General Description:
Examines the legal profession as an institution, its history and traditions, and the ethics of the bar with particular emphasis on the professional responsibilities of the lawyer. Discusses the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
Select Term:
LAWS 6103-001
Instructor(s):
Credits: 3
Meeting Times & Locations:
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Mon,Wed |
8:00 AM - 9:20 AM |
WOLF 307 |
First Assignment: Legal Ethics Text Info and First Week.pdf
LAWS 6103-002
Instructor(s):
Judge Neil Gorsuch
Credits: 3
Meeting Times & Locations:
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Mon,Wed |
4:40 PM - 6:00 PM |
WOLF 205 |
Syllabus: Legal Ethics and Professionalism Preliminary Syllabus Spring 2011.pdf
Textbook Info: Lerman & Schrag, Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, (Aspen, 2nd ed., 2008), ISBN 978073556296 (most recent edition wanted). Gillers, Simon & Perlman, Regulation of Lawyers, Statutes and Standards, (Aspen, 2010), ISBN 9780735579354 (most recent edition wanted).
First Assignment:
The Regulation of Lawyers: An Overview
1. Introduction, institutions that regulate lawyers, admission to practice, the character and fitness inquiry; on-call assignments determined
Reading: 1-38, 45-59; skim Model Rules of Professional Conduct
See TWEN for further handouts for the class
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