Your cart: Chapter 128 Professional Responsibility and Practice Management $0.99 
It is important to understand what ABA Rules mean and what effect they can have on your practice. This chapter connects the American Legal System to our Rules of Professional Conduct.
Chapter 129 The Profession of Law Is Not the Business Of Law $0.99
There are those who call law a business and prostitution a profession. Law is not a business, it is a profession. Read this chapter to understand the difference and why those who declare law to be a business often are not practicing lawyers.
Chapter 130 Handling Anti-Lawyer Jokes and Comments $0.99
Those who tell anti-lawyer jokes in front of you are challenging both you and your chosen profession. Some appropriate responses to anti-lawyer jokes are offered.
Chapter 131 Fifty-Two Ways to Win or Avoid the Ethics War $0.99
Defending yourself against an ethics complaint is a lose – lose situation. Avoiding an ethics war is preferable to winning an ethics war. It is easier and cheaper to stay out of trouble than it is to get out of trouble. This one chapter covers 52 ways that well meaning lawyers can inadvertently get into trouble and how to avoid the problems.
Chapter 132 What Are the Consequences of ‘Violating’ the Canons of Professional Ethics, the Code of Professional Responsibility, or the Model Rules of Professional Conduct $0.99
Chapter 133 Ten Rules for Avoiding Disciplinary Complaints $0.99
Ten simple ways to avoid common ethics complaints are provided in this chapter.
Chapter 134 Practicing Professional Responsibility $0.99
Some consider ethics rules to be rules of conduct. Others consider ethics rules to be goals. In either case you should understand the sources of those rules.
Chapter 135 A Short History of Our Ethics $0.99
American lawyers have only had ethical “rules” or “duties” for less than 200 years. Under the American system, unlike many other systems, loyalty is to the client, not the state nor the transaction. Understanding the history given in 2 short pages is well worth the investment.
Chapter 136 The ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility and the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct $0.99
It is important to understand the ABA Code of Professional Responsibility and the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and their effect if violated.
Chapter 137 Ten Commandments of Good Trust Accounts $0.99
These ten rules of trust account management will help you avoid the trust account expressway to disbarment.
Chapter 138 What to Call Yourself $0.99
What should you call yourself? Lawyer? Attorney? ESQ.? or something else? This chapter will help you decide.
Chapter 139 Dealing with Foreign Lawyers $0.99
Don’t assume that just because a foreign “lawyer” speaks English that he or she understands American legal ethics or American laws. You may inadvertently cause a loss of attorney client privilege by dealing with the wrong person. This chapter can help you be aware of differences in the extent of privilege.
Chapter 140 Buying and Building a Law Practice $0.99
It is becoming increasingly possible to buy a law practice from another lawyer, a sample fact situation is given in this chapter.
Chapter 141 Avoiding Disciplinary Problems $0.99
There are 15 areas of practice management differences that are considered important in avoiding ethics complaints. These 15 areas are listed in this chapter.