Includes bibliographical references and index.

How to use this book -- What lawyers do, and where they do it -- Regulating lawyer conduct : where guidance and consequences come from -- Why smart people do stupid things : cognitive biases and the stresses of practice -- The lawyer as fiduciary -- The lawyer as agent -- The duties of competence, diligence, and care -- The duty of confidentiality -- Creation, Assumption, Disclaimer, and termination of a lawyer's duties -- Duties to people who have (or must be treated as if they had) their own lawyers -- Duties to unrepresented persons -- Involvement in a client's wrongdoing : advising, assisting, condoning, aiding and abetting, conspiring -- Unnecessarily embarrassing, delaying, or burdening others -- Avoiding invidious discrimination -- Threatening to report and reporting wrongdoing -- Offering or agreeing to restrict future practice -- Advertising and solicitation -- The organizational environment -- Fees and fee-sharing -- Safeguarding, segregating, and accounting for others' funds and property -- Conflicts of interest -- Representing organizations and their constituents -- Ethics in advocacy -- The government lawyer.

"Concise, accessible, and rules-and-problems-oriented coursebook for law school students taking Professional Responsibility courses"--