Legal ethics in the practice of law / Richard Zitrin, Carol M. Langford and Liz Ryan Cole.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Initial reflections on ethics, morality, and justice in an adversary system --Undertaking a case --Communication and confidentiality --Loyalties and conflicts of interest --Who controls the case? How should lawyers and clients share decisionmaking? --What price truth? What price justice? What price advocacy? --Tactics, free speech, and playing by the rules --The special problems of the government lawyer --The lawyer acting as advisor --The lawyer as part of the law firm structure --Mental health, substance abuse, and the realities of modern practice --The economics of lawyering --Admissions, discipline, and some other rules of lawyering.