In Print and Online, Professional Responsibility: A Contemporary Approach, 5th Edition offers a comprehensive, challenging, and engaging treatment of the law and ethics of lawyers' work, including professionalism, in a modern and accessible format. It is the only book to include international comparisons throughout the book and an entire chapter devoted to exploring lawyering perspectives. Faculty have the option of using the casebook as an innovative paper text or as the foundation for a computer interactive pedagogy that features thought-provoking online components, including internet links and multiple choice assessment problems to satisfy ABA formative assessment requirements. Each chapter features learning outcomes, and most chapters include audio-links to mini-lectures by the authors to explain difficult concepts. This edition also incorporates racial and social justice issues in each chapter to facilitate thought-provoking discussions and enhance professional development.

This interactive course and companion text considers the extent to which people with legal training, but no practice license, can use the law, as a social and economic variable, to better manage risk without fear of prosecution or civil liability. The dramatic changes in the legal profession since the 2008 market crash, from the increase in virtual law practice to the rise of DIY services to clients' increasing demand for efficiencies, have led to a recognition that nonlawyers have an increasingly critical role in the delivery of legal services. The debate gets hotter each day over what nonlawyers, people or computers, can do without running afoul of unauthorized practice of law restrictions. Designed especially for nonlawyer masters and international LLM programs, these materials are also ideal for JD students in their early studies, and include: Textbook 1 hour of instructional videos on overview of UPL

Turn the dog of the law school curriculum into the delight for students and professors alike! Legal Ethics for the Real World: Building Skills Through Case Study makes any professional responsibility course relevant and lively with ease. With eight chapters based upon real cases, real people, real documents, and real problems, this text incorporates Early Lawyering Literacy skills identified by the authors and recognized widely by the ABA and others. These case studies will aid students' mastery of core concepts regularly tested on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam and encountered in everyday law practice. This second edition includes updates to all studies as well as a new case study on judicial recusal. This highly accessible and affordable book can be used on its own or as a supplement to your current casebook as an ideal way to include experiential learning and skills-based exercises into your existing curriculum with minimal time invested in preparation or assessment. Bring legal ethics to life in a way that enhances your teaching and your students' understanding by engaging in these real world scenarios!

In Print and Online, Professional Responsibility: A Contemporary Approach, 4th Edition (formerly the Pearce, Knake, Green, Joy, Kim, Murphy, and Terry Professional Responsibility casebook) offers a comprehensive, challenging, and engaging treatment of the law and ethics of lawyers' work, including professionalism, in a modern and accessible format. It is the only book to include international comparisons throughout the book and entire chapter devoted to exploring lawyering perspectives. Faculty have the option of using the casebook as an innovative paper text or as the foundation for a computer interactive pedagogy that features thought-provoking online components, including internet links and multiple choice assessment problems on Casebook Plus to satisfy ABA formative assessment requirements. Each chapter features learning outcomes, and most chapters include audio-links to mini-lectures by the authors to explain difficult concepts.

This interactive course and companion text considers the extent to which people with legal training, but no practice license, can use the law, as a social and economic variable, to better manage risk without fear of prosecution or civil liability. The dramatic changes in the legal profession since the 2008 market crash, from the increase in virtual law practice to the rise of DIY services to clients' increasing demand for efficiencies, have led to a recognition that nonlawyers have an increasingly critical role in the delivery of legal services. The debate gets hotter each day over what nonlawyers, people or computers, can do without running afoul of unauthorized practice of law restrictions. Designed especially for nonlawyer masters and international LLM programs, these materials are also ideal for JD students in their early studies. The interactive course includes materials for a 1 credit course, with resources for 700 minutes of direct faculty contact and include: Textbook Complete syllabus with learning outcomes Instructional videos developed by the authors Slides accompanying all videos Online or classroom discussion forum prompts for each chapter Self-directed and auto-graded quizzes for each chapter Research and writing projects for each chapter Short answer questions for each chapter New cases on unauthorized practice of law by non-lawyers updated each semester and available online