The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

ALL NEW 2nd EDITION! This Second Edition of the Library of Connecticut Personal Injury Forms has been updated to reflect the changes to the Practice Book that went into effect on January 1, 2014. Over 165 model documents for all types of PERSONAL INJURY cases, from intake to final disposition. Use model documents created, tested and honed by attorney-experts. The collection includes forms for: auto negligence, medical malpractice, premises liability, product Over 730+ pages of model forms created, tested and honed by attorney-experts at the prestigious and respected Bridgeport law firm of KOSKOFF, KOSKOFF & BIEDER, edited by Joshua D. Koskoff, and Sean K. McElligott. Use the Library of Connecticut Personal Injury Forms to simplify... -AUTO NEGLIGENCE -MEDICAL MALPRACTICE -PREMISES LIABILITY -PRODUCT LIABILITY -WRONGFUL DEATH and MORE

Combining legal and social history, Bruce Mann explores the relationship between law and society from the mid-seventeenth century to the eve of the Revolution. Analyzing a sample of more than five thousand civil cases from the records of local courts in Connecticut, he shows how once-neighborly modes of disputing yielded to a legal system that treated neighbors and strangers alike. During the colonial period population growth, immigration, economic development, war, and religious revival transformed the nature and context of official and economic relations in Connecticut. Towns lost the insularity and homogeneity that made them the embodiment of community. Debt litigation was transformed from a communal model of disputing in which procedures were based on the individual disagreements to a system of mechanical rules that homogenized law. Pleading grew more technical, and the civil jury faded from predominance to comparative insignificance. Arbitration and church disciplinary proceedings, the usual alternatives to legal process, became more formal and legalistic and, ultimately, less communal. Using a computer-assisted analysis of court records and insights drawn from anthropology and sociology, Mann concludes that changes in the law and its applications were tied to the growing commercialization of the economy. They also can be attributed to the fledgling legal profession's approach to law as an autonomous system rather than as a communal process. These changes marked the advent of a legal system that valued predictability and uniformity of legal relations more than responsiveness to individual communities. Mann shows that by the eve of the Revolution colonial law had become less identified with community and more closely associated with society.

The Encyclopedia of Connecticut Causes ofAction is a single volume desk reference which compiles, outlines and indexes all theories of recovery under Connecticut law. There's nothing like it presently available to Connecticut practitioners! Since its debut in 2009, it has been cited to by the Connecticut state appellate courts. It is organized into three sections: common law actions, statutory actions and administrative appeals as well as relevant statutes of limitation, and requisites for recovering attorneys' fees. The desk book contains notes on applicable procedure and rules, an extensive common word index, and tables of cases and statutes. The Encyclopedia of Connecticut Causes of Action is a quick reference to unfamiliar subjects and a starting point for analysis of any new matter. It is a welcome resource for firms without an extensive law library. It is perfect for any law library and is a unique working resource for: SOLO Practitioners and Small Firms: Save time analyzing client problems and preparing pleadings by pin-pointing the starting point of an action before employing more costly research. An inexpensive desk reference for virtually any case that walks in your door! Managing Partners and Litigation Departments: Bring associates up to speed quickly. Reduce training time and expense in preparing briefs and pleadings. Reduce research expense.