Glannon Guide to Professional Responsibility: Learning Professional Responsibility Through Multiple Choice Questions and Analysis

by Dru Stevenson

Overview

A useful combination of well-written explanations, multipel-choice questions, analyses, and exam-taking tips, The Glannon Guide To Professional Responsibility: Learning Professional Responsibility Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis is the first study aid designed to prepare students for both their Professional Responsibility exam and the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE). This expanded edition includes a chapter devoted to the Code of Judicial Conduct which is now tested on the MPRE, as well as updated questions to reflect the most recent ABA Ethics Opinions and Supreme Court decisions in this area. An engaging, user-friendly teaching text that covers all the heavily tested subjects on the MPRE and taught in a Professional Responsibility course, Multiple-choice questions, pitched at an appropriate level and integrated into a thorough review of each topic, "Closers, "at the end of each chapter-challenging questions that test mastery of the law just learned, Clear, precise analysis of the technical provisions of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the official Comments for each rule, Valuable exam-taking pointers, applicable to every type of question, interspersed throughout the text, Clear discussion about which provisions of the rules are most important for the MPRE or a law school course

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454892489
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer
Publication date:	09/28/2018
Series:	Glannon Guides Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	394
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.81(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Preparing for the MPRE xi

Part I Heavily Tested Topics 1

Chapter 1 Conflicts of Interest: Introduction 3

A Conflicts between Current Clients-Adverse Parties 6

B Conflicts between Current Clients-Joint Representation 10

C Conflicts between Current Clients-Representing Corporations and Their Employees 13

D Former Clients and New Clients 15

E Former Clients and New Clients-Unrelated Matters 17

E Third-Party Compensation and Influence-Relatives 20

G Consent to Third-Party Compensation and Influence 22

H Conflicts between Lawyer and Client-Sex with a Client 24

I Rule 1.9-Duties to Former Clients 26

J Rule 1.10-Imputation of Conflict of Interest 33

K Rule 1.11-Special Conflicts of Interest for Former and Current Government Officers and Employees 44

L Rule 1.12 - Former Judge, Arbitrator, Mediator 53

M The Closer 58

Chapter 2 The Client-Lawyer Relationship 61

A Rule 1.2-Scope of Representation and Allocation of Authority between Client and Lawyer 61

B Rule 1.4-Communication with the Client; Counsel and Assistance within the Bounds of the Law; and Formation of the Client-Lawyer Relationship 70

C Rule 1.5 - Fees 79

D Rule 1.16-Declining and Terminating Representation 87

E The Closer 95

Chapter 3 Litigation and Other Forms of Advocacy 99

A Rule 3.1-Meritorious Claims and Contentions 99

B Rule 3.2-Expediting Litigation 109

C Rule 3.3-Candor toward the Tribunal 113

D Rule 3.4-Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel 120

E Rule 3.5-Impartiality and Decorum of the Tribunal 132

F Rule 3.6-Trial Publicity 140

G Rule 3.7-Lawyer as Witness 150

H The Closer 158

Chapter 4 Competence, Legal Malpractice, and Other Civil Liability 161

A Rule 1.1-Competence 161

B Rule 1.3-Diligence 169

C Rule 1.8 and Common Law-Malpractice 176

D Rule 2.3-Evaluation for Use by Third Persons 186

E The Closer 195

Chapter 5 Client Confidentiality-Rule 1.6 199

A Introduction to Rule 1.6 199

B The Closer 215

Part II Lightly Tested Topics 219

Chapter 6 Regulation of the Legal Profession 221

A Rule 5.1-Responsibilities of a Partner or Supervisory Lawyer 221

B Rule 5.2-Responsibilities of Subordinate Lawyers 231

C Rule 5.3-Responsibilities for Conduct of Non-Lawyer Assistants in a Firm 238

D Rule 5.4-Fee Division with a Non-Lawyer 242

E Rule 5.5-Unauthorized Practice of Law by Lawyers and Non-Lawyers; Multijurisdictional Practice 247

E Rule 5.6-Restrictions on Rights to Practice 255

G Rule 5.7-Responsibilities Regarding Law-Related Service 257

H Rule 8.3-Mandatory and Permissive Reporting of Misconduct 260

I Rule 8.1-Bar Admission and Disciplinary Matters 263

J Rule 8.4-Lawyer Misconduct 266

K Rule 8.5-Disciplinary Authority; Powers of Courts and Other Bodies to Regulate Lawyers 269

L The Closer 271

Chapter 7 Communications about Legal Services 275

A Rule 7.2-Advertising 276

B Rule 7.3-Solicitation of Clients 281

C Rule 7.4-Communication of Fields of Practice and Specialization 286

D Rule 7.6-Political Contributions to Obtain Legal Engagements or Appointments by Judges 289

E The Closer: Advertising and Solicitation 290

Chapter 8 Different Roles of the Lawyer 293

A Rule 2.1-Advisor 294

B Rule 2.4-Lawyer Serving as Third-Party Neutral 303

C Rule 3.8-Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor 307

D Rule 3.9-Advocate in Nonadjudicative Proceedings 310

E Rule 1.13-Organization as Client 312

F The Closer 320

Chapter 9 Transactions and Communications with Persons Other Than Clients 323

A The Closer 330

Chapter 10 Rule 1.15-Safekeeping Property 333

A The Closer 340

Chapter 11 The Code of Judicial Conduct 343

A The Closer 356

Index 359