A Concise Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers (American Law Institute)

This text is an abridgement of the Restatement of the Law Third-The Law Governing Lawyers, intended primarily for use in law school legal ethics courses as either a textbook or as supplemental reading. This restatement addresses such issues as the formation of the client-lawyer relationship, legal malpractice, and the potential liability of lawyers to third-party non-clients.