LAW 6782

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LAW 6782
Professional Responsibility for the 21st Century Practitioner

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

It will explore a variety of the legal, ethical and real-world issues commonly faced by modern lawyers in their daily practices, regardless of their specialties or the institutions in which they serve. It will address the relationship among the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility, the Restatement of Law Governing Lawyers and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It will also focus on several noteworthy legal malpractice and securities claims in which lawyers and major law firms have become involved. Course materials will include traditional texts and statutory materials, hypotheticals drawn from unreported matters, as well as the results of mock trials and jury focus groups in which the conduct of lawyers was at issue.

When Offered Spring.

Satisfies Requirement Satisfies the professional responsibility requirement.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17653 LAW 6782   LEC 001

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