Core Professional Responsibility - Learning through Multiple-Choice Questions - Ray Brescia

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Core Professional Responsibility provides a structured guide to legal ethics through learning-by-testing. It uses multiple-choice questions to support understanding and to prepare readers for essay-based assessment. The material covers key topics including the attorney-client relationship, conflicts of interest, confidentiality and privilege, attorney’s fees, advocacy ethics, and professional conduct addressing misconduct, free speech rights, and judicial ethics. Learning is reinforced with formative assessment quizzes throughout each chapter.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages16

Reading Time40 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Welcome and Overview

What This Guide Covers, and What It Does Not

Taking Multiple-Choice Exams

Using Multiple-Choice Questions to Deepen Your Learning

A Note to Instructors

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 · The Attorney-Client Relationship

Chapter 2 · Conflicts of Interest

Chapter 3 · Confidentiality

Chapter 4 · Attorney’s Fees

Chapter 5 · Ethics in Advocacy

Chapter 6 · Addressing Misconduct

Chapter 7 · Attorney Free Speech Rights

Chapter 8 · Judicial Ethics

Chapter 9 · Summative Assessment Quiz

Chapter 10 · Short Answers

Chapter 11 · Answers and Explanations

Core Professional Responsibility Core Professional Responsibility Learning through Multiple-Choice Questions Ray Brescia hon. harold r. tyler chair in law and technology professor of law albany law school Copyright © 2024 Ray Brescia All Rights Reserved LCCN 2023942319 ISBN 978-1-5310-2609-7 eISBN 978-1-5310-2610-3 carolina academic press 700 Kent Street Durham, North Carolina 27701 (919) 489-7486 [www.cap-press.com](www.cap-press.com) Printed in the United States of America Contents Introduction ix Welcome and Overview ix What This Guide Covers, and What It Does Not x A Note to Students x Taking Multiple-Choice Exams xi Using Multiple-Choice Questions to Deepen Your Learning and Prepare for Essay-Based Questions xiii A Note to Instructors xiv Acknowledgments xiv Chapter 1 · The Attorney-Client Relationship 3 1.1 Admission to the Bar 3 1.2 Forming the Attorney-Client Relationship 5 1.3 The Attorney’s Duty of Care 8 1.4 Communication with Clients 12 1.5 Allocation of Authority Between Lawyers and Clients 14 1.6 Duties of Supervisory and Subordinate Lawyers 20 1.7 Unauthorized Practice of Law 25 1.8 Partnerships with Non-Lawyers and Rules Related to Law-Related Services 28 1.9 Declining or Withdrawing from Representation 30 1.10 Formative Assessment Quiz 39 Chapter 2 · Conflicts of Interest 57 2.1 Client Conflicts Generally 57 2.2 Specific Conflicts Issues 64 2.3 Conflicts of Interest with Former Clients 73 2.4 Conflicts and Government Lawyers 76 2.5 Formative Assessment Quiz 82 Chapter 3 · Confidentiality 95 3.1 Understanding Confidentiality 95 3.2 Attorney-Client Privilege 102 3.3 Grounds Permitting Disclosure 105 3.4 Competence, Supervision, Confidentiality 110 3.5 Specific Issues Related to Organizational Clients (MR 1.13) 113 3.6 Duties to Prospective Clients (MR 1.18) 118 3.7 Formative Assessment Quiz 120 vi CONTENTS Chapter 4 · Attorney’s Fees 135 4.1 Understanding Attorney’s Fees 135 4.2 Assessing Reasonable Attorney’s Fees 141 4.3 Formative Assessment Quiz 144 Chapter 5 · Ethics in Advocacy 153 5.1 Meritorious Claims and Contentions 153 5.2 The Duty of Candor to the Tribunal 156 5.3 Preserving Potential Evidence 162 5.4 Lawyer as Potential Witness 165 5.5 Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor 168 5.6 The No-Contact Rule 170 5.7 Dealing with Third Parties 176 5.8 Clients with Diminished Capacity 179 5.9 Safekeeping Client Property 182 5.10 Sale of a Law Practice 185 5.11 Formative Assessment Quiz 187 Chapter 6 · Addressing Misconduct 203 6.1 Identifying Misconduct 203 6.2 Reporting Misconduct 204 6.3 Misconduct Related to Diversity and Inclusion 208 6.4 Formative Assessment Quiz 210 Chapter 7 · Attorney Free Speech Rights 217 7.1 Attorney Advertising 217 7.2 Attorney Communications with the Media 226 7.3 Formative Assessment Quiz 230 Chapter 8 · Judicial Ethics 235 8.1 Judicial Misconduct 235 8.2 Formative Assessment Quiz 241 Chapter 9 · Summative Assessment Quiz 245 Chapter 10 · Short Answers 295 Chapter 1: The Attorney-Client Relationship 295 Chapter 2: Conflicts of Interest 296 Chapter 3: Confidentiality 297 Chapter 4: Attorney’s Fees 298 Chapter 5: Ethics in Advocacy 298 Chapter 6: Addressing Misconduct 299 Chapter 7: Attorney Free-Speech Rights 300 CONTENTS vii Chapter 8: Judicial Ethics 300 Chapter 9: Summative Assessment Quiz 301 Chapter 11 · Answers and Explanations 303 Chapter 1: The Attorney-Client Relationship 303 1.1 Admission to the Bar 303 1.2 Forming the Attorney-Client Relationship 303 1.3 The Attorney’s Duty of Care 304 1.4 Communication with Clients 305 1.5 Allocation of Authority Between Lawyers and Clients 305 1.6 Duties of Supervisory and Subordinate Lawyers 307 1.7 Unauthorized Practice of Law 308 1.8 Partnerships with Non-Lawyers and Rules Related to Law-Related Services 309 1.9 Declining or Withd

FAQs

What is the main learning approach used in this guide?

The guide teaches legal ethics through multiple-choice questions designed to deepen understanding and prepare for essay-based questions.

Which core legal ethics topics are covered?

It covers the attorney-client relationship, conflicts of interest, confidentiality and privilege, attorney’s fees, ethics in advocacy, and professional responsibilities related to misconduct, free speech rights, and judicial ethics.

How does the guide structure assessment materials?

It includes formative assessment quizzes in each chapter, followed by a summative assessment quiz, short answers, and a final section with answers and explanations.

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