Research Catalog

Title

The legal assistant's practical guide to professional responsibility / [Arthur H. Garwin and Carole L. Mostow ... principal editors].

Author

Garwin, Arthur, 1949-

Publication

Chicago : Center for Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association, c1998.

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Additional Authors

• Center for Professional Responsibility (American Bar Association)
• Mostow, Carole L., 1961-

Description

xii, 210 p.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Professional responsibility

Subject

• Legal assistants > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Legal ethics > United States

Genre/Form

• Handbooks and manuals
• Handbooks and manuals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The law of professional responsibility -- 2. The role of the legal assistant -- 3. Legal ethics research -- 4. Unauthorized practice of law -- 5. The legal services delivery team -- 6. Competence and diligence -- 7. Confidentiality -- 8. Conflicts of interest -- 9. Client funds and property -- 10. Advertising -- 11. Legal fees and employee compensation -- Appendix A. NALA code of ethics and professional responsibility -- Appendix B. NFPA model code of ethics and professional responsibility and guidelines for enforcement -- Appendix C. ABA model guidelines for utilization of legal assistant services -- Appendix D. American Association for paralegal education core competencies for paralegal programs -- Appendix E. Legal research resources -- Appendix F. Survey of nonlawyer activities/permitted activities/guidelines -- Appendix G. ABA model rule on financial recordkeeping -- Appendix H. Recap of selected ABA model rules of professinal conduct -- Appendix I. Glossary -- Index

ISBN

1570735646

LCCN

^^^98015119^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library