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There are many films which relate lawyers and lawyering.
You should complete a review and critique of
three films. You should read the evaluation
rubric before beginning the assignment, watch
the movie at least twice and write a critique of
the film as if it was a problem. At least
one film has to include a woman as a key lawyering role and one has to include a person
of color as a key lawyering role. The
critique should include the following on each
film
- Title, date, director, main cast list and roles
- Summary of the plot
- Critique of the Lawyering in each film
- What conduct in the films either does or might violate a
formal ethical rule? What conduct appears to violate some other obligation of a lawyer?
What obligation?
- What ethical rules (Ohio state or ABA),
if any govern, the potentially unethical
conduct? Might the conduct result in civil liability for the lawyer or law
firm? Is there tension or conflict between competing interests or rules of
conduct, and if so, in what respect and why? Is there a difference?
- How do you feel a lawyer should be acting in these
circumstances and why? Is there a tension or conflict between what you feel a lawyer
should do in this situation and what the black letter rules
seems to say a lawyer must do?
What practical considerations may be difficult to ignore in
determining how a lawyer may behave in these circumstances.
- What other, if any, issues or points you think is
important to consider when addressing this problem?
- Comparison
- You should have a section that does a
comparison of the lawyering roles in the chosen
films
- Did race and gender seem to effect
the potrayal of the lawyers?
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