The Regulation of Lawyers

Refined through years of classroom use, this casebook offers:

• author Stephen Gillers, a recognized authority and clarion voice on professional responsibility
• a balanced mix of cases, law review articles, and text—often drawn from recent headlines
• engaging and realistic problems, revised and augmented throughout
• excellent case selection that exemplifies multiple variations on particular themes
• in-depth treatment of issues in clearly written notes
• outstanding annual statutory supplement co-authored by Roy D. Simon and Andrew Perlman —Regulation of Lawyers: Statutes and Standards covers all major and many minor rules governing lawyers and judges, along with important state variations

Updated throughout, the Eighth Edition includes:

• an introductory essay on theories and ideology behind legal ethics
• issues surrounding electronic stored information, discovery duties, and obstruction of justice
• the 9th Circuit’s Napster opinion on the crime-fraud exception to the privilege
• expanded treatment of ethical issues arising from inadvertent disclosure of privileged information expanded treatment of duties with regard to real evidence, including the prosecution of Philip Russell in Connecticut
• changes in the new ABA Code of Judicial Conduct, judicial campaign speech and judicial seminars
• litigation Funding Companies
• criminalization of legal services
• the 3rd Circuit’s Teleglobe opinion on privilege in corporate family representation
• “Playbook” conflicts
• new coverage of prosecutorial ethics, including a NY Times story on a prosecutor who “threw” a case and issues in making the charging decision and prosecutorial and municipal liability for pretrial publicity
• the Supreme Court’s Gonzalez-Lopez opinion on remedy for improper disqualification of chosen counsel
• the McNulty and Filip memoranda on government requests for corporate privilege waivers

You can depend on author Stephen Gillers to provide a stimulating and dynamic classroom experience. Through eight editions, Regulation of Lawyers has consistently responded to the times by mapping a legal and ethical landscape with penetrating insight.