Professional Responsibility for Transactions Lawyers

Semester: Fall 2014
Course ID: 385
Credit Hours: 3
Unique: 29705

Course Information

Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed

Registration Information

Upperclass-only elective
Reversed priority

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
MON, WED	11:50 am - 1:05 pm	TNH 2.138

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
Final exam	December 11, 2014	8:30 am	A-K in 2.139 L-Z in 2.140

Description

The subject of professional responsibility encompasses the law governing the conduct of lawyers and the legal profession. Although this class will focus on ethics issues facing transactions lawyers, it will also briefly cover all of the subjects needed to prepare for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination. The class will be taught through case studies and problems presenting issues for lawyers who do transactional work. Students will take an in class examination consisting of multiple choice and essay questions. They will also write a 3 page paper on an ethics topic of their own choice. This course fulfills the Professional Responsibility requirement for graduation. ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: Since this class presumes working knowledge of U.S. business law and the U.S. legal system, LLM students are not eligible to enroll without the permission of the instructor.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Professional Responsibility Concise 11th edition *

Morgan, Rotunda, Dzienkowski

Foundation , edition: 12th
ISBN: 9781609303259

Ethical Dilemmas in the Practice of Law *

Dzienkowski Burton

West , edition: 1st
ISBN: 031415034X

Professional Responsibility Standards Rules and Statutes Abridged Edition *

Dzienkowski

West , edition: 14-15
ISBN: 9781628100488

Instructors

Dzienkowski, John S.