Legal ethics

Synopsis

This law school casebook combines real life problems, doctrinal and statutory analysis, and readings from a range of disciplines for the study of ethics. It includes recent changes in the Model Rules adopted by the American Bar Association, recent corporate scandals and Sarbanes-Oxley, the War on Terror and lawyer-client confidentiality, new research on the distribution of legal services and pro bono work, technological developments that affect regulatory issues, such as internet advertising and non lawyer services, effective assistance of counsel, conflicts of interest, and prosecutorial misconduct.