Concise Guide to Paralegal Ethics: With Online Files, Study Center (Aspen Paralegal)

Therese A. Cannon; Sybil Taylor Aytch

ISBN 13: 9798892078610

Published by Aspen Publishing (edition 6), 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Concise Guide to Paralegal Ethics: With Online Files, Study Center (Aspen Paralegal)
• Publisher: Aspen Publishing (edition 6)
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798892078610
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 6.
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on Casebook Connect, including lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities. Access also includes practice questions, an outline tool, and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes.

This concise version of Cannon and Taylor Aytch’s highly successful textbook provides brief coverage of ethical principles from the perspective of the practicing paralegal. This book is written for paralegal students, working paralegals, and lawyers who use their services. The clearly written text, enhanced by readable pedagogy, provides up-to-date coverage of all the major areas of legal ethics, placing special emphasis on how the rules affect paralegals. Each chapter begins with an overview, followed by clear textual explanations in a well-organized format. Key terms are introduced in italics.

Review questions and discussion questions reinforce the material. Research projects at the end of each chapter provide ways to enhance and apply what has been learned. In addition, each chapter includes hypothetical problems that teach students how the principles and rules are applied. Useful appendices provide the text of relevant ethical codes. The book is designed to be used in a shorter course on ethics or in substantive courses for additional ethics coverage. 

New to the 6th Edition:
● Updated coverage of the evolving role of legal professionals in providing legal services
● Discusses areas of growth and change in the legal profession, including the integration of technology and ethical considerations in the use of generative AI and ChatGPT
● Case references at the end of each chapter updated to include most recent rulings

Professors and students will benefit from:
● Expertise of the authors, bringing deep knowledge and experience to the text
● Text written specifically for paralegal students
● Comprehensive and up-to-date coverage, in a clear and readable text
● Excellent pedagogy with review questions, hypotheticals, discussion questions, and research projects to reinforce students’ understanding of the material