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Regulation of the Legal Profession: The Essentials

Stephen Gillers

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  • ISBN: 9780735577381

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    Offering big-picture perspective on Professional Responsibility, this brief introduction illuminates essential concepts with Stephen Gillers’ characteristic expertise and clarity.

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    Page Count 432
    Published 09/14/2009
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    Briefly, By Way of Introduction...

    1: What Are Legal Ethics?

    PART I: THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP

    2. What Lawyers Owe Clients: An Introduction
    3. What Lawyers Owe Clients: Competence
    4. What Lawyers Owe Clients: Confidentiality
    5. Privilege and Confidentiality for Organizational Clients
    6. What Lawyers Owe Clients: Other Attributes of the Attorney-Client Relationship
    7. How the Law Protects the Attorney-Client Relationship
    8. Lawyers and Money

    PART II: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

    9. Conflicts of Interest: An Introduction
    10. Current Client Conflicts
    11. Special Current Client Conflict Rules
    12. Former Client Conflicts
    13. Imputation of Conflicts
    14. Lawyers in Government
    15. Consents to Conflict

    PART III: RULES FOR TRIAL LAWYERS

    16. Ethics in Advocacy
    17. Special Rules for Real Evidence
    18. The “No-Comment” Rule

    PART IV: OTHER SPECIAL RULES AND RELATIONSHIPS

    19. Transactional Lawyers
    20. Lawyers for Organizations
    21. Virtual (or Vicarious) Clients
    22. Judges

    PART V: QUALITY ASSURANCE

    23. Admission to the Bar
    24. Lawyer Liability
    25. Discipline
    26. Restrictions on Advertising and Solicitation

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