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Author: Chelsey Rogers
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Chapter: Chapter 1
Chapter 1 [textbox class=style2] Click here to download your chapter outline: Chapter 1 Outline [/textbox] Learning Objectives In this lesson, students will: Define legal ethics. Assess the interplay between ethics and morality. Learn relevant ethics terminology. Outline the lawyer disciplinary process. Key Terms ABA: The American Bar Association is a national organization of lawyers who participate in law reform, law-school accreditation, and continuing legal education for lawyers to help improve the legal system. Model Rules of Professional Responsibility: A set of ethical guidelines for lawyers, some of which are mandatory while others are not. Each rule has comments that help explain the rule. State Bar (or Bar Association): An organization of members of the legal profession that license and discipline lawyers. Discipline: A penalty ranging from a permanent loss of a law license to a private warning, imposed for violating the ethical rules. Sanctions: Serious fines or other penalties for violating the ethical rules. These usually come from a judge. Suspend: To temporarily remove an attorney’s right to practice law. Disbarment: The revocation of an attorney’s right to practice law. Complaint: An expression of dissatisfaction with legal services that is filed with the state bar. Ethics: A system of moral tenets or principles; the collective doctrines relating to the ideals of human conduct and character. Morality: The doctrine of right and wrong in human conduct. Managing partner: A managing partner for a law firm manages the operations of a law firm and delegates responsibilities to employees within the law firm, including attorneys, secretaries, firm executives, and paralegals. Reasonable or reasonably: When used in relation to conduct by a lawyer denotes the conduct of a reasonably prudent and competent lawyer (ABA Model Rules, Rule 1.0(a) Terminology, 2020 Edition). Reasonable belief or reasonably believes: When used in reference to a lawyer, it denotes that the lawyer believes the matter in question and that the circumstances are such that the belief is reasonable (ABA Model Rules, Rule 1.0(h) Terminology, 2020 Edition). Reasonably should know: When used in reference to a lawyer, it denotes that a lawyer of reasonable prudence and competence would ascertain the matter in question (ABA Model Rules, Rule 1.0(j) Terminology, 2020 Edition). : Ethics, Morality, and Regulation of the Legal Profession
Chapter: Introduction
Chapter: What Are Legal Ethics? Why Do We Discuss Legal Ethics? Why Do You Need to Know about Legal Ethics?
Chapter: Structure of Legal Ethics in the United States
Chapter: Ethics and Morality
Chapter: Why Are Lawyers Regulated?
Chapter: Discipline
Chapter: Reporting Obligation
Chapter: A Lawyer’s Obligation to Supervise Their Subordinates
Chapter: Recap
Chapter: What Is the Unauthorized Practice of Law?
Chapter: Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession
Chapter: Key Takeaways
Appendix
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