Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility:
Treatises, Restatement, and Books

Restatement

Restatement of the Law, the Law Governing Lawyers 3d

Print: Law Reserve and Law Annex Reference KF 300 R47 2000 Supp.
Westlaw: REST-LGOVL database
LexisNexis: Restatement 3d, Law Governing Lawyers source


Treatises

  • The ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct: "Manual" volume includes a treatise-like treatment of numerous topics in legal ethics.
    Law Reserve KF 305 A15 A2
  • Hazard, Geoffrey C., Jr. and W. William Hodes, The Law of Lawyering (3d ed.) KF 306 H39 2001
  • Patterson, L. Ray, Lawyer's Law: Procedural, Malpractice and Disciplinary Issues
    Law Reserve KF 306 P37 1998
  • Rotunda, Ronald D., Professional Responsibility: A Student's Guide
    Law Reserve KF 306 R684 2008
  • Wolfram, Charles W., Modern Legal Ethics
    Law Reserve KF 306 W59 1986
  • Zitrin, Richard A. and Carol M. Langford, Legal Ethics in the Practice of Law
    KF 306 Z57 2007


Books

Use the BU Library Catalog to identify scholarly monographs

  • WORD search to find books by title or subject
  • SUBJECT HEADINGS searching uses Library of Congress Subject Headings. Relevant subject headings for legal ethics are, for example,
    • Legal Ethics - United States
    • Legal Ethics - Massachusetts (State)
    • Legal Ethics - Great Britain
    • Attorney and client - United States
    • Practice of Law - United States

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Last updated: February 2009