Scope

SCOPE: This research guide is not all-inclusive. It does, however, present resources available at the California Western library and online regarding issues of professional responsibility. It is designed to provide the researcher with guidance as to the location of materials dealing with this subject. Additional research can be conducted by using the KIM system, legal periodical indices, and other finding aids. Access to licensed databases is limited to students and faculty at California Western. We welcome suggestions for improvement on this and other research guides. Please consult the Reference Librarian with suggestions and further research questions. This research guide was originally compiled June 2008 and was most recently revised in July 2010.
NOTE ON INTERNET: Internet site addresses change frequently. Accordingly, some of the sites noted throughout this research guide may no longer exist under the addresses provided. To locate changed addresses, search for the page title using an Internet search engine such as Google (www.google.com).
California--Books
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California practice guide. Professional responsibility Encino, CA : The Rutter Group, 1997- |
California compendium on professional responsibility [San Francisco] : The State Bar of California, 1983- |
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David M. Rothman, California judicial conduct handbook, 3rd ed. [St. Paul, Minn.] : Published by West Group for the California Judges Association, c2007. |
Richard C. Wydick, Rex R. Perschbacher, Debra Lyn Bassett, California Legal Ethics, 7th ed. St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2010. |
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California State Bar Court Reporter |
California compendium on professional responsibility |
California--Periodicals
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California Lawyer |
San Diego Lawyer |
California--Videos
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The Guiding hand: ethical dilemmas in estate planning Albany, CA (1136 Evelyn Ave., Albany 94706) : Ginzberg Video Productions, [1996?] |
Pulp ethics: criminal lawyers' ethical dilemmas (1995) |
California--Online
Internet
State Bar of California
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_home.jsp
--Rules of Professional Conduct:
http://rules.calbar.ca.gov/Rules/RulesofProfessionalConduct.aspx
--Ethics Opinions:: http://ethics.calbar.ca.gov/Ethics/Opinions.aspx
California Lawyer
http://www.callawyer.com/
--Discipline Report:
http://www.callawyer.com/discipline.cfm
http://www.law.ucla.edu/docs/161959732005guidec5.pdf
California State Case Law & Ethics Opinions
Filename: CAETH
National Reporter on Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility: California
Filename: CAETOP
Arizona
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State Bar of Arizona, http://www.azbar.org/ |
ASU Law School, Arizona Practice Materials, |
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Cornell University Law School, Arizona Legal Ethics http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/az/narr/ |
Jacqueline Kasper, A Guide to Arizona Practice |
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Arizona Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility [WESTLAW] |
Arizona State Case Law & Ethics Opinions Filename: AZETH |
Nevada
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State Bar of Nevada, http://www.nvbar.org/ |
Cornell University Law School, Nevada Legal Ethics Materials, http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/nevada.html |
General Jurisdiction--General Legal Ethics
Books
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William H. Fortune, Richard H. Underwood, & Edward J. Imwinkelried, Modern litigation and professional responsibility handbook : the limits of zealous advocacy (2001) Location: 4th Floor |
Geoffrey C. Hazard, et al., The law of lawyering (2001) Location: 4th Fl. |
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Thomas D. Morgan, Ronald D. Rotunda, Model code of professional responsibility, Model rules of professional conduct, and other selected standards including California rules on professional responsibility (2008) Location: 4th Fl. |
Thomas D. Morgan, Lawyer law: comparing the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct with the ALI Restatement Third of the Law Governing Lawyers (2005) Location: 4th Floor |
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Ronald D. Rotunda, Legal Ethics in a Nutshell (2007) Location: Reserve-Nutshells |
Restatement of the Law: The Law Governing Lawyers Location: Reserve-Permanent & 2nd Floor |
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ABA, Formal and Informal Ethics Opinions Locations: · Reserve-Permanent [Title: Recent Ethics Opinions; Call No. KF305 .A2] · Past opinions from 1983: 4th Floor; Call No. KF305 .A2 2000 · Also available on Westlaw; DB Identifier: ABA-ETHOP |
Rodney A. Smolla, Law of lawyer advertising (2006) Location: 4th Fl. |
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Richard A. Zitrin, Carol M. Langford, & Nina W. Tarr, Legal ethics in the practice of law (2007) Location: Course Reserves |
Richard Zitrin, Carol M. Langford, Kevin E. Mohr, Legal ethics: rules, statutes and comparisons (2010) Location: Course Reserves |
Periodicals
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Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics |
Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal |
ABA Journal |
Internet
ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
http://www.abanet.org/cpr/
ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers Professional Liability
http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/lpl/
ABA/BNA Lawyers Manual of Professional Conduct [CWSL only]
http://lawyersmanual.bna.com/mopw/
ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Cornell Law School, American Legal Ethics Library
Georgia State University School of Law, Professional Responsibility: Sample Questions CALI Lessons on Professional Responsibility
http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_toc.html
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
http://www.aprl.net/
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/
http://law.gsu.edu/ccunningham/PR/SampleExam.htm
http://www2.cali.org/index.php?fuseaction=lessons.subjectlist&cat=PR
[Obtain password from the Reference Desk]
Westlaw
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ABA/BNA Lawyers Manual on Professional Conduct (Multibase) |
ABA Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct |
Lexis
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ABA Codes & Ethics Opinions Combined |
Ethics Cases, All States |
Video
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Patrick Emery Longan, Ethics and expert witnesses (2003) |
Multijurisdictional practice (2001) |
Professional pitfalls: resolving common ethical dilemmas (2001) |
General Jurisdiction--Specialized Areas
Books
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Sabino (Rod) Rodriguez III & Robert Knuts, Representing the public company : a post-Sarbanes-Oxley governance paradigm for in-house lawyers and outside counsel (2004)Location: 4th Floor |
John Wesley Hall, Jr, Professional responsibility in criminal defense practice, 3rd ed. (2005) |
Periodicals
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Criminal Justice Ethics |
FDCC [Federal of Defense and Corporate Counsel] Quarterly |
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics |
Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics |
Internet
Neil W. Hamilton, Understanding the Intersection of Business and Legal Ethics (2004),
available at http://alturl.com/nka42
Thomas E. Spahn, Sarbanes-Oxley and Whistleblowing by Corporate Attorneys: The Untold Story (2003), available at http://library.findlaw.com/2003/Jan/16/132623.html
Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics
http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/cje/html/legalethics.html
Ken Strutin, Criminal Justice Ethics Sources on the Internet (2005),
available at http://www.llrx.com/features/criminaljusticeethics.htm
http://www.usoge.gov/
Judicial Conduct
Books
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James J. Alfini, et al., Judicial Conduct and Ethics (2007) |
Model Code of Judicial Conduct (2007) |
Internet
American Judicature Society
http://www.ajs.org/
U.S. Courts, Judicial Ethics and Conduct
http://www.uscourts.gov/library/conduct.html
California Code of Judicial Ethics
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/
documents/ca_code_judicial_ethics.pdf
Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE)
Books
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Alex Ruskell, Strategies and Tactics for the MPRE (2009) |
Supreme Bar Review : MPRE review lecture outline & released MPRE questions with answer key (2006) |
Internet
National Conference of Bar Examiners: MPRE
http://www.ncbex.org/multistate-tests/mpre/
http://www.cooley.edu/library/research_guides/MPRE.pdf
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