Professional Responsibility: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations) [Paperback]

W. Bradley Wendel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2004 | ISBN-10: 0735540926 | ISBN-13: 978-0735540927

A favorite among law students and professors alike, the Examples & Explanations series is ideal for studying, reviewing and testing your understanding through application of hypothetical examples. Authored by leading professors with extensive classroom experience, Examples & Explanations titles offer hypothetical questions in the subject area, complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topic, and compare your own analysis.

Product Details

• Paperback: 427 pages
• Publisher: Aspen Publishers (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735540926
• ISBN-13: 978-0735540927
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #17 in Books > Law > Ethics & Professional Responsibility

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Warning! Portions out of Date, December 7, 2005

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A. Hand - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professional Responsibility: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations) (Paperback)

I am generally quite a fan of the Examples and Explanations series and this is generally true of PR. The book provides a good overview of the various topics, including a integration of appropriate concepts from the Federal Rules, common law, the Model Rules and the Model Code. In terms of overall concept-based teaching, the book does a fine job.

However, the book is out of date. Though it carries a 2004 copyright date, it omits some serious changes to the Model Rules in 2003, notably changes to Rule 1.6 (see, e.g. page 164 of the book if you bought it). In the introduction the author notes changes made in 2003--which might lead the reader to believe such changes were included in the text of the book, though that does not appear to have happened. No errata is offered on the publisher's website (listed in the book as www.aspenpublishers.com), nor on the author's law school website. Such errors often make me question the basis of the rest of the book.

Furthermore, for those using the book primarily to help understand the Model Rules, there is no index or table indicating where specifc rules are discussed. Yes, the index contains a topical listing, but a rule-by-rule lising would be very helpful for this topic (the BarBri PR supplement, for example, contains such a list). So if you know, for example, that you need help undertanding Rule 4.1, there is no way to find those pages in the Examples and Explanations book.

Hopefully the author or publisher will take note of these issues and correct them in an upcoming version or include a note about needed changes.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dont rely on this book for MPRE, November 6, 2006

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R. Young - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professional Responsibility: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations) (Paperback)

This book is a great overview to professional responsibility and very interesting but if you rely on it to take the MPRE you will fail. only write this for people out there like me who are taking a second Bar and MPRE after moving to another state, years after completing law school, and looking for MPRE study materials online. There arent ANY MPRE TEST QUESTIONS IN HERE - you have to do old tests, tons of them, to pass.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Prep for the MPRE!, October 22, 2005

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Hawkeye (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professional Responsibility: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations) (Paperback)

I took the MPRE in NY (where the minimum passing score is 85) without having taken a course in Professional Responsibility either through law school or one of the bar-prep companies. I read this book once, took a practice examination available at the MPRE website, and scored 108. As with most of the Aspen E&E series books, this is a great introduction to an area of the law that you have to know. It is easy to read, and works well for MPRE preparation.