a judge; title: Managing law firms and supervising the work of others.