Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law

Covering all of the essential issues and topics, bEthical Problems in the Practice of Law, Second Edition/b, offers straightforward exposition and a combination of principal cases and real-case problems that generate lively class discussion and encourage strategic analysis. /p p Engage your students with a contemporary approach that features: /p ul li bthorough coverage of the ethics codes and other law governing lawyers,/b including legal malpractice, disqualification, wrongful discharge, and criminal malfeasance /li li bconcise, clear explanation/b of lawyer law in a readable question and answer format /li li an boverview/b of the American legal profession and the challenges facing lawyers in the 21st century /li li bmore than 70 engaging problems/b for classroom discussion, some based on court opinions, others based on actual situations encountered by lawyers and law students /li li bprincipal cases/b edited with care and presented with questions for discussion /li li btables and conceptual outlines that /bhighlight relationships, illustrate concepts, and aid memory /li li bphotos/b of many lawyers and parties discussed in the text /li li bmore than 20 New Yorker cartoons/b illustrating classic ethical dilemmas /li /ul p Thoroughly updated, the bSecond Edition/b now has a more flexible organization and coverage of important recent developments in the law, rules, and code, including: /p ul li updates reflecting recent revision of the state Rules of Professional Conduct in response to the Ethics 2000 Commission /li li new material on lawyers as counselors, the special duties of prosecutors, lawyer advertising, aggregate and class action settlements, and the revised Model Code of Judicial Conduct /li li new problems and cases /li li discussion of government challenges to the corporate attorney-client privilege /li li pedagogical fine-tuning based on feedback from scores of enthusiastic adopters and students at more than eighty US law schools /li /ul p Respected scholars bLerman/b and bSchrag/b have created an accessible, problem-based casebook that generates rich classroom discussion in courses in Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. /ppbLOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP YOU IN PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY? TRY EXAMPLES EXPLANATIONS: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY 3E (9780735599598) AND MPRE REVIEW 3E WITH CD (9780735597884) --TWO OF MANY GREAT STUDY GUIDES FROM WOLTERS KLUWER LAW BUSINESS./b/p