Casebooks, Study Aids & Guides for Law School Courses & Bar Exams: Professional Responsibility

Casebooks:

Casebook Companion:

Treatises:

Note: Professional Responsibility in Litigation also is available in Bloomberg Law.  Click: here. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - BLOOMBERG LAW.  Enter your Bloomberg Law username/password.  Current students, faculty and administrators can self-register for a Bloomberg Law password here.  Use your Brooklyn Law School email.

Hornbook:

Restatements of the Law are frequently cited secondary sources published by the American Law Institute (ALI).  According to ALI's FAQs, Restatements are "primarily addressed to courts."  A Restatement section generally includes: "black letter" law in bold text; a Comment (which includes illustrations); a Reporter's Note; & Case Citations (to decisions that cite to a Restatement section).  For a more detailed description of Restatements, see this BLS Library LibGuide.

Westlaw > Content Types: Secondary Sources > By Topic: Ethics & Professional Responsibility links to many types of sources, including:

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Westlaw also provides this searchable database:

Bloomberg Law > tab: Practice Centers > Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility includes many types of sources, such as:

• Legal Ethics News
• ABA Ethics Opinions from the ABA/Bloomberg Law Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct (Tip: Filter by topic or by ABA Model Rule #.)
• ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct & State Variations Comparison Charts
• A map linking to State Ethics Resources
• A link to search Professional Responsibility Court Opinions (Federal & State)
• A box titled: ABA/Bloomberg Law Practice Guides that allows one to search the ABA/Bloomberg Law Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct. (Tip: Click in the search box to browse this Lawyers' Manual by available topics.)
• Covid-19 Ethics & State Bar Resources
• 5 Books & Treatises