Regulation Of Lawyers: Problems Of Law And Ethics

By Stephen Gillers

Book Overview

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Regulation of Lawyers: Problems of Law and Ethics, 12th edition goes beyond the rules in teaching students the subtle differences between proper and improper conduct. Writing in his direct and lively style, Stephen Gillers explores the subtleties and nuances of the legal and ethical rules governing lawyers and judges. From great teaching cases, timely materials, and realistic problems, students come away with new insight, equipped to detect and avoid improper conduct over the course of their professional careers. Refined through years of classroom use, this casebook also offers comprehensive coverage, a balanced mix of materials, discussion beyond the rulesand from different perspectives, detailed notes, and an accessible and engaging style.

New to the Twelfth Edition:

McCoy v. Louisiana on allocation of decisionmaking authority between lawyer and client (U.S. Supreme Court 2018). Material on the criticism of Prof. Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr. for joining the Harvey Weinstein defense. Discussion of the debate over Rule 8.4(g), which forbids bias and harassment in law practice. Three problems test its application and First Amendment limits. 17 new problems and revision of many old ones. Enhanced material on judicial disqualification and bias in the courts. Enhanced material on challenges to the bar's monopoly on the sale of for- profit legal services. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Ry. Co., where the Ninth Circuit asked prominent law firms to defend discrepancies in their characterization of the record.

Professors and students will benefit from:

High-profile author--ProfessorGillers is a highly visible and recognized national authority on professional responsibility Comprehensive coverage thatincludes the full range of professional responsibility issues Well-balanced mixof cases, secondary sources, and timely materials, often drawn from recent headlines, and which supports its comprehensive coverage of professional responsibility issues Realistic, helpful, and abundant problems, many of which are based on actual events, and which facilitate class discussion and enable students to understand the rules and regulations that will govern their professional behavior Discussion beyond the rules and from different perspectives to recognize that the law is not necessarily self-evident and covers many subtleties Excellent case selection Manageable length Detailed and challenging notes that provide in-depth treatment of the issues Accessible and engaging style characterized by variety, clarity, and humor

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1543825869
• ISBN13: 9781543825862
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Aspen Publishing
• Length: 764 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.6" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

A very comprehensive, easy to understand ethics text

I think the other reviewer, who gave this text one star, must not have invested sufficient time in understanding the material. The Gillers text is very comprehensive in its treatment, which is a STRENGTH. It is the nature of ethics that even well-chosen ethics cases will usually involve more than one issue, and the author has chosen to reinforce certain concepts over and over instead of shielding the student from this, which sometimes involves looks ahead to certain topics. In addition, the ethics If the other reviewer wanted a treatment that just touched the high points of the rules, enough to pass the MPRE, he read the wrong book. Ethics is a massive, often complicated subject that is rapidly evolving due to our current place in history. Hence many of the cases illustrating key points will be bar association decisions from certain states, or decisions from seemingly minor state courts. The author has done exhaustive research to locate and summarize these cases across all jurisdictions, due to the many differences across jurisdictions. The book also contains extensive case studies of important topics outside the opinions (for example the "Triangle Shirtwaist" fire, and what happened on cross of a key witness). These sections help to break up the many case opinions, and help keep the material interesting and illustrative. The problems are, in my opinion, very well constructed. Instead of being five-minute exercises dealing with just one issue, they are designed to be difficult and represent possible real-world situations, as well as to reinforce previous material. This means that if you do a problem on malpractice, for example, you should expect to potentially deal with conflicts of interest and many other issues. A teacher who adequately explores the problems with her students could almost teach the material just from the problems and the rules. The book is so well-organized that even a perennial C student could read it and understand the material with some effort, and become a relative master of ethics. Perhaps that's not what the other reviewer wanted. If you want to REALLY learn ethics, including issues beyond the scope of the rules proper, I can't imagine a better book. If you cover the material and give it the attention it deserves, you also couldn't possibly fail the MPRE.