Regulation of the legal profession /
Gillers, Stephen, 1943-
Regulation of the legal profession / Stephen Gillers. - Austin, Tex. : New York, N.Y. : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; Aspen Publishers, c2009. - xvi, 412 p. ; 22 cm. - Essentials . - Essentials (Aspen Publishers) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What are legal ethics? -- What lawyers owe clients : an introduction -- What lawyers owe clients : competence -- What lawyers owe clients : confidentiality -- Privilege and confidentiality for organizational clients -- What lawyers owe clients : other attributes of the attorney-client relationship -- How the law protects the attorney-client relationship -- Lawyers and money -- Conflicts of interest : an introduction -- Current client conflicts -- Special current client conflict rules -- Former client conflicts -- Imputation of conflicts -- Lawyers in government -- Consents to conflict -- Ethics in advocacy -- Special rules for real evidence -- The "no-comment" rule -- Transactional lawyers -- Lawyers for organizations -- Virtual (or vicarious) clients -- Judges -- Admission to the bar -- Lawyer liability -- Discipline -- Restrictions on advertising and solicitation.
9780735577381 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0735577382 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Attorney and client--United States.
Legal ethics--United States.
Lawyers--Malpractice--United States.
Lawyers--Discipline.--United States
174/.30973 GIL / 005551
Regulation of the legal profession / Stephen Gillers. - Austin, Tex. : New York, N.Y. : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; Aspen Publishers, c2009. - xvi, 412 p. ; 22 cm. - Essentials . - Essentials (Aspen Publishers) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What are legal ethics? -- What lawyers owe clients : an introduction -- What lawyers owe clients : competence -- What lawyers owe clients : confidentiality -- Privilege and confidentiality for organizational clients -- What lawyers owe clients : other attributes of the attorney-client relationship -- How the law protects the attorney-client relationship -- Lawyers and money -- Conflicts of interest : an introduction -- Current client conflicts -- Special current client conflict rules -- Former client conflicts -- Imputation of conflicts -- Lawyers in government -- Consents to conflict -- Ethics in advocacy -- Special rules for real evidence -- The "no-comment" rule -- Transactional lawyers -- Lawyers for organizations -- Virtual (or vicarious) clients -- Judges -- Admission to the bar -- Lawyer liability -- Discipline -- Restrictions on advertising and solicitation.
9780735577381 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0735577382 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Attorney and client--United States.
Legal ethics--United States.
Lawyers--Malpractice--United States.
Lawyers--Discipline.--United States
174/.30973 GIL / 005551