Professional responsibility in the life of the lawyer /

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Main Author: Pierce, Carl A. (Carl Arthur), 1947-
Other Authors: Cornett, Judy M, Long, Alex B
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, ©2011
Series:American casebook series
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Table of Contents:
  • Lawyers
  • Regulation of the legal profession : promulgating standards of conduct for lawyers
  • Regulation of the legal profession : enforcing standards of professional conduct
  • Legal education
  • Admission to the bar
  • Preventing the unauthorized practice of law by non-lawyers
  • Multi-jurisdictional practice
  • Associating with law firms
  • Advertising
  • Solicitation
  • Cooperating with matchmakers
  • Establishing a client-lawyer relationship
  • Clarifying the scope of a client's representation
  • Setting the fee : general principles
  • Fees and reimbursements contingent on the outcome of the representation
  • Safekeeping client funds and property
  • Pro bono representation
  • Communication and decision-making
  • Impaired clients
  • Competent and diligent representation of a client
  • Duties to third persons derived from the lawyer's duties to a client
  • Protecting information relating to the representation of clients
  • Exceptions to the lawyer's duty of confidentiality
  • Using the attorney-client privilege to prevent compelled disclosure of information related to a client's representation
  • Using the work-product rule to prevent compelled disclosure of information relating to a client's representation
  • Representing a client whose interests are directly adverse to the interests of another client in different matters
  • Representation of a client materially limited by the representation of another client
  • Identifying and resolving conflicts of interest between the client and the lawyer
  • Identifying and resolving conflicts of interest between a lawyer's client and non-clients
  • Avoiding complicity in client wrongdoing
  • Termination of the client-lawyer relationship
  • Duties to former clients
  • Duties to former clients when lawyers move between law firms
  • Marshaling and preventing access to facts on behalf of a client
  • Designing and negotiating settlements
  • Filing claims and motions
  • Discovery
  • Trial practice : prohibited advocacy
  • Trial practice : truthfulness, candor, and the prevention of offenses against the administration of justice
  • Appellate practice
  • Prosecutors
  • Lawyers and judges
  • Alternative dispute resolution roles and processes
  • Forming and representing organizational clients
  • Avoiding complicity in client crimes and frauds
  • Becoming and serving as a judge
  • Managing law firms and supervising the work of others