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[textbook]Traversing the Ethical Minefield Problems, Law, and Professional Responsibility by Susan R. Martyn (z-lib.org)(1) (1)

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Canada, law practice in, 451

Candor, duty of, 389–390

Canons of Professional Ethics, 16

Capital punishment cases, 95–99

Cardozo, Benjamin, 230

Causation, malpractice, 79–80

Character and fitness, admission to bar, 24–25

Cheney, Richard B., 460–469

Citizenship requirements, admission to bar, 25

Civil rights law, 360

Class actions, 55, 65

Client advocacy

compliance with law exception to duty of confidentiality, 214

duty of confidentiality, 139

fraud and, 185

limits of law, 396–397

nonclients, duty of competence to, 82

Client files, disposition when lawyer leaves firm, 388

Client-lawyer relationship. See Attorney-client relationship

Client property, trust fund accounts, 42, 350–356

Client protection measures, 31

Close personal relationships, duty of conflict of interest resolution, 289

Code of Conduct for United States Judges, 456

Colorado, referrals in, 444–447

Colorado Bar Association, 384–390

Commercial speech, 440

Commingling of funds, 354–356

Common law

attorneys’ fees, 361

law governing lawyers, 16–17

Communication, duty of, 114–123

abandonment of client, 94–105

by agents, 116

criminal defense representation, 102

events triggering duty, 115

to government clients, 326

immigration law, 117–123

ineffective assistance of counsel, 102

insurance defense, 293

Model Rules, 263

organizational clients, 263

overview, 42–43, 93–94

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