Professional Responsibility in Focus [Connected eBook with Study Center]

by Sahl, John P.; Cassidy, R. Michael; Cooper, Benjamin P.; Tarkington, Margaret C.

• ISBN13: 9781543809275
• ISBN10: 1543809278
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781543835267
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2021-01-31
• Publisher: Aspen Publishing
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Summary

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on Casebook Connect, including lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities. Access also includes practice questions, an outline tool, and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes.

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