LibGuides: Legal Ethics: Treatises, Case Books. and Study Aids

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Introduction

Legal ethics is a complicated topic, and encompasses more than just a set of rules. Rather, it can present complex research questions, involving bar association ethics opinions, Model Rules, case law, disciplinary hearings, legal malpractice and criminal appeals.

This research guide is designed to serve as a starting-point for research in legal ethics and professional responsibility, and comprises sources for primary and secondary source research.

Case Books and Study Aids

Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law by Lisa G. Lerman
Call Number: KF306.A4 L47 2017-2018
ISBN: 9781454863045
Publication Date: 2017-2018
RESERVE
Covers the many aspects of the law that governs lawyers and does not include an encyclopedic analysis of every ethical rule, nor the entire body of law governing the legal profession. It focuses primarily on the subjects that are most likely to arise during the first years of an individual’s law practice.
Legal Ethics in a Nutshell by Ronald D. Rotunda
Call Number: KF306.Z9 R68 2018
ISBN: 9781640205970
Publication Date: 2018
RESERVE
Includes material that the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination requires. It digests the Model Rules in an historic context including prior versions of the Rules and analyzes the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, Third.
Legal Ethics - The Lawyer's Deskbook on Professional Responsibility by Ronald D. Rotunda
ISBN: 97803114876751
Publication Date: 2018
An annual publication, this title includes coverage of numerous developments in legal ethics including pronouncements from the American Bar Association, state and federal courts, and state bar associations.
Modern Legal Ethics by Charles W. Wolfram
Call Number: KF306 .W65 1986
ISBN: 0314926399
Publication Date: 1986
HORNBOOK
Concentrates on a lawyer's fiduciary responsibility, describes the legal profession's self-regulatory system and the professional codes that have emerged, including regulation and discipline and the client-lawyer relationship.
Problems in Legal Ethics by Mortimer D. Schwartz
Call Number: KF306.A4 S39 2018
ISBN: 9781640207363
Publication Date: 2018
RESERVE CASEBOOK
Integrates current events, cases, and practical issues, with a problem-centered focus. It addresses attorney impairments (including alcoholism, substance abuse, and depression) and client impairments (including diminished capacity), age bias and references to overriding unconscious bias.
Professional Responsibility: Examples and Explanations by W. Bradley Wendel
Call Number: KF306 .W46 2014
ISBN: 9781454868439
Publication Date: 2016
Covers the whole field of professional responsibility, focusing on the ABA Model Rules, the often complex relationship between the rules and doctrines of agency, tort, contract, evidence, and constitutional law.
Simon's New York Rules of Professional Conduct Annotated by Roy D. Simon
ISBN: 9780314678713
Publication Date: 2019
Explains the New York Rules of Professional Conduct and related sources regulating lawyers, including: phrase-by-phrase analysis of each rule, plus summaries of related ethics opinions and cases, historical context, underlying policies, and practical advice; new developments; cases and ethics opinions and historical background.
Understanding Lawyers' Ethics by Monroe H. Freedman
Call Number: KF306 .F744 2010
ISBN: 9781422470220
Publication Date: 2010
The treatise's position is that lawyers' ethics is rooted in the Bill of Rights and in the autonomy and the dignity of the individual. This traditionalist, client-centered view of the lawyer’s role in an adversary system corresponds to the ethical standards that are held by a large proportion of the practicing bar.
The Lawyer's Deskbook on Professional Responsibility by Ronald L. Rotunda
ISBN: 9780314876751
Publication Date: 2018
Analyzes current legal ethical standards from a variety of sources. It combines the current ethical climate with commentary and discussions and references to the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law, 3d – Law Governing Lawyers. It is organized around the American Bar Association's Judicial Code.