Legal Malpractice

Primary Sources

• Rules
  1. ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct Annotated
     [RefRm KF305 A2c 2007]
     Available at: SCLL
  2. Hawai‘i Rules of Professional Conduct
     [Desk KFH529.5 S98 A3]
  3. Rules of the Disciplinary Board
     [Desk KFH529.5 D57 A3]
• Selected Forms

American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms
[KF8836 A45]
Subject Heading: Attorneys-at-Law, §154-231

Secondary Sources

• Encyclopedias
  1. American Jurisprudence, 2d
     [KF154 A42]
     Subject Heading: Attorneys, §201-238
  2. Corpus Juris Secundum
     [KF154 C81]
     Subject Heading: Attorney & Client, §283-343
• Manuals
  1. ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct
     [RefRm KF305 A8]
     Available at: SCLL, 2d, 3d, 5th
  2. Attorney Malpractice: Law & Procedure
     [RefRm KF313 M46]
     Available at: SCLL, 2d, 3d, 5th
  3. Criminal Defense Ethics, 2d
     [KF306 B91]
     Available at: SCLL, 2d, K, 5th
  4. Law of Lawyering
     [KF306 H33]
     Available at: SCLL
  5. Legal Malpractice
     [KF313 M29]
     Available at: SCLL, 2d, 3d, 5th
  6. Professional Responsibility in Criminal Defense Practice
     [KF306 H14 2005]
     Available at: SCLL
  7. Restatement of the Law Third: The Law Governing Lawyers
     [KF311 M45]
• Finding Aids/Indexes
  1. Hawaii Digest
     [KFH57 H31]
     Topic: Key Numbers:
     Attorney & Client 105-115
  2. LegalTrac
     Search subject term: Legal Malpractice
  3. Hawai‘i CARD Network
     Keyword: Legal Malpractice
• Agencies & Organizations
  1. Hawai‘i Lawyer Referral & Information Service
     1100 Alakea Street, Suite 1000
     Honolulu, HI 96813
     (808) 537-9140
     Choose island & under “Torts,” choose “Legal Malpractice”
  2. Hawai‘i State Bar Association
     1100 Alakea Street, Suite 1000
     Honolulu, HI 96813
     (808) 537-1868
  3. Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection
     1132 Bishop Street, Suite 300
     Honolulu, HI 96813
     (808) 599-2483
  4. Office of the Disciplinary Counsel
     1132 Bishop Street, Suite 300
     Honolulu, HI 96813
     (808) 521-4591
• Internet Resources
  1. Lawyers.com
  2. Findlaw.com
     Legal Malpractice Lawsuit FAQs
     Legal Malpractice Claims