professional responsibility

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1、ProfessionalResponsibilityProfessorGross•Fall1997I.SourcesofAuthoritygoverningtheconductoflawyersA.Introduction1.Professionalisma)Pounddefinition:servicetocommunityatlargeinaprofessionb)Beawareoftheimportanceofyourprofessiontothepublic,thecourts,andsocietyasawholec)Self-policing2.What

2、makesagoodlawyer?a)Goodcommunicationskillsb)Sharesknowledgeamongstcolleaguesc)Representsclientswithzealwithintheframeworkofthelawd)Hasagoodcommandofthelawe)Keepsuptodatewiththelawf)Competenceg)Honesth)Diligenti)Diplomacyj)Empathy3.Whatisacodeofethics?a)Guidelines:Acodeofethicsisaphilo

3、sophicalguidelineofbehaviorthatisacceptableinaprofession.(1)Con:Thecodeofethicsiswrittenbylawyersforlawyersandisenforcedbylawyers.Ambiguousrulesbenefitlawyers.4.CanonsofProfessionalEthicsa)adoptedbytheABAin1908b)basedon1850’slecturegivenatharvardc)triedtoregulatelawyersatthebottomofth

4、eeconomictotempoled)replacedbytheCodeofProfessionalResponsibilityintheearly1970’s.5.ABAModelCodeofConduct(“Code”ofProfessionalResponsibility)a)approvedin1969;adoptedbytheABAin1970b)adoptedsoonthereafterbyall50statesw/someslightmodificationincertainstatesc)ElementsoftheCode(1)9Canons:(

5、a)Principlesservingasguidelinesonly(i)theyarenon-binding;notrules(ii)thetitleshavenoforceoftheirown(2)EthicalConsiderations(“EC”):(a)Aspirationalinnature(b)purpose:toprovidebackgroundandexplainthegoaloftheCanon.79(a)afewstateshaveheldcertainEC’stobemandatory(2)DisciplinaryRules(“DR”):

6、(a)violationsmayleadtodisciplinaryaction.(b)designedasminimumstandardsb)Scope:About10stateshaveadoptedandcontinuetoapplysomeformoftheCode.c)CriticismsofCodeandABA’scodificationofsame(1)writtenbylawyersforlawyers(a)thuslawyerbenefitsmorethanclient(2)hardtoenforcebecauselawyersasmasters

7、atmanipulatingtheirownlanguage(3)writtenbyABAbutonly50%oflawyersbelongtoABA(4)conflictbetweenRulesandEcs(a)thus,iflawyerdoesnotfollowEc,nothingcanbedone(b)today-ruleisthelaw,onlylooktocommenttoseehowtointerprettherules(c)stillsomestatesholdlawyerstostandardstheyshouldn’tbeheldto(5)Ten

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