Ethical Problems In The Practice Of Law (Casebook)

Lisa G. Lerman

Philip G. Schrag

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Aspen Publishers, Inc.

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law is a problem-based casebook sure to generate lively class discussion. Using real-world problems and cases, with emphasis on issues students are likely to face in their early years of practice, it places students in the lawyers position to engage in simultaneous strategic and ethical analysis of each problem.The Third Edition includes hundreds of new examples and introduces new material on current ethical issues. Outsourcing, contract lawyers, Internet advertising, and nonlawyer ownership of law firms are given thorough treatment, as are recent changes in rules and Justice Department policies. Sure to stimulate discussion, the companion website features a new recorded interview with the Guantanamo defense lawyer ordered to represent an unwilling defendant.
 Hallmark features:
 Co-authors Lerman and Schrag bring a broad range of teaching, consulting, clinical research, and policy-making experience to this problem-based text.
Contemporary approach succinctly covers all essential topics through clear, thorough exposition.
 Challenging problems compel students to engage in simultaneous strategic and ethical analysis.
 Comprehensive presentation of all ethics and professional responsibility topics and issues, including: 
Confidentiality and conflicts.
Ethics rules. 
Legal malpractice.
 Disqualification.
Criminal law. 
 Wrongful discharge.
 Pertinent constitutional law. 
Lawyer's public responsibilities. More than 70 compelling, detailed problems, based on real cases and real-life situations that students are likely to experience during their first years of practice.
Famous and less well-known cases are the basis of most of the problems, placing students in the lawyer's role. 
 Recent and projected changes in the legal profession, including those resulting from the 2008 financial collapse.
 Distinct graphical elements appear throughout to help students see the relationships among parts of rules or theories.

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, 3rd Edition (Aspen Casebook)

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

This bundle product contains the casebook bundled with an access card providing access to Connected Quizzing, which requires a professor's course code to activate. 
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: 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.” Expanded coverage of ethics issues for arbitrators and mediators. Expanded coverage of the ethical challenges and pitfalls faced by lawyers in light of advancing technology. Deeper discussion of issues of diversity and discrimination in the legal profession. 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. Additional material on continuing efforts to address the unmet need for legal services, including licensing of nonlawyers to provide limited legal services. 
Professors and students will benefit from: 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. Problem-based approach, often based on real-life cases, offers students a practical way to test their understanding Problem method engages students and generates class discussion, because most problems present head-scratching dilemmas that students must puzzle through together Graphics (cartoons, tables, photos) throughout, which make the presentation lively and engaging Clear expositions of the law allow professors to devote the majority of class time to interactive discussion of the problems Transformation of a course from an often-boring upper-class requirement to a learning environment that is educationally rich, engaging and fun Shocking examples of recent lawyer misconduct maintain student interest A readable and enjoyable law school textbook

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, bundled with Connected Quizzing

Robert Rubinson

Reference

Wolters Kluwer

<div>This problem-based book reflects the authors'' broad range of teaching, clinical, and policy-making experience. The book''s carefully crafted ethical problems challenge students to engage in a deep analysis and participate in lively class discussion. &nbsp; Features include: &nbsp;</div> <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 practice.</li> <li>The law governing lawyers explained in an accessible question-and-answer format.</li> <li>A succinct explanation of relevant Model Rules and other law governing lawyers, including examples from disciplinary and malpractice cases.</li> <li>An opportunity for students, through specific examples, to reflect on their own conception of their professional roles on behalf of clients and their obligations to the legal system as a whole.</li> <li>A 400-page Teacher''s Manual with sample syllabi, advice on how to structure the course, and detailed discussion guides for all problems and questions in the text. The manual explains possible student responses to each problem, and includes follow-up questions and answers that allow even novice teachers to master the material. Instructors can adapt the materials in the manual to become their class notes.&nbsp; &nbsp;</li> <li>Lively presentation of materials, including cartoons, tables, and photos.</li> <li>Clear and concise presentation through text and charts that summarize relevant law.</li> </ul> <div> Unsolicited comments from adopters of Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law:</div> <ul> <li>Professor Cynthia Batt, Stetson University College of Law, wrote that this book "has the BEST teacher''s manual of any text ever."</li> <li>Professor Jamie P. Werbel, Seton Hall University School of Law wrote: I wanted to drop you a line and let you know how fabulous your textbook is! I just started teaching Professional Responsibility this year, and your book has been invaluable to me as I guide my students through the course. My husband, also an attorney, made fun of me last semester as a few times I was reading it at night in bed! It really is just that enjoyable to read.</li> </ul> <div> New to the 6th Edition: &nbsp;</div> <ul> <li>A comprehensive revision of the entire text, adding material to continue to provide students with a wealth of opportunities to grapple with ethical issues.</li> <li>Inclusion of recent developments in the field, including: <ul> <li>Discussion of the amendments to Model Rule 1.8 regarding gifts to clients: &nbsp;</li> <li>The new ABA ethics opinion on what constitutes material adversity under Rule 1.9;</li> <li>Developments in some states on permitting non-lawyers to provide some legal services;</li> <li>Changes in some states'' rules on non-lawyer ownership of firms;</li> <li>Expanded coverage of ethical issues arising from use of the Internet and social media, such as an ABA opinion on how lawyers may respond to online critiques of their services.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Material on recent events that have raised important issues of professional responsibility, especially discipline and sanctions for lawyers who made unfounded claims about the 2020 presidential election.</li> <li>Updated empirical information about the practice of law, including the continuing concerns about diversity within the profession.</li> </ul> <div> Benefits for instructors and students: Students:</div> <ul> <li>Problem-based approach, often based on real-life cases, offers students a practical way to test their understanding</li> <li>Graphics (cartoons, tables, photos) throughout, which make the presentation lively and engaging</li> <li>Shocking examples of recent lawyer misconduct maintain student interest</li> <li>A readable and enjoyable law school textbook</li> </ul> <div>Professors:</div> <ul> <li>Problem method engages students and generates class discussion, because most problems present head-scratching dilemmas that students must puzzle through together</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> </ul>

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law (Aspen Casebook)

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