Searching for additional resources in ethics? Take a look at the ABA publications below, and check out the helpful links to website resources hosted by the GPSolo Division and the ABA. To order any of the products listed below, call the ABA Service Center at 800/285-2221 or visit our website at shopaba.org.
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Annotated Model Code of Judicial Conduct, Third Edition
By Arthur H. Garwin, Mary McDermott, and Dennis A. Rendleman (ABA Center for Professional Responsibility; 2016; 2150064; $124.95; member price $99.95)
This essential resource on judicial ethics—revised and updated—is an authoritative and practical analysis of the judicial ethics rules and the cases, ethics opinions, and other legal authorities essential to understanding them.
Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Ninth Edition
(ABA Center for Professional Responsibility; 2019; 2150073; $199.95; member price $149.95)
This essential resource on lawyer ethics—revised and updated—is the ABA’s definitive single-volume resource for information about how courts, disciplinary bodies, and ethics committees apply the lawyer ethics rules.
Compendium of Professional Responsibility Rules and Standards, 2022 Edition
(ABA Center for Professional Responsibility; 2022; 2150085; $54.95; member price $43.95)
This updated edition gathers the essential legal ethics materials needed by lawyers and judges in their daily practice and law students and legal scholars in their exploration and analysis of the changing currents that influence professional regulation.
Fair Fight: Legal Ethics for Litigators
By Lawrence J. Fox and Susan R. Martyn (ABA Section of Litigation; 2020; 5310472; $99.95; member price $79.95)
This book covers topics common to all representations, both inside and outside the courtroom, including pleadings, answers, motion practice, depositions, settlement, and appeals.
Legal Ethics and Social Media: A Practitioner's Handbook, Second Edition
By Jan L. Jacobowitz and John G. Browning (ABA Center for Professional Responsibility; 2022; 2150084; $89.95; member price $71.95)
Written to assist lawyers with every level of experience in social media navigate the often slippery slope of digital communication such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and more, this pertinent book offers necessary guidance for one’s ethical responsibilities in social media.
Model Code of Judicial Conduct, 2020 Edition
(ABA Center for Professional Responsibility; 2020; 2150079; $29.95; member price $24.95)
These standards for the ethical conduct of judges provide guidance to judges and candidates for judicial office as well as structure for regulating conduct through disciplinary agencies.
Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 2022 Edition
(ABA Center for Professional Responsibility; 2022; 2150083; $34.95; member price $27.95)
Federal, state, and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in resolving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions, and much more.
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