Introduction -- Professional ethics : holding paramount the welfare of persons served professionally -- Credentialing : licensure, certification, registration, and accreditation -- Contractual relationships with clients and others -- Malpractice and other torts -- Influencing legislation -- Participating in trials and hearings -- Marketing clinical services -- Coping with managed health care -- Using paraprofessionals advantageously -- Documenting treatment efficacy -- Patient (client) rights -- Scope of practice issues and keeping up to date -- Being culturally sensitive -- Copyright considerations for clinicians -- Legal and tax implications of employment relationships -- Templates and other strategies for facilitating clinical report writing.