The Client Relationship: Spring 2024 - Syllabus - Updated as of 4/8/24

Sep 21, 2026

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Client Relationship Syllabus for Spring 2024 (updated as of 4/8/24) outlines Law 6022 course structure, professional responsibility alignment, and a hybrid in-person/online teaching model. It specifies grading weights across a paper and quizzes, learning objectives focused on ethical client relationships, and instruction grounded in Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, Georgia law, and relevant common-law principles. Attendance expectations, make-up quiz procedures, and the absence verification process via GSU central administration are detailed, alongside required readings delivered in class and through a Westlaw TWEN site.

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The Client Relationship Syllabus as of April 8, 2024 Page 1 of 15 The Client Relationship: Spring 2024 Law 6022 3 credit hours Syllabus (Updated as of 4/8/24 ) This course satisfies the Professional Responsibility requirement and thus can be taken instead of Law 6020. This course is a blend of in-person and online teaching. Anonymous suggestion or complaints are welcome: Anonymous Suggestion Box (operated by Survey Monkey – IP addresses are not recorded) Professor Clark D. Cunningham, Office 210 Office Hours by appointment – Zoom is an option Home [page:](page: www.ClarkCunningham.org)[ ](page: www.ClarkCunningham.org)[www.ClarkCunningham.org](page: www.ClarkCunningham.org) Administrative Specialist, Law Faculty Support: Diadra Dorsey (404) 413-9054 email: [ddorsey@gsu.edu](ddorsey@gsu.edu) No textbook to purchase at bookstore The course is administered through a Westlaw TWEN website. All required readings are either handed out in class and/or linked to the on-line syllabus which is updated and posted on TWEN. Materials on Georgia Legal Ethics ("GLE") (which include the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct) handed out ( no charge) at the first class: An on-line guide to Legal Ethics in Georgia is available at [www.clarkcunningham.org/GeorgiaLegalEthics.htm](www.clarkcunningham.org/GeorgiaLegalEthics.htm) COURSE INFORMATION COURSE GRADE: The course grade will be calculated as follows: 40%: Paper: 6-8 double-spaced pages, due Monday, March 25 (See Learning Objectives, below) 30%: Composite score based on in-class quizzes, assignments, bonus points and class participation (See Firms and Quizzes, below) 15% -Long Quiz 1 (closed book) 15% -Long Quiz 2 (closed book) The College of Law mandatory mean for required courses applies to this course. Therefore, the class mean (i.e. the average grade) must fall between 2.9 and 3.1. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: In this course students will learn how to develop effective and ethical relationships with clients, become competent in recognizing moral dilemmas in the reallife situations encountered by lawyers, and begin to acquire the professional judgment necessary to resolve the kinds of complex problems that arise in legal practice. The Client Relationship Syllabus as of April 8, 2024 Page 2 of 15 Students will become skilled in interpreting and applying the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct and will understand the attorney discipline system in Georgia as well as basic common law principles arising from malpractice and attorney disqualification decisions. In order to put student learning in the context of real-life law practice, the course is taught primarily from the standpoint of the Georgia rules and Georgia law. However, students will still be well-prepared to take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) which tests the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct because significant differences between the Georgia and ABA Model Rules will be covered. Students will regularly perform lawyering exercises that develop client relationship skills and ethical decision making. They will write one paper that applies what they have learned to analyze videotaped lawyer-client meetings and propose what they would have done in the situation. There will also be short in-class quizzes and two in-class one-hour, closedbook multiple-choice quizzes. There is no final examination. ATTENDANCE: Students are expected to attend every class absent good cause for absence. A student may be required to withdraw from the course without credit based upon repeated absence and/or a pattern of being tardy or leaving early without good cause. Ifa student is absent or late when a quiz is given, it is the student's responsibility to notify the instructor promptly (and preferably before class) if the student wishes to take the quiz as a make-up; such a student must provide in writing an explanation of the good cause (or utilize

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What is the grading breakdown for Law 6022?

The grade includes a paper worth 40% (6–8 double-spaced pages due Monday, March 25), a composite 30% from quizzes, assignments, bonus points, and participation, plus two long quizzes at 15% each (closed book).

Is there a final exam and how are quizzes handled if a student is absent or late?

There is no final examination. If a student is absent or late when a quiz is given, they must promptly notify the instructor, explain the good cause in writing (or follow the GSU notification process), and arrange to take the quiz as a make-up before the next class.

Sep 21, 2026

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