The Third Edition introduces new coverage of social networking and how this emerging phenomenon is shaping the law governing lawyers.
Features:
- Comprehensive coverage of a wide range of ethical issues through a combination of relevant and interesting problems, cases, ethics opinions, and thematic notes that showcase and clarify the developing law governing lawyers.
- Student-accessible, teachable problems encourage nuanced explorations of the Model Rules, Restatement, cases, and materials, suited to both large- and small-classes.
- Short stories illuminate ethical dilemmas in the context of legal practice.
- Original thematic mini-law-review notes introduce students to the vast commentary about the legal profession and the law governing lawyers, organized around recurring themes:
- Lawyers'roles in representing clients.
- The law governing lawyers.
- The limits of the law.
- Practice pointers.
- Lawyers and other professionals.
- Lawyers in practice.
- Text is short enough to cover in a typical course but detailed enough to provide thorough treatment of the issues at hand.
- Annual statutory supplement with bound-in CD of state codes.
The revised Third Edition includes new material covering:
- The effect of social networking and social media on the practice of law.
- Developing ethical challenges to lawyers practicing in a networked world.