The Second Edition of Professional Responsibility in Focus offers a comprehensive, updated exposition of the law governing lawyers and judges. Real-world scenarios throughout the text provide students numerous opportunities for students to apply what they have learned and solidify their understanding of important concepts.
New to the Second Edition:
- More than a dozen new cases and other recent developments--such as the amended...
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The Second Edition of Professional Responsibility in Focus offers a comprehensive, updated exposition of the law governing lawyers and judges. Real-world scenarios throughout the text provide students numerous opportunities for students to apply what they have learned and solidify their understanding of important concepts.
New to the Second Edition:
- More than a dozen new cases and other recent developments--such as the amended advertising and solicitation rules--in an expanded, practice-oriented text with new and revised footnotes.
Professors and students will benefit from:
- Clear and concise coverage of the attorney-client relationship, competence, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and more.
- Key Concepts at the start of each chapter and Chapter Summaries at the end of each chapter facilitate study and review
- Case Previews and Post Case Follow-Ups that frame each case writing clarifies the rules and aid in student understanding An introduction to the legal profession
- Real Life Applications and Applying the Rules exercises challenge students to apply what they have learned to realistic hypothetical scenarios
- Updates to Chapter One, on the moral responsibility of lawyers, that provides context for understanding and situating the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility covered in the chapters that follow.
- 12-chapter organization is easily adapted to two or three-credit courses