Legal Ethics

This course will explore the ethical issues facing all lawyers in the practice of law. We will focus on the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct as well as ethics opinions, statutes, regulations and relevant case law, with consideration of California ethics rules on select issues. We will utilize real and hypothetical case studies to contextualize the various rules and learn a process for facing ethical dilemmas. This course is interactive and attendance is one of the factors in grading. Elements used in grading: Attendance, class participation, paper, exam.