Legal Ethics

Author: Kent Kauffman
Edition: 002
Product Type: Book w/Multimedia (CD, DVD or Electronic)
ISBN 13: 9781428304109
ISBN 10: 142830410X
Copyright: 2009

Price: $174.95

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Description:

Legal Ethics, second edition, provides a variety of methods designed to improve the reader's understanding of ethical rules. The premise of the book is that students should be given clear information so that they can understand complex concepts-because all legal professionals are required to act with the same professional care as attorneys. It provides a thorough and substantive analysis of the major principles that affect how the practice of law is regulated. To provide an example of the lawyer-disciplinary process, a provocative look at the disbarment proceedings against President Clinton is presented in the first chapter. Other real-world examples and hypotheticals are provided throughout the chapters in order to facilitate a better grasp on the technical material. Visual aids are provided throughout the text, so that critical and difficult concepts can be better understood. Review questions at the end of each chapter can also serve as a springboard for further, independent study, if desired. A legal ethics movie guide at the book's end is also included, where the author reviews over twenty, entertaining movies that have a connection to legal ethics or the practice of law.

Features:

Includes the latest trends affecting the paralegal/legal assistant profession: , licensing and certification of paralegals, the application of federal overtime pay requirements and recent paralegal/legal assistant compensation information
Ethics 2000 information with discussions on changing the ABA Model Rules Professional Conduct and their final versions
Dozens of real-life examples of lawyer and non-lawyer misbehaviors help breathe life into the ethics rules
Current and classic case law help the reader see how courts interpret and apply the ethics rules to lawyers and their non-lawyer employees
A legal ethics Website directory provides over 70 Website addresses
A legal ethics movie guide brings important principles to life
A CD-ROM for students provides more information and learning devices.
New material on the special ethics duties of those that work in prosecuting attorney's offices, connected to a new piece on the Duke Lacrosse/Mike Nifong Scandal.
Web links are inserted throughout the chapters.
Engaging stories, titled, "Not Quite Lincoln,"of lawyer or paralegal transgressions are placed throughout the chapters.
Hypothetical scenarios, "Ethics in Action," provided at the end of every chapter—intricate enough for use either in class discussion or for homework.