An indispensable tool for students taking courses in professional responsibility, this book contains only the essential resources: the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the official comments; a selection of the most distinctive state variations; and 124 practice questions, in the format used in the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), together with answers and detailed analyses. This volume includes: <ul>
<li>The ABA Rules of Professional Conduct, with official comments, as issued through August 2016.</li> <li>A carefully selected compilation of variations found in state ethics codes. Each variation was chosen to demonstrate a policy choice made by a state that departed from the ABA s suggested model. The purpose is to enable students to compare certain state rules with the Model Rules and to better understand the policy choices reflected in the ABA Model Rules.</li> <li>Italicized words and additional notes in the state variations, to highlight the differences between the variations and the Model Rules.</li> <li>124 original practice questions, organized into 14 topics, in the multiple-choice format used by the MPRE, so that students can test their understanding of each topic studied in the course.</li> <li>Detailed narrative analyses of the answer to each question, explaining why one choice is correct, and why each incorrect answer is not correct.</li> </ul>

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2017 and 2018 Edition

Lerman, Lisa G.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Wolters Kluwer

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, Concise Fourth Edition is the briefer version of Lerman and Schrag s highly successful problem-based textbook that offers a contemporary and thoughtful approach to challenging ethical dilemmas, encouraging deep analysis and lively class discussion. Key Features: <ul>
<li>Succinct and accessible explanation of lawyer law in question and answer format</li> <li>Numerous problems based on actual cases, in which students must analyze the ethical and strategic issues as if they were practicing lawyers</li> <li>Focus on issues that students are most likely to face in their early years of practice</li> <li>Stimulating presentation of materials, including cartoons, tables, and photos</li> </ul>
New to the Fourth Edition: <ul>
<li>Updates of countless recent developments in lawyer law, including the amendments to Rules 1.6, 1.18 and 8.4</li> <li>Up-to-date discussions of how the Internet is affecting law practice, including the use of e-mail and social media</li> <li>Engaging two-color design</li> <li>New chapter on the changing legal profession</li> <li>Reorganized so that the chapters match the practice MPRE questions in Lerman, Schrag, and Gupta s Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations and Practice Questions.</li> </ul>

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Concise Edition (Aspen Casebook)

Schrag, Philip G.

Aspen Opco Llc

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2019-2020

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law

Gupta, Anjum

This problem-based book reflects the authors' broad range of teaching, clinical, and policy-making experience. Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law's carefully crafted ethical problems challenge students to engage in a deep analysis and participate in lively class discussion. New to the Fifth Edition: <ul>
<li>Comprehensive updates to reflect the many new developments in this fast-moving field. The authors carefully revised the entire text, adding six new problems and countless new case examples to illustrate the operation of "lawyer law."</li> <li>Expanded coverage of ethics issues for arbitrators and mediators.</li> <li>Expanded coverage of the ethical challenges and pitfalls faced by lawyers in light of advancing technology.</li> <li>Deeper discussion of issues of diversity and discrimination in the legal profession.</li> <li>Updated and enhanced materials on innovations and transformations in the legal profession and the regulation of lawyers in the United States and abroad, including innovation in financing law practice and litigation, and offshoring legal work.</li> <li>Additional material on continuing efforts to address the unmet need for legal services, including licensing of nonlawyers to provide limited legal services.</li> </ul>
Professors and students will benefit from: <ul>
<li>Real-world problems, most based on actual cases, in which students are asked to step into the shoes of practicing lawyers to confront difficult ethical dilemmas that often arise in the early years of law practice.</li> <li>Problem-based approach, often based on real-life cases, offers students a practical way to test their understanding</li> <li>Problem method engages students and generates class discussion, because most problems present head-scratching dilemmas that students must puzzle through together</li> <li>Graphics (cartoons, tables, photos) throughout, which make the presentation lively and engaging</li> <li>Clear expositions of the law allow professors to devote the majority of class time to interactive discussion of the problems</li> <li>Transformation of a course from an often-boring upper-class requirement to a learning environment that is educationally rich, engaging and fun</li> <li>Shocking examples of recent lawyer misconduct maintain student interest</li> <li>A readable and enjoyable law school textbook</li> </ul>

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law (Aspen Casebook)

Rubinson, Robert

Ethical Problems in The Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2021&nbsp;and 2022 Edition.&nbsp;

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions, 2021 and 2022 Edition (Supplements)

Aspen Publishing