Research Guides Home: Professional Responsibility and Ethics: Introduction

Introduction

This Guide provides an overview of print and electronic resources relating to ethics and professional responsibility. Please use the tabs on the left or bottom of the screen to navigate through the Guide. Access to some resources may be restricted to either the Duquesne Law or Duquesne University community.

Restatement of the Law

Restatement of the Law - The Law Governing Lawyers
Via Westlaw Edge; login required

50 State Ethics Guide

The Thomas Woodward Houghton 50 State Ethics Guide
From the University of Texas. "The 50 State Ethics Guide provides an easy-to-use clearinghouse where attorneys, law students and faculty, judges, the public, and other researchers can obtain free access to legal ethics opinions and laws for all 50 states."--Website

Search the Catalog for Books

Search for Cases by Topic

Restricted to Duquesne Law faculty and students.

Legal Research Platforms

Lexis+: Legal Ethics Resource Page
Includes primary law materials, treatises, law reviews, forms, jury instructions, dockets, news, and more.

Scholarly Articles and Working Papers

Social Science Research Network: Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility eJournal
Social Science Research Network provides access to working papers and pre-publication versions of journal articles.
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Users may set up SSRN accounts and subscribe to free e-journals in the SSRN Legal Scholarship Network. To automatically receive email alerts for ejournals, go to the Legal Scholarship Network subscriptions page (you will be prompted to log in to SSRN). Look under "Law" on the left side of the screen (Subject Matter eJournals are listed at the end). If Duquesne Kline faculty members are unable to select orange subject eJournals, please email lawlibrary@duq.edu for account assistance.
Digital Commons: Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
The Digital Commons provides full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.

Guide originally created by Julie Tedjeske.

Last Updated: August 12, 2022