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.

This book is designed to teach evidence through the lens of trial work. Using this text will provide a fundamental understanding of the most common evidentiary issues facing lawyers in the courtroom. Coverage includes how the courtroom is controlled, the responsibilities of counsel, the power of the judge, burdens of proof, relevance, character, exhibits, impeachment, how objections work, expert witnesses, and hearsay. The use of multiple forms of media to present the information ensures that every learning style can fully participate. The primary cases that formed evidentiary law in the post evidence code era are covered, but the text is much more than a standard case book. It includes materials on the black letter law of evidence, copies of the entire current Federal Rules of Evidence, and court testimony dealing with evidentiary law. The text contains both the Federal Rules of Evidence from 2009, the updated plain language version passed in 2011, and all of the relevant advisory committee notes. Capturing the possibilities of electronic books for 21st century learning, "Everyday Evidence: A Practical Approach" takes the next step in assisting others in understanding how evidentiary law actually works.

Irish Law Based on the 6th edition of Professor Imwinkelried's authoritative American text, Evidentiary Foundations, and amended for the Irish market, this title is a practical guide which explains how the various evidentiary doctrines are applied on a daily basis in the Irish courts. Combining discussion of law and practice, the authors outline a step-by-step approach to laying the necessary foundations for the introduction of items of evidence. Using hypothetical examples, the title illustrates how the substantive rules of evidence convert into concrete lines of questioning in the courtroom. This is the first book of its kind on the Irish market and will provide invaluable practical guidance for practitioners and students of the law of evidence.

A notary is a public official responsible for independently verifying signatures and oaths. Depending on how a document is written, a notarization serves to affirm the identity of a signer and the fact that they personally executed their signature. A notarization, or notarial act, officially documents the identity of a party to a document or transaction and the occasion of the signing that others can rely upon, usually at face value. A notary's authentication is intended to be reliable, to avoid the inconvenience of having to locate a signer to have them personally verify their signature, as well as to document the execution of a document perhaps long after the lifetime of the signer and the notary. An oath is a sworn statement. In most cases a person will swear that a written statement, oral statement, or testimony they are about to give is true. A notary can document that the notary administered an oath to an individual.