Regulation of lawyers : problems of law and ethics

Synopsis

Stephen Gillers' popular casebook offers excellent coverage of the full range of professional responsibility issues, illustrated and documented with new and provocative materials, often drawn from recent headlines. REGULATION OF LAWYERS mixes well-edited cases with realistic problems and original source material to help students Understand The rules and regulations that will constrain their professional behavior. The casebook is divided into five parts on: Client-Lawyer Relationship Conflicts of Interest Special Lawyer Roles Avoiding and Redressing Professional Failure First Amendment Rights of Lawyers Gillers examines a wide range of situations, including: the duty to inform and advise the autonomy of clients the rights of clients with diminished capacity bias in the selection or assignment of counsel lawyers' moral accountability for their choice of clients prosecutorial misconduct Students will confront real-life controversies, such as: The White House Counsel's notes of conversations with Hillary Clinton, subpoenaed by Kenneth Starr advertising on the internet Cravath's representation of Credit Suisse in connection with allegations against the bank by families of Holocaust victims Judge Posner's 'law and economics' analysis of bar admission rules This scrupulous revision also features new or enhanced material on: the Restatement of Law Governing Lawyers client identity issues fees court-imposed sanctions use of experts in malpractice actions sexual relations with clients REGULATION OF LAWERS is part of a thorough teaching package that includes a revised Teacher's Manual, featuring six complete case histories, and a new Statutory Supplement.