Overview
Every attorney licensed to practice in the State of New York needs access to the most current case law, opinions, and in-depth commentary governing ethical conduct in order to avoid costly and time consuming disciplinary proceedings. This publication, edited by the New York County Lawyers' Association, includes the complete New York Rules of Professional Conduct, selected state and federal statutes and court rules, a comprehensive index, and a Code-to-Rules correlation table comparing the provisions of the new Rules to their comparable provisions in the prior Code. The New York Rules of Professional Conduct provides in-depth analysis of each ethics rule for real practice as well as a best practices section on how to protect your law license, practice tips, warning and alerts, and other helpful articles. Practitioner and specialty-oriented commentary addresses issues specific to practice areas. For ease of use, finding aids including a cumulative index, table of rules, table of cases, and a bibliography. Topically-organized annotations of relevant ethics opinions, cases and forms are also provided. Cross references compare the recent New York Rules with the past New York Code and current ABA Model Rules. The Fall 2011 edition includes the most recent NYSBA Commentary and 14 new Ethics Opinions. New in this edition is the New York County Lawyers' Association's Response to the Draft Report of NYSBA Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession, and articles including Ethical Issues in Employment Law Cases, Shysters, Sharks and Saviors: Are Legal Ethics Immoral? and The Future of the Legal Profession. This publication can also be purchased as a subscription and is published twice per year.
Full Product Details
Author: New York County Lawyers' Association Ethics Instit
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Volume: 9780199799756
Dimensions:
Width: 26.20cm
, Height: 7.40cm
, Length: 19.10cm
Weight: 2.722kg
ISBN: 9780199855728
ISBN 10: 0199855722
Pages: 1416
Publication Date: 15 December 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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The New York County Lawyers' Association celebrated 100 years of establishment in 2008. NYCLA's bedrock principles have been the inclusion of all who wish to join and the active pursuit of legal system reform. From the beginning, NYCLA has pioneered some of the most far-reaching and tangible reforms in American jurisprudence. The Association has also had a powerful impact on both the law and public policy.
