Ethics and Environmental Practice: A Lawyer's Guide - Irma S Russell

Ethics and Environmental Practice: A Lawyer's Guide Irma S Russell ISBN 9781634258470

Although each state adopts and enforces its own rules of legal ethics, most jurisdictions rely on the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct as the foundation for regulating attorney conduct. In addition, both common law and statutory law continue to shape how lawyers evaluate and fulfill their professional responsibilities in practice.

Environmental law, in particular, presents a constant and complex array of ethical challenges. While all ethical concerns warrant careful attention, issues involving public health, safety, and environmental harm demand especially rigorous and thoughtful analysis. Ethics and Environmental Practice examines the unique ethical dilemmas faced by environmental lawyers and provides practical guidance for navigating these high-stakes situations.

This comprehensive resource addresses critical ethical issues, including:

• Identifying and recognizing ethics concerns in environmental matters

• Conflicts of interest

• Confidentiality and information security

• Competency and specialized knowledge requirements

• Multijurisdictional and multidisciplinary practice

• Intersections with criminal law and enforcement regimes

• Tort liability and litigation trends affecting attorneys

• Human rights and environmental protection

• Comparative environmental legal systems in the U.S. and abroad

• Emergency response obligations

• Working effectively with consultants, experts, and the media

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Lawyering in a Time of Great Change – Lucian T. Pera

• Chapter 2: Confidentiality and Security in a Modern World – Claudia Rast

• Chapter 3: Modern Conflicts of Interest – Vicki J. Wright

• Chapter 4: Ethical Considerations in Environmental Crime Prosecution and Defense – Jordan Gross & Walter James

• Chapter 5: Representing the Organizational Client on Environmental Matters – Irma S. Russell & Joan MacLeod Heminway

• Chapter 6: The Lawyer’s Role in Representing Communities – Alexandra Dapolito Dunn & Hana Heineken

• Chapter 7: Working with Other Professionals and Their Codes of Professionalism – Dan Chorost, Pamela R. Esterman & Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz

• Chapter 8: The Impact of Social Media and Cloud Computing on Environmental Law – Scott J. Sachs & Peter Serrano

• Chapter 9: Special Considerations for Government Lawyers – Jeffrey S. Dennis

• Chapter 10: International Practice and Ethical Considerations – Roger Martella

Includes a comprehensive table of contents and index.

Ethics and Environmental Practice: A Lawyer's Guide Irma S Russell ISBN 9781634258470, 978-1634258470 & 9781634258487

Editors
Irma S Russell
Vicki J Wright