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Traversing the Ethical Minefield

Front Cover - Traversing the Ethical Minefield

Problems, Law, and Professional Responsibility
Second Edition

Susan Martyn
University of Toledo

Lawrence Fox
Drinker Biddle & Reath /
University of Pennsylvania

2008. 656 pages. ISBN 13: 978-0-7355-6963-8. With Teacher's Manual.


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About the Book

Traversing the Ethical Minefield: Problems, Law and Professional Responsibility, Second Edition, presents concise coverage of a wide range of ethical issues through a vital and dynamic pedagogy that engages student interest and fuels class discussion. 

A fresh approach to teaching legal ethics and professional responsibility, featuring:

  • a wide range of coverage in a concise volume
  • innovative pedagogy that combines problems, cases, exposition, and thematic notes
  • original mini-law review notes organized around recurring themes
        - lawyers’ roles in representing clients
        - the law governing lawyers
        -the bounds of the law
        - practice pointers
        - lawyers and other professionals
        - lawyers and clients
  • student-friendly and timely problems that explore the Model Rules, Restatement, cases, and materials—and complement both large and small classes
  • short stories that explore ethical dilemmas in the context of legal practice
  • a detailed Teacher’s Manual that explains every problem and offers policy analysis, additional hypotheticals, and extensive citations to relevant cases and materials
  • an annual statutory supplement, available for adoption, with a bound-in CD that includes the full text of each state’s lawyer code

New in the Second Edition:

  • A new chapter on Communication and Control, including coverage of control in the lawyer-client relationship
  • Coverage of the revised ABA Code of Judicial Conduct in a new chapter on Judicial Ethics
  • An additional series of notes on ethical challenges unique to specialized areas of practice, including pro bono representation, criminal defense, insurance defense, representing organizations, and representing governments
  • New cases and narratives dealing with the Revised Model Rules of Professional Conduct
  • Cheney v. U.S. District Court and other important recent cases

If you’re looking for a professional responsibility casebook that you will enjoy teaching from and your students will love, please take a look at your complimentary copy of Traversing the Ethical Minefield: Problems, Law, and Professional Responsibility, Second Edition.


Please also visit the companion websites for:

The Law Governing Lawyers: National Rules, Standards, Statutes, and State Lawyer Codes
2008-2009 Statutory Supplement

Professional Responsibility: Examples & Explanations
Second Edition
by W. Bradley Wendel


Preface / Sample Chapters