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Legal Malpractice Law: Problems and Prevention

3rd Edition
Vincent R. Johnson | Susan Saab Fortney
ISBN: 9781647082857
Subject: Professional Resp/Ethics
Format: Print - Hardbound
Page Count: 720
Copyright: 2021 | Status: In Stock
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Legal Malpractice Law is a practical, problem-oriented text designed for use in elective courses on Legal Malpractice, Professional Liability, or Advanced Legal Ethics. It may also be used in required Professional Responsibility courses that want to focus more on malpractice liability than on lawyer discipline. Each chapter includes explanatory text that relies on recent cases, code provisions, statutes, and commentary. A small number of tightly edited principal cases offer insight into the current state of legal malpractice law. The problems, including many that are based on actual controversies, deal with liability concerns that practitioners encounter. The book examines claims brought by clients and non-clients. It also integrates malpractice prevention lessons. Relevant ethics rules are discussed. A comprehensive teacher’s manual analyzes each of the book's fifty-two discussion problems in a clear question-and-answer format designed to simplify class preparation. The teacher's manual includes sample syllabi.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: American Casebook Series
Publication Date: 08/16/2021
Related Subject(s): Professional Identity Formation

Vincent R. Johnson, St. Mary's University School of Law

Susan Saab Fortney, Texas A&M University School of Law

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