MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008034801
003 DLC
005 20080809100114.0
008 080806s2008 nju b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008034801
020 $a9780820561158 (hard cover)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aKF306$b.S58 2008
082 00 $a340.023/73$222
100 1 $aSimon, Roy D.
245 10 $aLawyers and the legal profession /$cRoy D. Simon, Jr., Burnele V. Powell, Carol A. Needham.
250 $a4th ed.
260 $aNewark, NJ :$bLexisNexis Matthew Bender,$cc2008.
263 $a0811
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aCreating and maintaining a profession -- The gates to the profession?the keys to the office -- Admission to the bar -- The unauthorized practice of law by nonlawyers -- The unauthorized practice of law by lawyers -- Introduction to secrecy -- The attorney-client privilege -- Client identity and the attorney-client privilege -- The attorney-client privilege and physical evidence -- Exceptions to the ethical duty of confidentiality -- Exceptions to the attorney-client privilege -- Dead man talking: the attorney-client privilege after a client dies -- Corporations, corruption, and confidentiality -- Principles of the adversary system -- Civil matters and the adversary system -- The no-contact rule: communicating with represented parties -- The client's role in the adversary system -- The perplexing problem of perjury -- Candor and deception in offering testimony -- Introduction to conflicts of interest -- Who is a client? -- Conflicts of interest with current clients -- Conflicts of interest with former clients -- Imputed conflicts and firewalls -- Business transaction with clients -- Introduction to legal fees: legal services for clients who can pay -- Legal services for clients who cannot pay -- Contingent fees: promise and problems -- How do lawyers get clients? -- How do lawyers get in trouble? -- Are you your brother?s keeper? -- Legal malpractice and other suits against lawyers -- Improving legal education -- Who are the lawyers? -- The diversity of the legal profession -- Fighting discrimination in the legal profession: how should the legal profession fight discrimination?.
650 0 $aLegal ethics$zUnited States$vCases.
650 0 $aPractice of law$zUnited States$vCases.
700 1 $aPowell, Burnele V.$q(Burnele Venable),$d1947-
700 1 $aNeedham, Carol A.