Legal Ethics and Professionalism

A practical text dealing with the issues of professional responsibility regularly confronting lawyers in Canada in every area of practice. Specific types of ethical problems arising in the major areas of practice are identified. A substantial portion of the work is devoted to discipline proceedings.

A comprehensive discussion of the professional responsibilities of lawyers in Canada. The book addresses issues related to the "law of ethics and lawyering" and provides tools for assisting students and practitioners in exercising the moral judgment which underlies all ethical decisions by lawyers.
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A practical guide that analyzes conflict of interest dilemmas and issues of loyalty and confidentiality. Covers all major legal areas regarding conflicts of interest.

A comprehensive survey of the ethical issues facing criminal lawyers. Topics covered include: defending a client known to be guilty; choosing and refusing clients; decision-making in criminal litigation; the duty of confidentiality and its exceptions; conflict of interest; client perjury; interviewing and preparing witnesses; plea discussions; handling incriminating physical evidence; termination of the client-lawyer relationship; and the special duties of Crown counsel.

Practical guidance for avoiding legal malpractice claims in a broad range of areas, including civil actions and commercial transactions, purchase and sale of a business, real estate transactions, and wills and estates.

Provides a comprehensive review of the ethical obligations today's lawyers face in their daily work and practice, and includes an overview of the historical background of the present day regulated legal profession.

A comprehensive resource examining the civil liability of professional occupations. Chapter 7 discusses Civil Liability for Lawyers.

Reviews the legal and ethical duties every lawyer should follow in order to manage risk and make prudent decisions in everyday practice and dealings with clients.

This book covers all of the topics suggested by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (FLSC) with respect to legal ethics teaching. The legal ethics principles are written in a manner that are easy to read, digest, and apply to the everyday practice of law.

Ethics has different meanings in different settings. This text examines the intersection between business ethics and legal ethics, and explores how they are interpreted and applied.
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Provides one-stop shopping for lawyers, judges, and law students regarding the law of independent legal advice (ILA), including a review of all relevant Canadian case law and the factors that courts consider when deciding when particular transactions warrant ILA.

How do lawyers resolve ethical dilemmas in the everyday context of their practice? What are the issues that commonly arise, and how do lawyers determine the best ways to resolve them? Until recently, efforts to answer these questions have focused primarily on rules and legal doctrine rather than the real-life situations lawyers face in legal practice. The first book to present empirical research on ethical decision making in a variety of practice contexts, including corporate litigation, securities, immigration, and divorce law, Lawyers in Practice fills a substantial gap in the existing literature. Following an introduction emphasizing the increasing importance of understanding context in the legal profession, contributions focus on ethical dilemmas ranging from relatively narrow ethical issues to broader problems of professionalism, including the prosecutor's obligation to disclose evidence, the management of conflicts of interest, and loyalty to clients and the court. Each chapter details the resolution of a dilemma from the practitioner's point of view that is, in turn, set within a particular community of practice.

The book features contributions which take contemporary and non-mainstream perspectives on the current and future shape of the legal profession. The essays not only describe the rapidly changing profession but canvas different approaches to scholarship on the legal profession. The collection seeks to explore a diverse and contextualised profession from a number of angles. Authors examine how the public sees lawyers and how lawyers see their own profession; how we practise law and how this practice shapes lawyers; how such cultural and professional practice intersects with institutional structures of the law to create certain legal outcomes; and how we regulate the legal profession to modify or institute ethical practice.

In Canada, the Attorney General holds a complex and unique role within the federal, provincial, and territorial governments. Despite this key position, there is relatively little knowledge and understanding of the role and professional responsibilities of the Attorney General among the public, the media, policymakers, and politicians - including at least some Attorney Generals themselves. Legal Ethics and the Attorney General adopts a doctrinal approach to examine and explain how legal ethics, and particularly the law of lawyering, applies to the Attorney General. The book illustrates that, while the role of the Attorney General is unique, the individual occupying this position practises law and should be held to the same standards as any other lawyer.