Professional responsibility : a student's guide /
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| Author / Creator: | Rotunda, Ronald D. |
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| Edition: | 2010-2011 [ed.]. |
| Imprint: | [St. Paul, Minn.} : West, a Thomson Reuters business, c2010. |
| Description: | xxvii, 1270, [45] p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8445729 |
Table of Contents:
- Client-lawyer relationships
- Competence
- Scope of representation and allocation of authority between client and lawyer
- Diligence
- Communication
- Fees
- Confidentiality of information
- Conflicts of interest: current clients
- Conflict of interest: specific rules
- Duties to former clients
- Conflicts of interest: imputed disqualification
- Special conflicts of interest for former and current government officers and employees
- Former judge, arbitrator, mediator, or other third-party neutral
- The organization as client
- Client with a diminished capacity
- Safekeeping property
- Declining or terminating representations
- Sale of a law practice
- Duties to prospective clients
- The lawyer as counselor
- The lawyer as advisor
- The lawyer as intermediary
- The lawyer as evaluator
- The lawyer as a third-party neutral
- The lawyer as an advocate
- Meritorious claims and contentions
- Expediting litigation
- Candor toward the tribunal
- Fairness to opposing party and opposing counsel
- Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal
- Trial publicity
- Lawyer as witness
- Special responsibilities of a prosecutor
- Advocate in nonadjudicative proceedings
- Transactions with persons other than clients
- Truthfulness in statements to others
- Communications with a person represented by counsel
- Dealing with unrepresented persons
- Respect for the rights of third persons
- Law firms and associations
- Responsibilities of a partner or supervisory lawyer
- Responsibilities of a subordinate lawyer
- The lawyer's responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants
- Professional independence of a lawyer
- Unauthorized practice of law; multijurisdicitional practice of law
- Restrictions on the right to practice law
- Responsibilities regarding law-related services
- Public service
- Voluntary pro bono publico service
- Accepting appointments
- Membership in legal services organizations
- Law reform activities affecting client interests
- Nonprofit and court-annexed limited legal services programs
- Information about legal services
- Historical and constitutional background
- Communications concerning a lawyer's services
- Advertising
- Direct contact with prospective clients
- Communication of fields of practice and specialization
- Firm names and letterheads
- Political contributions to obtain government legal engagements or appointments by judges
- Maintaining the integrity of the profession
- Bar admission and disciplinary matters
- Changes against judicial and legal officials
- Reporting professional misconduct
- Misconduct
- Disciplinary authority and choice of law.