LAW 6829 Professional Responsibility
Professor Vernellia R. 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 Professional Conduct.


 

Lesson Outline

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00 Introduction                                          x
Syllabus                                         x
UNITS
01 Lawyer-Client                                         x
02 Duty to System                                         x
03 Modern Practice                                         x
04 Exam-Taking                                         x

 
ETHICS WEBSITES ABA Center                                               x American Legal Ethics                                                          x Ethics and Lawyering                                               x Ethics on Findlaw                                           x Freuvigek on Conflicts                                           x LegalEthics.com                                               x Legal Ethics Forum                                            x Legal Profession Blog ProfLaw (Westlaw)                           x Westlaw on Ethics                            x
 

 

                 

There are a number of make-up classes; first to allow several students to participate in the Italy program; second to complete the course before the August 8th so students who want to can take the MPRE.

Week # Week of Lesson
1 June 5 Lesson 1: Initial Reflections on Ethics, Morality and Justice

Part One
The Lawyer-Client Relationship

2 June 12 Lesson 2: Undertaking a Case
3 June 19 Lesson 3: Communication and Confidentiality
4 June 26 Lesson 4a: Loyalties and Conflicts of Interest
  July 03 No Class
5 July 07
5:00 pm
Make-up
Lesson 4b: Loyalties and Conflicts of Interest
6 July 10 Lesson 5: Decision-making on a Case
  July  09 to July 10 Multiple Choice Examination, 1 hour; can be taken anytime between 8:30 am to 3:00pm; check with the registrar.
     

Part Two
Balancing the Duty of Advocacy with the Duty to the Legal System

7 July 14
5:00 pm
Make-up
Lesson 7a: Tactics, Free Speech and the Rules
8 July 17 Lesson 7b: Tactics, Free Speech and the Rules
9 July 21
5:00 pm
Make-up
Lesson 8: The Problems of the Government Lawyer
Lesson 9: The Lawyer Acting as Advisor
10 July 24 Lesson 6: Truth, Justice and Advocacy
  July 23 to
July 24
Multiple Choice Examination, 1 hour exam; can be taken anytime between 8:30 am to 3:00pm; check with the registrar.

Part Three
The Pressures, Economics and Diversity of Modern Practice

11 July 28
5:00 pm
Make-up
Lesson 11:  Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Lesson 12: Economics of Lawyering
12 July 31 Lesson 10: The Lawyer as a part of a Law Firm
13 Aug 04
Electronic Class -TWEN
Lesson 13: Admission, Discipline and Other Rules

  Aug 7 to
Aug 8
Examination, 2 hour exam; can be taken anytime between 8:30 am to 3:00pm; check with the registrar.

MPRE can be taken in lieu of the final but copy of your final score must be submit to obtain a final grade.

  Aug  15
No Class
Assignments Due
Lawyering and Ethics in Films 
Diversity, Ethics and the Law

 
 
 

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