Ethics and Professional Practice for Paralegals, 6th Edition
- Publisher:
- Emond Publishing
- Publication date:
- 2025-05-28
- Authors:
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S. Patricia Knight
Jessica A Hendriks - ISBN:
- 978-1-77462-585-9
Description:
Ethics and Professional Practice for Paralegals, 6th Edition guides readers through principles of professional conduct, legal obligations, and ethical issues. It equips readers with the knowledge necessary for their future careers by outlining the Paralegal Rules of Conduct and the Paralegal Professional Conduct Guidelines while covering key topics, including the client relationships, retainers, the Paralegal Standing Committee, accreditation, and advertising practices. Through Planning for Practice fact situations, readers follow Rajni Peacock’s journey from licensing to starting her own firm. The sixth edition introduces a new chapter on working with Indigenous clients to promote cultural literacy in paralegal services, along with new Case in Point boxes, additional scenarios, and increased commentary to prepare readers for ethical challenges in the legal field
Index
- Preliminary pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Paralegal Governance in Ontario
- Professionalism
- Know Your Client
- Duty to Clients
- Advocacy
- Duty to Licensees and Others
- Ethics in Paralegal Practice Management
- Ethics and Indigenous Clients
- Appendix A: Complete Paralegal Rules of Conduct
- Appendix B: Paralegal Professional Conduct Guidelines
- Table of Cases
- Glossary
- Index