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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL ETHICS 1

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 1

READING ASSIGNMENT 1

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 1

How to Use This Book 2

Short Form Citations 3

Purposes of This Book 3

“Ethics” and “Legal Ethics” 4

John Stuart Mill on Utilitarianism 5

James Rachels on Utilitarianism 10

Roots of the Golden Rule 17

Immanuel Kant on the Categorical Imperative 20

Onora O’Neill Commentary on Kant’s Theory 24

CHAPTER 2. SOURCES AND APPLICATION OF LEGAL ETHICS RULES 28

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 28

READING ASSIGNMENT 28

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 28

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 29

The Organization of the Bar 30

Admission to Practice in the Courts of a State 31

In re DeBartolo 33

Admission to Practice in Other States and the Federal Courts 35

Lawyer Associations 36

Sources of Guidance on Legal Ethics 40

Discipline 42

In re Mountain 43

In re Holmay 45

Multiple Choice Questions 46

CHAPTER 3. BEGINNING AND ENDING THE LAWYER-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP 51

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 51

READING ASSIGNMENT 51

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 51

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 52

Beginning the Lawyer-Client Relationship 53

The Attorney’s Oath 53

Who Should Pay When the Client Cannot? 54

Bothwell v.Republic Tobacco Co. 56

Outlook for the Future 67

Ruskin v.Rodgers 68

Rosenberg v.Levin 69

Holmes v.Y.J.A.Realty Corp. 73

Kriegsman v.Kriegsman 74

Frivolous Claims 76

Multiple Choice Questions 77

CHAPTER 4.ADVERTISING AND SOLICITATION 82

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 82

READING ASSIGNMENT 82

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 82

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 82

Historical Summary 84

Bates v.State Bar o f Arizona 88

Historical Summary, Continued 95

Florida Bar v.Went For It,Inc. 100

Multiple Choice Questions 105

CHAPTER 5.ATTORNEY FEES AND FIDUCIARY DUTIES 110

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 110

READING ASSIGNMENT 110

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 110

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 110

Robert L.Wheeler, Inc.v.Scott 114

ABA Formal Opinion 93-379 118

The Billable Hours Treadmill 126

Questions and Answers About Contingent Fees 131

Loans to Clients 134

Client Trust Accounts 134

Multiple Choice Questions 138

CHAPTER 6. COMPETENCE, DILIGENCE,AND UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE 142

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 142

READING ASSIGNMENT 142

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 142

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 143

Legal Malpractice 146

The Ethics of Second-Rate Legal Service 154

Multi-Jurisdictional and Multi-Disciplinary Practice 157

Multiple Choice Questions 160

CHAPTER 7. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 165

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 165

READING ASSIGNMENT 165

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 165

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 165

Washington v.Olwell 167

People v.Meredith 171

Exceptions to the Ethical Duty of Confidentiality 179

Multiple Choice Questions 181

CHAPTER 8.CANDOR IN LITIGATION 185

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 185

READING ASSIGNMENT 185

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 185

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 185

The Trilemma: Trust,Confidentiality,and Candor 187

People v.Johnson 193

ABA Formal Opinion 93-376 202

Multiple Choice Questions 206

CHAPTER 9.FAIRNESS IN LITIGATION 211

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 211

READING ASSIGNMENT 211

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 211

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 212

Witness Coaching 214

Colorado Bar Association Opinion70 217

Public Comments About Pending Litigation 219

Matter of V ncenti 222

The Prosecutor’s Special Duties 225

The Duties of the Criminal Defense Lawyer 227

Why I Defend Guilty Clients 227

Multiple Choice Questions 230

CHAPTER 10. BIAS IN（AND OUT OF）THE COURTROOM 234

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COvERS 234

READING ASSIGNMENT 234

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 234

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 235

Introduction 236

The Effects of Gender in the Federal Courts: The Final Report of the Ninth Circuit Gender Bias Task Force 237

The Study of Gender in the Courts: Keeping Bias at Bay 239

What’s Gender Got to Do With It? Incivility in the Federal Courts 239

What Judges Can Learn From Gender Bias Task Force Studies 240

Final Report of the Special Committee on Race and Ethnicity to the D.C. Circuit Task Force on Gender, Race, and Ethnic Bias 243

Symposium on Racial Bias in the Judicial System, Minnesota Supreme Court Task Force on Racial Bias in the Judicial System: Access to Representation and Interaction, and General Civil Process 247

In re Charges of Unprofessional Conduct Contained in Panel File 98-26 250

In re Plaza Hotel Corporation 251

In re Vincenti 252

In re Kirby 254

Still Officers of the Court Why the First Amandment Is no Bar to Challenging Racism, Sexism and Ethnic Bias in the Legal Profession 256

Multiple Choice Questions 259

CHAPTER 11. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST—LAWYERS,CLIENTS, AND THIRD PARTIES 261

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 261

READING ASSIGNMENT 261

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 261

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 262

Allocating Decision-Making Between Lawyer and Client 268

Beckwith Machinery Co.v.Travelers Indemnity Co. 269

Geoffrey Hazard, Ethics in the Practice of Law 273

Phillips v.Carson 276

AAA Plumbing Pottery Corp.v.St.Paul Ins.Co.of Illinois 280

Multiple Choice Questions 285

CHAPTER 12.CONFLICTS OF INTEREST—CONFLICTS BETWEEN TWO CLIENTS 290

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 290

READING ASSIGNMENT 290

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 290

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 290

State Farm Mutual Automotive Ins.Co.v.KA.W. 292

Haagen-Dazs Co., Inc.v.Perche No！Gelato,Inc. 297

Joint Representation 303

Imputed Disquafication and Screening 305

Multiple Choice Questions 306

CHAPTER 13.LAWYERS IN LAW FIRMS AND SPECIALIZED PRACTICE AREAS 311

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 311

READING ASSIGNMENT 311

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 311

DISCUSSION PROBLEMS 312

American Lawyers in the Year 2000: An Introduction 314

New Forms of Legal Practice 316

Law Firm Breakups 317

Law Firm Discipline 318

General Dynamics Corp.v.Superior Court 319

Lawyer as Problem-Solver 333

The Lawyer as Problem Solver and Third-Party Neutral: Creativity and Non-Partisanship in Lawyering 333

Multiple Choice Questions 337

CHAPTER 14. JUDICIAL CONDUCT 339

WHAT THIS CHAPTER COVERS 339

READING ASSIGNMENT 339

SUPPLEMENTAL READING 339

Judicial Standards and Discipline 340

Judicial Ethics Bee 340

Judges, Politics, and Free Speech 354

Recusal of U.S.Supreme Court Justices 359

INDEX 387

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