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- Model Rules of Professional Conduct (2006 Edition) will provide you with an up-to-date resource for information on lawyer ethics. The Rules, with some variations, have been adopted in 46 jurisdictions. Federal, state, and local courts in all jurisdictions, even those that have not formally adopted the Rules, look to the Rules for guidance in resolving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions, and much more. Order here.
- Compendium of Professional Responsibility Rules and Standards (2006 Edition) gathers together for immediate reference the essential legal ethics materials needed by lawyers and judges in their daily practice, law students in their exploration of the standards of their new profession, and legal scholars in their analysis of the changing currents that influence professional regulation. Order here.
- Legislative History: The Development of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (1982 - 2005) traces the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (Model Rules) from the appointment of the ABA Commission on Evaluation of Professional Standards ("Kutak Commission") in 1977 through the year 2005. Order here.
- Lawyer Law: Comparing the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct with the ALI Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers The book is organized into six broad chapters - Regulation of the Legal Profession, The Client-Lawyer Relationship, Issues in Client Confidentiality, Issues in Conflicts of Interest, The Lawyer's Duties to Tribunals and Nonclients, and Operation of a Law Practice. Within each Chapter, the subject matter is broken down into "Parts" or subchapters that are also clearly labeled. Within each Part are numbered sections that collect the substantive material. Order online now.
- Compendium
of Client Protection Rules (2005 Edition) The 2005 edition is
a compilation of policies adopted by the American Bar Association
for the protection of the profession's clients and the public. Includes:
Model Rules for Lawyers' Funds for Client Protection; Model Rules
for Trust Account Overdraft Notification; Model Rule on Financial
Recordkeeping; Model Rule for Random Audit of Lawyer Trust Accounts;
Model Rule for Payee Notification; Model Rules for Fee Arbitration;
Model Rules for Mediation of Client-Lawyer Disputes; Guidelines for
the Adoption of a Definition of the Practice of Law and Model Court
Rule on Insurance Disclosure. Order online here.
- The Annotated Model Code of Judicial Conduct - this new publication from the Center and the ABA Judicial Division presents an authoritative and practical analysis of the judicial ethics rules and the cases, ethics opinions, and other legal authorities essential to understanding them.
- The Legal
Assistant's Practical Guide to Professional Responsibility - this
new edition
reviews the ethics issues that are relevant to paralegals, legal assistants,
secretaries, and other employees of law firms, corporations, and law-related
organizations and offers guidance that can be adapted to practice
in any jurisdiction.
- Legal Ethics: The Lawyer's Deskbook on Professional Responsibility, 2006-2007 ed. by Ronald D. Rotunda and John S. Dzienkowski. This revision reflects new developments in the ABA Model Rules, case law, and the literature regarding legal ethics. The book presents and analyzes changes made to the Model Rules by the efforts of the Ethics 2000 Commission, the Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice, and the Task Force on Corporate Responsibility. Includes the reporter's notes to the 2002 revision of the ABA Model Rules. Published jointly by West and the ABA ($84.50). Order online or call 800-344-5009.
