Legal Ethics (LAW-550-001)
Dorsainvil, Driver
Meets: 06:00 PM - 08:45 PM (T) - Room 524
Enrolled: 39 / Limit: 60
Notices
Meets 5/31-7/28. Room 524
Description
This course addresses the ethical requirements governing admission to the Bar and the practice of law. The issues we will examine are subject to various rules of conduct. Our focus is on the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, a version of which has been adopted in most states, as well as the D.C. and Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct. In practice, you will be governed by the rules adopted by each tribunal that admits you to practice.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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Model Rules of Professional Conduct, ISBN: 978-1-60442-983-1, 2010, ABA.
There is also a required supplemental handout available at the Handout Sales room 465.
First Class Readings
ABA Book:
- Preamble
- Scope
- Essay
- Terminology Rule 1.0
- Rules 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Copied material pp. 1-30
- Unit One, Unit Two
- Essay
- Red Dog 625 A.2d 245
- Battle 646 A.2d 315
- Shorter BDN 194-96
Syllabus
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