Lawrence J. Fox

This book examines the dissatisfaction within the legal community and offers practical, real world solutions for increasing lawyers' satisfaction with their careers. Contributors, including Scott Turow and Michael Tigar, explore the gap between aspiration and experience and share the experiences that have led them to this urgent call to reinvent the practice (and business) of law. Written with insight and candor, Raise the Bar shines much-needed light on the modern law practice and offers recommendations to restore some of the age-old satisfactions from a life as a lawyer in our society.

Real World Solutions for a Troubled Profession

Raise the Bar

W. Bradley Wendel

Susan R. Martyn

Providing full coverage of all the national and state rules, standards, and statutes pertaining To The law governing lawyers, this statutory supplement, with its complimentary CD, Is an ideal reference source for any course on professional responsibility or legal ethics. Reach For The Law Governing Lawyers 2007-2008 Statutory Supplement to have all of these resources at your disposal: a companion CD featuring the full text of each jurisdiction’s lawyer code and access to an electronic version of the entire statutory supplement an introduction to understanding and finding the law governing lawyers the 2004 ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct correlation tables showing the ABA Model Rules and related Model Code Provisions charts comparing state lawyer code provisions on fee agreements, confidentiality exceptions, and screening requirements the ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility (1983) the Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers (2000), black letter, plus extensive edited comments and illustrations a Conversion Table illustrating final Restatement sections and drafts the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Regulations and other selected federal statutes, regulations, and rules of procedure the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct (2004) the updated 2007-2008 Edition offers: updated comparison charts reflecting significant rule changes in some jurisdictions: state lawyer code provisions that require written fee agreements state lawyer code exceptions to client confidentiality that permit or require disclosure state lawyer code screening rules that prevent imputed disqualification on the CD, recently revised state codes affecting 8 jurisdictions

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