This document contains a collection of 35 articles organized into 6 chapters. The articles are primarily reprints from American Association for Counseling and Development (AACD) publications on the most important legal and ethical topics about which all school counselors need to be informed. The six chapters deal with: "Ethical Standards"; "Privacy, Confidentiality, and Privileged Communication"; "Legal Issues"; "The School Counselor and Child Abuse"; "Ethical Issues in Group Work"; and "Special Issues." The chapter on special issues looks at the use of computer-assisted counseling and testing; microcomputer use; counseling research; sex and intimacy between counselors and clients; and counseling gender, race, and culturally distinct groups. The appendices contain documents with which the school counselor should be familiar: (1) "Ethical Standards" (AACD); (2) "Ethical Standards for School Counselors" (American School Counselor Association--ASCA); (3) "Ethical Guidelines for Group Leaders" (Association for Specialists in Group Work); (4) "Policy and Procedure for Processing Complaints of Ethical Violations" (AACD); (5) "The School Counselor and Confidentiality" (ASCA position statement); and (6) "The School Counselor and Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention" (ASCA position statement). (NB)