Researching Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility

A legal treatise is a book or set of books on a legal topic that are written by experts.  Sometimes students get confused between "treatise" and "treaty."   A treatise is a scholarly book or set of books about a legal topic.  It is a secondary source. A treaty is a primary source legal agreement between countries. A good treatise is thorough, explaining and even critiquing, the law.  A treatise can be an extremely useful secondary source for research because it gathers such detailed information on a particular legal topic or issue into one publication. 

You can find legal ethics treatises for specific practice areas and specific jurisdictions, as well as general treatises.

Indexes

Table of Contents

Many treatises are updated by pocket parts or supplements.  Some treatises, known as "loose-leafs" are updated by new pages being inserted into a binder.

Lexis

• If looking for a specific book, type the title of the book in the search box.
• To find treatises by subject: Click Practice Area  > Legal Ethics > All Legal Ethics Treatises, Guides & Jurisprudence

Westlaw

• If looking for a specific book, type the title of the book in the search box or Browse Secondary Sources
• If you want books arranged by subject, go to Secondary Sources and under By Topic select Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Bloomberg Law

• Click the Secondary Sources tab
• Click Browse Books & Treatises
• Either Search Books by Subject Matter or browse (by publisher or practice area)

A one stop shopping resource for legal ethics is the ABA / Bloomberg Law Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct. You can access the ABA / BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct through our Bloomberg Law subscription. 

• Search or browse the Practice Guides and Practice Guide Archives to find analysis of the law and rules related to legal ethics and professional responsibility.
• ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
• ABA Model Standards & Rules
• ABA Ethics Opinions
• Search Digest of State Ethics Opinions
• Search Professional Responsibility Court Opinions

Always check OneSearch first to see if a book is available in the Law Library or another UC library.  You can search by keyword, title, or subject.

Renew books or check due dates.

 When you find a title through UCLID, the online catalog, that is owned by another library:

• Click on the Request button. 
• Enter your username and password
• Select Law Library as your pick-up library
• Click on the Submit button.

 If a book you want is not available at UC, you may be able to find and borrow it through the OhioLINK.  Be sure and check UCLID first.  OhioLINK is also accessible through UCLID (click the search OhioLINK button)

 

by Keyword Title Author Subject

for:

  Renew books or check due dates.

The book will be delivered to the Law Library and you will be notified when it comes.  Please remember that all library communications are sent to your UC email account so be sure and check it regularly or forward it to an email account that you do check regularly.  Be aware that it may take 5 or more days to arrive.