Legal Ethics » (2nd Edition)

Paralegal Program Chair, Ivy Tech State College, Fort Wayne, Indiana; graduate of Temple University and The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University; licensed to practice law in Indiana; member of American Bar Association and Indiana State Bar Association; multiple recipient of Who's Who Among America's Teachers; mediator

Legal Ethics does a superb job with a topic that could be tedious if presented any other way. It utilizes lively examples, current and classic case studies, figures and illustrations, dozens of real-live situations of lawyer and nonlawyer misbehaviors-including bizarre misbehavior-and legal issues involving such people as President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates and Timothy McVeigh. These teaching and learning devices help convey the great significance of the professional responsibility issues facing the legal profession. The book pays particular attention to such topics as how lawyers are regulated, unauthorized practice of law, confidentiality and conflicts of interest. The material is rounded out with such valuable supporting materials as a full glossary, ethics codes, a listing of more than 70 legal ethics Web sites, a movie guide of a number of entertaining movies that center on legal ethics or the legal profession and an exceptionally well-written instructor's manual.

Table of Cases

Ch. 1 Lawyers, Legal Assistants, and the Regulation of the Legal Profession 1

Ch. 2 Paralegals and Their Profession 36

Ch. 3 The Unauthorized Practice of Law 90

Ch. 4 Confidentiality 163

Ch. 5 Conflicts of Interest 235

Ch. 6 Advertising and Solicitation 314

Ch. 7 Fees and Fee Sharing 385

Ch. 8 Miscellaneous Ethics Issues 461

App. A ABA Model Guidelines for the Utilization of Paralegal Services 531

App. B NFPA Model Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility and Guidelines for Enforcement 548

App. C NALA Model Standards and Guidelines for Utilization of Legal Assistants 557

App. D NALA Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility 566

App. E Legal Ethics and Related Web Sites 568

App. F Legal Ethics Movie Guide 571

Glossary 591

Index 597