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D-175 – Professional Responsibility

2 Credits

Examination of the attorney's relationships with society, clients, the courts, and colleagues through a focus on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the Georgia variations thereof.

Summer Sections

  • Section A

    Room - 201

    Schedule - M, W – 6:15pm - 8:15pm

    Instructor - Luna

    Required Materials:

    1. Schwartz, Problems in Legal Ethics, (West / 9th Ed.), ISBN: 9780314904522, Price: $167.00
    2. Zitrin, The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer: Truth, Justice, Power and Greed, (Ballantine / 1999), ISBN: 9780449006719, Price: $15.00

    Recommended Materials:

    First Assignments:

    Read Schwartz, Chapters1 and 2.

  • Section B

    Room - 202

    Schedule - T, Th – 6:15pm - 8:15pm

    Instructor - D'Haene

    Required Materials:

    Schwartz, Problems in Legal Ethics, (West / 9th Ed.), ISBN: 9780314904522, Price: $167.00

    Recommended Materials:

    First Assignments:

    TBA

Fall Sections

Section A
Instructor Room Days Times
Jewel 204 M, W 09:30am - 11:30am

Required Materials:

Schwartz, Problems in Legal Ethics (Casebook), (West Publishing Company College & School Division 9th Edition), ISBN: 9780314904522

Zitrin, Moral Compass of American Lawyer, (Ballantine Books), ISBN: 9780449006719

Recommended Materials:

First Assignments:

Read:  Schwartz et al. — Table of Contents and Chapter 1; The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct – Introductions, Preface, Table of Contents, Preamble, & Scope (available online at the ABA website).
Section B
Instructor Room Days Times
Boone 303, 201 T, Th 10:00am - 12:00pm

Required Materials:

Lerman, Ethical Problems in Practice of Law, (Aspen Publishers Incorporated 3rd Edition), ISBN: 9781454803010

 

Recommended Materials:

First Assignments:

In the Lerman Schrag casebook, pages 1-20, 23-55, 56-78;

In the Model Rules, the Preamble and Scope note  and rule 8.1

The Model Rules are available online by searching “ABA Model Rules” or following this link: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/model_rules_of_professional_conduct_table_of_contents.html
Section C
Instructor Room Days Times
Harrison 201,301 T, Th 01:00pm - 03:00pm

Required Materials:

Dzienkowski, Professional Responsibility Stds etc (Abridged)(11-12 Ed), (West Publishing Company College & School Division), ISBN: 9780314274687

Schwartz, Problems in Legal Ethics (Casebook), (West Publishing Company College & School Division 10th Edition), ISBN: 9780314280497

 

Recommended Materials:

First Assignments:

Please read Chapters 1 and 2 (Schwartz casebook).