Professional Responsibility (7970)
(05/12/2021-05/27/2021)
Course Memo
An introduction to professional responsibility with the following goals: (a) to teach the basic rules and doctrines of professional responsibility that students will need to practice law and to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility examination; (b) to enable students to think critically about what it means to be a professional responsible lawyer. The course includes a variety of teaching techniques: lecture, discussion of typical MPRE questions, class discussion of realistic problems that lawyers encounter in practice, small group discussion, student presentations, and videos.
Course Section Description
Per faculty vote, this course meets for the same amount of time as a 3-credit hour course.