Professional Responsibility
Professor Vernellia Randall
The University of Dayton School of Law

 "A lawyer, as a member of the legal profession, is a representative of clients, an officer of the legal system
and a public citizen having special responsibility for the quality of justice."
ABA Model Rules for Conduct.

 

 

Lesson 1: Introduction

Please notify me of any typo, misspelling, etc.
 

UNITS
Syllabus                                                     X
01 Lawyer-Client                                                     X
02 Duty to the System                                                     X
03 Modern Practice                                                     X
04 Other Issues                                                     X
05 Exam-Taking                                                     X

 

ETHICS WEBSITES
ABA Center                                                                  x
Cornell on Legal Ethics                                                                 x
Ethics and Lawyering                                                                 x
Ethics on Findlaw                                                                 x
Freuvigek on Conflicts                                                                 x
Legal Ethics                                                                 x
Legal Ethics Forum                                                                 x
Legal Profession Blog
Professional Lawyer                            x
Westlaw on Ethics                                   x

 

 

Initial Reflections
on Ethics, Morality and Justice

 
 
Problem Assignments
  • Signup for Moodle:
    • UserName = Firstname Inital and Last Name
      • Example: Jane Doe = jdoe
    • Password=changeme
    • upload a "headshot"/passport photo (REQUIRED)
    • Update your profile

     

  • Read the syllabus , follow all the links and then complete the Syllabus Questionnaire on Moodle under Administrative and Ongoing Course Activities Topic in Moodle

 

Substantive Assignment
 
Reading

 

Reflection Paper
  • Taking into consideration the ABA preamble and scope, write 650 - 750 word reflection paper on ethics, morality and justice.  Addressing the following Issues: (a) Before coming to law school did you think that ethics, morality and justice were different? How? Why? (b) Has law school changed your views on the meaning of ethics, morality or justice? (c) What are your fundamental values and what are the fundamental values of the legal profession? Are those lists in conflict? How did you, or how will you, resolve these conflicts? (d) What are the sources of your values? How did you discovered those sources? How will you ensure that you use your values and sources of values on a regular basis as you practice law?
  • Submission:
    • Start May 1st
    • Due:  May 5th
    •  Peer Assessment:
      • Start  May 6th;
      • Close May  8th

Small Group Discussion
Preparing for MPRE
 

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LESSONS
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Please Remember I May Modify the Syllabus and the Lesson any time up to three days before class.
 
RESOURCES
ABA Model Rules                                             x
ABA Model Code                                         x
Ohio Rules                                             x
OH Ethics Material                                              x

  

 

 
 

 

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