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 \nSYLLABUS  \nOffice Hours: Tuesdays, 9:00-12:30p~~a~~m  \nOffice Location: Waterman 306  \nEmail:  [mbarry@vermontlaw.edu](mbarry@vermontlaw.edu)  \n[Phone: 802-831-1036](Phone: 802-831-1036)  \nPlease read this memo carefully. I do not expect to take class time to go over most of itorally. It contains important information on matters including attendance policy, award of discretionary points, and the exam.  \nMy Objectives for the Course  \nMy primary objectives for this course are as follows.  \n1. Students should leave the course alert and able to recognize and anticipate professional responsibility issues. Some issues of professional responsibility are very difficult to“fix” if they are not recognized early enough. A confidence cannot be unheard. Accepting a conflicted representation can lead not only to withdrawal from that client’s representation, but also may require withdrawal from representation of other clients of other lawyers in a firm. Such forced withdrawals not only may engender client ill-will, but also bad reactions from the colleagues who lost their clients. It may lead to civil liability as well. My goal is to hone your instincts for danger. We will consider “How could a lawyer have avoided this difficult situation?”  \n2. Students should leave with knowledge of the substance of the law regulating lawyers. You must have memorized enough of that substance to recognize issues in your dayto-day practice as described in \\#1 (and enough to pass the MPRE) . You, however, should not rely on your memory in analyzing what to do about those issues. (One of my dislikes of the MPRE is the implication that memorization of much of the relatively picky detail on which the exam tests is the important point for practice. ) You should never reach a conclusion on an issue in professional responsibility without actually rereading the pertinent rule and comment (or other applicable law) . Consistent with this philosophy, I give an open-book and expect you to cite to the part of the Model Rules on which you are relying in the answer. I want you to know where to go to look for answers, as well as having sufficient grounding in the subject matter to recognize and conceptualize issues. In looking at the law in various areas, consider when the law gives lawyers discretion and when it does not.  \nThat said, in teaching this course, I recognize that the Multi-state Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is the first part of the Bar Exam students will encounter, which understandably causes apprehension. I am committed, along with the Academic Success Program, to assisting you in some test preparation though my focus is on the broader course goals. You should emerge from the course with a solid understanding of Rules content and the regulatory system of professional conduct. At the end of major topics, we will cover sample MPRE questions relevant to that topic, which should help in familiarizing you with test format and substantive emphases. Although the course is primarily designed to improve your ethical judgment and readiness for practice, and not a bar exam review, you should find the test practice questions helpful. You may also find the TWEN posted CALI exercises useful in preparing for the test.  \n3. Through the problems we use, students should gain a sense of the practice context in which issues arise and how the substantive law governing lawyers is applied in day-to-day work – how and where issues come up and the potential consequences of running afoul of that law. Contrary to what many students think when they begin the course, the relevance of PR law concerns far more than the disciplinary system. For example, conflicts of interest rarely come up in discipline, but focus on them absorbs a tremendous amount of attention in law firms because of potential disqualification and civil liability.  \n4. I want students to consider how the","cbCaisi7hlvZfKfW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisi7hlvZfKfW","pdf",104687,"English","# Syllabus Overview\n## Office Hours and Contact Information\n## Course Objectives\n## Ethical Decision-Making Framework","[{\"question\":\"What should students be able to recognize by the end of the course?\",\"answer\":\"Students should be alert to and able to recognize and anticipate professional responsibility issues, including how early recognition can prevent difficult and damaging outcomes.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the course teach students to analyze professional responsibility questions?\",\"answer\":\"Students must reread the pertinent rule and comment (or other applicable law) rather than rely on memory, and they are expected to cite the Model Rules portion they rely on.\"},{\"question\":\"What role does the MPRE play in the course?\",\"answer\":\"The syllabus notes MPRE apprehension and includes sample MPRE questions at the end of major topics to familiarize students with test format and substantive emphasis, while the broader focus remains course goals.\"}]","PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY - Spring 2018 - Syllabus | PDF",1790347581,18]