Professional Responsibility: Problems of Practice and the Profession, 8th Edition – ePub eBook

The “Professional Responsibility: Problems of Practice and the Profession, Eighth Edition” comes with a Connected eBook that grants you lifetime access on Casebook Connect, complete with features like highlighting, annotation, and search capabilities. This online resource also includes practice questions, an outline tool, and other valuable materials critical for success in law school.

Recognized for its adaptability to various teaching methods and student learning styles, this edition provides a versatile framework suitable for question-and-answer discussions, role-playing, student presentations, guest lectures, and writing seminars. Instructors can choose to present the content either doctrinally or based on specific areas of practice, supported by multifaceted problems that offer a wealth of presentation options. The carefully designed reading assignments usually consist of 10-15 pages for one-hour sessions and 20-25 pages for two-hour sessions.

Three distinct types of problems within the text serve to enhance the student’s ethical education. Principal discussion problems aim to hone students’ abilities to navigate challenging professional responsibility dilemmas. Each chapter features Rule Review questions that present various hypotheticals, helping students grasp the scope and limitations of the significant rules governing professional conduct. End-of-chapter multiple-choice assessment questions, complete with detailed answers, aid students in reviewing essential concepts and preparing for the MPRE.

New to the Eighth Edition, the text’s length has been reduced by nearly 200 pages, emphasizing crucial ethical issues relevant to two-hour courses. Several problems have shifted to the website for continuity with prior instructors. This edition includes a more comprehensive analysis of confidentiality obligations, comparing the standards in New York, the District of Columbia, and California against ABA Model Rule 1.6, and addresses the nuanced “possession exception” to confidentiality.

Moreover, contemporary ethical issues related to technology are examined, such as the appropriateness of a lawyer’s responses to online criticism and the ethical implications surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in law practice. The text also revisits the obligations of defense counsel and prosecutors, including the responsibilities concerning competency defenses and ethical duties under Rule 3.8 in cases of wrongful convictions.

Expanded content covers the delivery of legal services, such as the removal of restrictions on unauthorized legal practice and insights on pro bono services. Additionally, it addresses post-2020 ethical concerns, including the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege and litigation issues stemming from the 2020 Presidential election.

Benefits abound for both instructors and students, featuring realistic problems that refine judgment skills, guidance in articulating a coherent legal philosophy, and an innovative structure adaptable to various courses and clinical programs. Organized by key doctrinal concepts like confidentiality and conflicts of interest, this edition also offers modular organization for customized teaching approaches.

The manageable content length is complemented by an extensive Teacher’s Manual that proposes lessons, sample syllabi, Q&A sections, and role-playing exercises. End-of-chapter multiple-choice questions prepare students effectively for the MPRE, while PowerPoint slides highlight fundamental concepts and core problems discussed in the text. Instructors also have access to essay questions with outlined answers for class discussions or student review on the course website.

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