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Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Mississippi Lawyers and Judges
An indispensable reference on issues related to lawyer and judicial ethics in Mississippi.
Publisher: LexisNexis
International Order InquiryAll practitioners must concern themselves with ethical considerations regardless of their practice area. Ethical concerns arise from the time a lawyer accepts a client until that representation is terminated. Judges have to consider ethical issues when they decide to run for office and when they are evaluating how to act in a particular case (e.g., recusal) and what is appropriate extrajudicial conduct.
Authored by two well respected experts in the field of Mississippi ethics -- Donald Campbell and the late Jeffrey Jackson – Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Mississippi Lawyers and Judges addresses the ethical obligations of Mississippi lawyers and judges set out in the Mississippi Rules of Professional Conduct and the Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct. The book includes chapters on topics such as conflict of interests, judicial recusal, lawyer advertising, and fees and trust accounts. The book draws on Mississippi caselaw, ethics opinions issued by the Mississippi Bar, the Restatement of Law Governing Lawyers, and ABA ethics opinions to provide in-depth analysis of the issues covered.
In addition to an analysis of ethical obligations, the book discusses the standards and defenses of a legal malpractice case in Mississippi. Mississippi practitioners and judges will find this book indispensable as they navigate their ethical obligations in every aspect of their practice or service.
Authored by two well respected experts in the field of Mississippi ethics -- Donald Campbell and the late Jeffrey Jackson – Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Mississippi Lawyers and Judges addresses the ethical obligations of Mississippi lawyers and judges set out in the Mississippi Rules of Professional Conduct and the Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct. The book includes chapters on topics such as conflict of interests, judicial recusal, lawyer advertising, and fees and trust accounts. The book draws on Mississippi caselaw, ethics opinions issued by the Mississippi Bar, the Restatement of Law Governing Lawyers, and ABA ethics opinions to provide in-depth analysis of the issues covered.
In addition to an analysis of ethical obligations, the book discusses the standards and defenses of a legal malpractice case in Mississippi. Mississippi practitioners and judges will find this book indispensable as they navigate their ethical obligations in every aspect of their practice or service.
PART I: SYSTEMIC ISSUES
Chapter 1: Authority and Jurisdiction
Chapter 2: Pervasive Issues: Knowledge and Belief That Trigger or Protect Professional Action; Writing Requirements; Relationship Between Rules of Conduct and Substantive Law
Chapter 3: Admission to Practice
Chapter 4: Admission Pro Hac Vice
Chapter 5: Unauthorized Practice
Chapter 6: Systemic Obligations; Public Service; Appointments
PART II: BASIC OBLIGATIONS
Chapter 7: Accepting, Declining, and Withdrawing from Representation
Chapter 8: Division of Decisional Autonomy Between Client and Lawyer; Lawyer as Fiduciary
Chapter 9: Competence; Diligence; Communication
Chapter 10: Preserving Client Confidences
PART III: LOYALTY AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Chapter 11: Conflicts of Interest; General Rule
Chapter 12: Prohibited Transactions; Business with Clients
Chapter 13: Former Client Conflicts
Chapter 14: Imputed Conflicts of Interest
Chapter 15: Waivers of Conflicts of Interest; Consent After Consultation; Screening
Chapter 16: The Attorney as Public Servant; Ethics for Government Lawyers
PART IV: COUNSELING; SPECIAL CLIENTS; DEALING WITH THIRD PARTIES
Chapter 17: Lawyer as Advisor, Intermediary, and Evaluator
Chapter 18: Representing Entities
Chapter 19: Representing Clients Under Disability
Chapter 20: Dealing with Unrepresented Persons and Third Parties; Inadvertently Disclosed Material
Chapter 21: Dealing with Represented Persons
PART V: MONEY; CLIENT PROPERTY
Chapter 22: Fees
Chapter 23: Handling Client and Third-Party Property; IOLTA
PART VI: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN LITIGATION; PROSECUTORS
Chapter 24: Asserting Claims and Defenses; Expedition
Chapter 25: Fairness to Opponents in Litigation
Chapter 26: Candor Toward the Tribunal
Chapter 27: Conduct Before Tribunals; Advocate-Witness Rule; Obligations In Non-Adjudicative Proceedings
Chapter 28: Professional Responsibilities of Prosecutors
Chapter 29: Trial Publicity
PART VII: DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT PRACTICE; MARKETING
Chapter 30: Basic Rules on Advertising; Rule on Print and Recorded Media
Chapter 31: In-Person Solicitation; Written or Recorded Solicitation
PART VIII: OBLIGATIONS OF FIRMS; ORGANIZATION
Chapter 32: Law Firms: Responsibility of Supervisors and Subordinates; Professional Independence; Prohibition on Restrictions on Lawyer Practice
Chapter 33: Prohibited Professional Arrangements; Restrictive Covenants
Chapter 34: Sale of Law Practice
PART IX: MISCONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE; MALPRACTICE
Chapter 35: Professional Misconduct; Duty To Report Misconduct
Chapter 36: Disciplinary Process
Chapter 37: Discipline Based on "Other Proceedings"; Reciprocal Discipline; Disability Inactive Status
Chapter 38: Standards for Discipline
Chapter 39: Standards for Reinstatement
Chapter 40: Legal Malpractice
PART X: JUDICIAL ETHICS
Chapter 41 Background and Authority of the Code of Judicial Conduct
Chapter 42 Duty To Maintain the Integrity and Independence of the Judiciary
Chapter 43 Judge's Adjudicative Responsibilities
Chapter 44 Ex Parte Communications
Chapter 45 Judge's Administrative and Disciplinary Responsibilities
Chapter 46 Judicial Disqualification and Recusal
Chapter 47 Extrajudicial Activities of a Judge
Chapter 48 Regulation of Political and Campaign Activities of Judges and Judicial Candidates
Chapter 49 Ethical Obligations of Former Judges, Adjudicators, Mediators and Adjuncts
Chapter 50 The Commission on Judicial Performance
APPENDIX A: MISSISSIPPI RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
APPENDIX B: MISSISSIPPI CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT
Chapter 1: Authority and Jurisdiction
Chapter 2: Pervasive Issues: Knowledge and Belief That Trigger or Protect Professional Action; Writing Requirements; Relationship Between Rules of Conduct and Substantive Law
Chapter 3: Admission to Practice
Chapter 4: Admission Pro Hac Vice
Chapter 5: Unauthorized Practice
Chapter 6: Systemic Obligations; Public Service; Appointments
PART II: BASIC OBLIGATIONS
Chapter 7: Accepting, Declining, and Withdrawing from Representation
Chapter 8: Division of Decisional Autonomy Between Client and Lawyer; Lawyer as Fiduciary
Chapter 9: Competence; Diligence; Communication
Chapter 10: Preserving Client Confidences
PART III: LOYALTY AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Chapter 11: Conflicts of Interest; General Rule
Chapter 12: Prohibited Transactions; Business with Clients
Chapter 13: Former Client Conflicts
Chapter 14: Imputed Conflicts of Interest
Chapter 15: Waivers of Conflicts of Interest; Consent After Consultation; Screening
Chapter 16: The Attorney as Public Servant; Ethics for Government Lawyers
PART IV: COUNSELING; SPECIAL CLIENTS; DEALING WITH THIRD PARTIES
Chapter 17: Lawyer as Advisor, Intermediary, and Evaluator
Chapter 18: Representing Entities
Chapter 19: Representing Clients Under Disability
Chapter 20: Dealing with Unrepresented Persons and Third Parties; Inadvertently Disclosed Material
Chapter 21: Dealing with Represented Persons
PART V: MONEY; CLIENT PROPERTY
Chapter 22: Fees
Chapter 23: Handling Client and Third-Party Property; IOLTA
PART VI: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN LITIGATION; PROSECUTORS
Chapter 24: Asserting Claims and Defenses; Expedition
Chapter 25: Fairness to Opponents in Litigation
Chapter 26: Candor Toward the Tribunal
Chapter 27: Conduct Before Tribunals; Advocate-Witness Rule; Obligations In Non-Adjudicative Proceedings
Chapter 28: Professional Responsibilities of Prosecutors
Chapter 29: Trial Publicity
PART VII: DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT PRACTICE; MARKETING
Chapter 30: Basic Rules on Advertising; Rule on Print and Recorded Media
Chapter 31: In-Person Solicitation; Written or Recorded Solicitation
PART VIII: OBLIGATIONS OF FIRMS; ORGANIZATION
Chapter 32: Law Firms: Responsibility of Supervisors and Subordinates; Professional Independence; Prohibition on Restrictions on Lawyer Practice
Chapter 33: Prohibited Professional Arrangements; Restrictive Covenants
Chapter 34: Sale of Law Practice
PART IX: MISCONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE; MALPRACTICE
Chapter 35: Professional Misconduct; Duty To Report Misconduct
Chapter 36: Disciplinary Process
Chapter 37: Discipline Based on "Other Proceedings"; Reciprocal Discipline; Disability Inactive Status
Chapter 38: Standards for Discipline
Chapter 39: Standards for Reinstatement
Chapter 40: Legal Malpractice
PART X: JUDICIAL ETHICS
Chapter 41 Background and Authority of the Code of Judicial Conduct
Chapter 42 Duty To Maintain the Integrity and Independence of the Judiciary
Chapter 43 Judge's Adjudicative Responsibilities
Chapter 44 Ex Parte Communications
Chapter 45 Judge's Administrative and Disciplinary Responsibilities
Chapter 46 Judicial Disqualification and Recusal
Chapter 47 Extrajudicial Activities of a Judge
Chapter 48 Regulation of Political and Campaign Activities of Judges and Judicial Candidates
Chapter 49 Ethical Obligations of Former Judges, Adjudicators, Mediators and Adjuncts
Chapter 50 The Commission on Judicial Performance
APPENDIX A: MISSISSIPPI RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
APPENDIX B: MISSISSIPPI CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT