Professional Responsibility

Semester: Spring 2015
Course ID: 285
Credit Hours: 2
Unique: 28835

Course Information

Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed

Registration Information

1L and upperclass elective
Reversed priority

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
MON, WED	9:10 - 10:00 am	TNH 2.124

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
Final exam	May 8, 2015	8:30 am	A-Z in 2.114

Description

This survey course on lawyers' professional responsibilities is centered on two premises: (1) The practice of law is a business as well as a profession, and economic incentives therefore matter; and (2) more than 90 percent of all lawsuits settle. Thus, we will give special attention to the economic aspects of the attorney-client relationship and the various incentives that existing ethical Rules provide both lawyers and clients. We will also pay particular attention to a wide range of ethical issues surrounding the settlement process. The course will cover most of the material that is typically tested on the MPRE. This course fulfills the Professional Responsibility requirement for graduation. The exam will be a two-hour, in-class, objective (scantron) test.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Regulation of Lawyers: Problems of Law & Ethics *

Stephen Gillers

Aspen/Wolters Kluwer , edition: 10th
ISBN: 9781454847342

Sales Store Materials *

Instructors

Baker, Lynn A.