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8409 - Professional Responsibility
Professor: Arthur F. Greenbaum
Semester: 2013 Spring
Second Writing Requirement? No
Seminar? No
Professional Responsibility? Yes
Prerequisites: None
Means of Assessment: exam
Course Description
Lawyers are regulated by moral, professional and legal constraints in discharging their responsibilities as representatives of clients, officers of the legal system, and public citizens having special responsibilities for the quality of justice. This is a survey course in professional responsibility, with emphasis on the law governing lawyers. Using cases and hypotheticals, the course explores dilemmas that are likely to occur during the practice of law. Emphasis is on the application of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct where they differ, and the Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers.
- Satisfies Legal Profession/Substance Abuse Requirement
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