Thousands of complaints are filed against Louisiana lawyers each year. Many are caused by simple mistakes and innocent misunderstandings about what the rules of conduct require. For straightforward answers to professional responsibility questions, get Louisiana Legal Ethics: Standards & Commentary (2021), a comprehensive source for Louisiana legal ethics rules, cases, and indispensable practical advice. Updated for 2021 with more than 40 new reported decisions and ethics opinions. Prof. Dane S. Ciolino edits and annotates this book. He serves as the Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where he teaches legal ethics, advocacy, and evidence.

Newly revised in 2020 for Louisiana lawyers and law students, Louisiana Legal Ethics: Standards and Commentary contains (1) the full text of the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct, (2) "background" information about the adoption of each rule by the Louisiana Supreme Court, (3) related ABA resources, including comments to the corresponding ABA model rule, and (4) annotations current through November 2019 discussing Louisiana case law, administrative decisions, and other authorities relevant to each rule. It also contains selected "professionalism" materials.

This book has been superseded by the 2015 edition, which is available at: http://www.amazon.com/Louisiana-Legal-Ethics-Standards-Commentary/dp/1505515874/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418757086&sr=1-1

The most vexing ethics questions for lawyers aren't the ones that come up on law school exams. Practicing lawyers have more practical questions, such as: (1) Old files. Can I finally shred them? (2) What magic words do I need to make my arbitration clause enforceable? (3) How can I use social media to enhance my reputation rather than to ruin it? (4) What are the 10 ways to avoid the miserable white envelope bearing the return address: "Office of Disciplinary Counsel"? (5) What are the 8 keys to an ethically-compliant law firm website? Louisiana Legal Ethics: Standards & Commentary (2015), is an up-to-date compendium of Louisiana legal ethics standards. It includes the full text of the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct, annotations addressing the history and adoption of each rule, ABA comments, and important Louisiana case law. Finally, it includes materials on disciplinary sanctions, selected "professionalism" materials, and answers to frequently asked legal ethics questions. Dane S. Ciolino edits and annotates this book. He serves as the Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where he teaches legal ethics.

The toughest ethical issues for lawyers aren't the ones that come up on law school exams. Practicing lawyers have more practical questions, such as: (1) when may I finally shred my closed files? (2) what magic words do I need to make the arbitration clause in my engagement agreement enforceable? (3) how can I use social media to enhance my reputation rather than to ruin it? (4) what are the 10 ways to avoid disciplinary complaints? (5) what are the 8 keys to a compliant law firm website? Louisiana Legal Ethics: Standards & Commentary (2018), is a newly-updated compendium of Louisiana legal ethics standards. It includes the full text of the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct, annotations addressing the history and adoption of each rule, ABA comments, and important Louisiana case law through December 2017. Finally, it includes a year-in-review summary that looks back at important developments in Louisiana legal ethics during 2017, and answers to frequently asked legal ethics questions. Dane S. Ciolino edits and annotates this book. He serves as the Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where he teaches legal ethics, advocacy, and evidence.

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

The toughest ethical issues for lawyers aren't the ones that come up on law school exams. Practicing lawyers have more practical questions, such as: (1) when may I finally shred my closed files? (2) what magic words do I need to make the arbitration clause in my engagement agreement enforceable? (3) how can I use social media to enhance my reputation rather than to ruin it? (4) what are the 10 ways to avoid disciplinary complaints? (5) what are the 8 keys to a compliant law firm website? Louisiana Legal Ethics: Standards & Commentary (2017), is a newly-updated compendium of Louisiana legal ethics standards. It includes the full text of the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct, annotations addressing the history and adoption of each rule, ABA comments, and important Louisiana case law through December 2016. Finally, it includes materials on "professionalism" and answers to frequently asked legal ethics questions. Dane S. Ciolino edits and annotates this book. He serves as the Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where he teaches legal ethics, advocacy, and evidence.