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Restatement of Law Governing Lawyers

Restatements are published by the American Law Institute. The Institute consists of some 4000 lawyers, judges, and law professors.  The online edition has "links to cases" citing the Restatment.

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American Law Reports

Technicaly, American Law Reports (ALR) has both primary and secondary sources of material.  It higlights representative cases and then annotates them with commentary and cross references.  If there is one on your topic, it's a goldmine of information.

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Select either the Digest or the Index and look for "Attorney."  For example:

Home > Secondary Sources > American Law Reports > American Law Reports Digest > Attorney & Client

Westlaw Ethics & Professional Responsibility Texts

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Recommended by class text:  Legal Malpractice by Ronald E. Mallen and Allison Martin Rhodes (last updatd Jan. 2015)

Finding Lexis Professional Responsibility Sources

Always check Missouri MOBAR CLEs as a good secondary source ...

And Kansas ...

Secondary Specialty Topic Sources

Here are a few examples of potential sources for specialty practice.  See also p. 47-48 of your text.

• Moore's Federal Practice (Lexis Mathew Bender).  In the print, see Law Research Instruction Library KF8820 .A313 M63.  Online, see Lexis, Browse Sources > By Publisher > Mathew Bender & Company > Moore's Federal Practice (note there are both Civil and Criminal looseleafs).  For example, look up Rule 11 sanctions.
• Charles A. Wright & Aurthur R. Miller, et. al., Federal Practice & Procedure (3rd ed. 1998).  In print see Holmes Suite Library  KF9619 .W7.  Online, see Westlaw, Home > Secondary Sources > Texts & Treatises > Litigation Texts & Treatises > Federal Practice & Procedure.
• Bounds of Advocacy (American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers) available for purchase at http://www.aaml.org/library/publications/bounds-advocacy-0.  Available for inter-library loan from MOBIUS. 
• ACTEC Commentaries on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Fourth Edition 2006 (American College of Trusts and Estates).  Available in PDF form, including supplements at http://www.actec.org/publications/commentaries/. 
• Final Rule: Implementation of Standards of Professional Conduct for Attorneys, Securities and Exchange Commission, 17 CFR Part 205 at http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/33-8185.htm.
• Missouri Professional Liability (MOBAR 2005).  Chapter 2 deals with attorneys.  In print, see circulation desk reserve books, KFM 7996.2.M67 2005.  Online, see Lexis, Browse Sources > By Jurisdiction > Missouri > Missouri Professional Liability (MOBAR CLE)
• Corporate Compliance Practice Guide, Chapter 57 Ethical Issues in Corporate Compliance
• Kansas Ethics Handbook  (J. Nick Badgerow, Charles R. Hay, Jack Scott McInteer eds., Kansas Bar Association, 2009) (Reserve KFK76.5 .K36 2009)

Blogs

• Legal Profession Blog
• Professional Responsibility Blog
• The Ethics Guru : Legal Ethics Blawg

Forms

• Missouri Bar Foundation, Law Practice Management Online Center (great source for forms, including Missouri Client Keeper

Other General Sources

Legal Ethics in a nutshell, Ronald D. Rotunda & Michael I. Krauss. St. Paul, MN :Thomson/West, 2006  UMKC Law Library KF306. Z9 R668 2006 (latest version is 2013, which is on order by the library).  Now available on West Academic Study Aides along with many other resources (if the link does not respond go to the library databases page).

Legal Ethics : A Legal Resource Guide, Lee F. Peoples, Buffalo, NY : W.S. Hein, 2006 UMKC Law Library KF306 .P46 2006

Legal Ethics : A Comparative Study, Geoffrey C. Hazard & Angelo Dondi, Stanford Cal., Standord Univ. Press, 2004 K123 .H39 2004