Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law - Hardcover

Lerman, Lisa G.; Schrag, Philip G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0735565295 ISBN 13: 9780735565296

Publisher: Aspen Law & Business, 2008

Synopsis

<p 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 * 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 * 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 <li <ba detailed Teacher’s Manual</b that provides thorough analysis of the hypothetical problems, formatted for easy adaptation to classnotes as well as fascinating post mortems and contextual commentary about the cases. After classroom analysis of a problem, a professor can tell the students “what really happened

About this title

Synopsis

Before you select a casebook for your next course in Legal Ethics or Professional Responsibility, be sure to examine this strong, new problem-based offering. "Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law" is an engaging and completely up-to-date teaching tool with a decidedly practical perspective. The authors combine a compelling, user-friendly writing style with a polished and well-tested pedagogical structure. The respected authors Lerman and Schrag draw on their broad range of classroom, clinical, research, and policy-making experience. The contemporary approach succinctly covers all essential ethical issues and topics using clear, thorough exposition of ethical standards. This book includes succinct examples drawn from recent cases, and challenging problems involving interplay of strategic and ethical concerns. The thoughtful presentation of the full range of ethics topics and issues, including confidentiality, conflicts, and other issues are addressed by ethics codes.

This book also: covers other law governing lawyers, such as malpractice, agency and criminal law, disqualification, and wrongful discharge as well as key contemporary concerns, such as lawyers public responsibilities; and provides up-to-date text based on the latest amendments to the rules of professional conduct, along with many problems based on recent cases. It addresses such timely issues as billing fraud, laws and rules that limit extending legal services to the poor and middle class, and the impact of billable hour requirements on the quality of lawyers lives more than seventy appealing, detailed problems based on real cases relating to issues that students are likely to encounter in their first few years of practice. The skillful use of cases, with some presented directly (for example, Nix v. Whiteside and Jones v. Barnes), while others, such as Fiandaca and Fisons, appear in the form of contextualized problems and place students in the role of the lawyer who is handling the case. Distinct graphic elements throughout the book reinforce the text. Tables and boxes help students see the relationships among parts of rules or theory.

More than eighty pictures and cartoons enliven the discussion. For instructors, the extensive Teacher's Manual simplifies class preparation: contains teaching tips, follow-up problems, suggested role-plays, and short writing exercises; includes detailed analyses of problems in the text, with both pro and con positions and information about the outcomes of the real cases on which the problems are based. It is accompanied by an audio CD, which can be played in class, with readings by the lawyers who participated in the actual cases.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aspen Law & Business
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735565295
• ISBN 13: 9780735565296
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 926