A Practical Guide to Ethics for Paralegals and Legal Assistants

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This nine-chapter handbook is designed to challenge, inform, and educate paralegals and legal assistants on matters of ethical practice, competence, professionalism, confidentiality, and accountability. It offers advice as diverse as social media discretion, avoiding procrastination, managing client relationships to represent one's employer responsibly, protocols for participating on a legal team, and much more. Written by paralegal practitioners from law firm, corporate, academic, and management settings, the book offers essential guidance, commentary "from the field," and best-practice perspectives blended with checklists, exhibits, the full text of primary sources. Featured are highly practical self-audit tools, like "Test Yourself" audits and thought-provoking "Questions for Discussion," that can mentor a paralegal or legal assistant through the thorniest of ethics-laden scenarios. This handbook is designed to spark discussion; it can be a text for professional development, training, and supervision.

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