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Major Treatises by Topic

This guide lists major legal treatises, handbooks, hornbooks and guides by topic. It also lists important current awareness and reporting services for each topic.

Multi-Volume Treatises

Ebooks and Online Resources accessible to Case Law Users Only.

American  Law Institute, Restatement of the Law Third, The Law Governing Lawyers (2000-date).
Print: KF395.A2L383 2000. Hein Online: Volume 1 & Volume 2. Online: WestlawNext. (2 volumes).

Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr. et al., The Law of Lawyering (4th ed., last updated 2015).
Print: KF306.H33 2015.  

Robert E. Mallen & Jeffrey M. Smith, Legal Malpractice (2005-date).
Print: KF313.M29. Online: WestlawNext. (5 volumes).

Single-Volume Treatises/Hornbooks

Ebooks and Online Resources accessible to Case Law Users Only.

Charles Gardner Geyh, et al., Judicial Conduct and Ethics (4th ed., 2007-date).
Print: KF8779.S47 2013. Online: LexisAdvance.

Ronald D. Rotunda, Legal Ethics in a Nutshell (5th ed., 2018).
eBook: West Academic Study Aids

Gregory C. Sisk, et.al., Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility, and the Legal Profession (2018). eBook: West Academic Study Aids

Current Awareness & Looseleaf Services

Ebooks and Online Resources accessible to Case Law Users Only.

ABA Ethics Law. Online: ABA Law

ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct (Frequency: Biweekly). Online: Bloomberg Law.

Legal Malpractice Report. Online: Westlaw