The Law and Ethics of Lawyering - 7th Edition - Geoffrey C. Hazard

The Law and Ethics of Lawyering 7th Edition ISBN 9781685612092

The Seventh Edition of this casebook offers a comprehensive exploration of the wide array of legal and ethical challenges lawyers face in modern practice. As in prior editions, it integrates the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the ALI’s Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, relevant case law, statutory provisions, and regulatory frameworks governing the legal profession.

This new edition includes substantial updates and presents eight new principal cases addressing timely and complex issues such as obstruction of justice, the crime-fraud exception to confidentiality, the challenges of multijurisdictional (or “migratory”) practice, and conflicts involving government lawyers. The text is now approximately 100 pages shorter, offering a more streamlined yet thorough presentation of material.

New principal cases include:

• Hinton – Ineffective assistance of counsel
• Lonich – Obstruction of justice
• Doe v. SEC – Crime-fraud exception to the duty of confidentiality
• Maxell v. Apple – Migratory lawyer issues
• In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation – Government lawyer conflicts
• McDowell – Client perjury in criminal proceedings
• Wiener, Weiss & Madison v. Fox – Lawyer-client business transactions
• McCoy v. Louisiana – Representing impaired clients

Additional updates and new commentary include:

• Lawyer immunity under Texas law
• Attorney-client privilege disputes involving Covington & Burling and the SEC
• Privilege protections for law firms
• Remedies for conflicts of interest, including analysis of the Sheppard Mullin case
• Disqualification of Fani Willis in the Georgia 2020 election investigation
• Corporate “Miranda” warnings and the Penn State scandal
• Emerging challenges in multi-district litigation
• Rule 11 issues arising from the 2020 election
• Third-party litigation funding
• Regulatory innovations, including Washington’s LLLT program and Utah’s legal “sandbox”
• The In re Stevens case and the question of whether criminal conviction is per se disqualifying for bar admission
• Arizona’s Alternative Business Structure (ABS) experiment
• The ongoing debate over ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) on discriminatory conduct by lawyers
• This edition continues to provide students with a rich, real-world understanding of professional responsibility, combining foundational doctrine with contemporary issues shaping the practice of law today.

Hazard, Koniak, Cramton, Cohen & Wendel The Law and Ethics of Lawyering ISBNs 9781685612092 & 9798887867434