Connecting Ethics and Practice: A Lawyer's Guide to Professional Responsibility (Aspen Coursebook)

In Connecting Ethics and Practice: A Lawyer’s Guide to Professional Responsibility, Second Edition, Katerina Lewinbuk explains the legal, professional, and ethical constraints that regulate attorneys, while keeping the modern law professor and student in mind. Contemporary cases and articles are used to provide for an easier understanding of the Model Rules and Judicial Cannons, which assists in preparing for law school exams and the MPRE. The author employs a user-friendly coursebook format organized in a logical manner, while achieving a realistic and manageable length. Mind-maps are provided with every chapter to help students visualize and remember selected rules, and discussion questions are used to allow the students to fully comprehend and digest the reading, while also demonstrating real-life struggles most lawyers face at some point in their career. Based on the unique format, students systematically cover all important aspects of the legal journey from law school to the legal profession.

New to the Second Edition:

• Two-color format and new design add visual appeal
• Revised chapters contain contemporary cases, discussions, and studies
• Updates include recent changes to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
• New coverage includes:
  • Discussion of the ethical issue relating to Judge Kavanaugh hearings
  • Recent famous case of McCoy v. Louisiana
  • New statistics re: women in the legal profession and malpractice claims against lawyers

Professors and students will benefit from:

• The easy-to-follow logical sequence of all relevant rules that are clearly articulated at the beginning of the book and then reiterated accordingly in every chapter
• Structured material that is well-suited for a new or experienced professor
• Chapters based on quality readings as opposed to quantity
• Engaging, realistic examples that exhibit how each Rule relates to practice
• Simple, consistent organization of each chapter—offering a clear, logical layout and allowing for ease of use and teaching throughout
• Chapter introductions that begin with concise explanations of the applicable Rules to be discussed
• Controversial, contemporary, and thought-provoking readings
• Discussion questions at the end of each reading, as well as at the end of each chapter, that encourage colorful and lively dialogue and participation
• Table of Model Rules with applicable page numbers for easy reference