First Assignment Spring 2022
Legal Professionalism and Ethics
LAW 643 Section 41
Reginald C. Oh
Assignment details
Text refers to Martyn & Fox, Traversing the Ethical Minefield, 4th Edition
Model Rule(s) refers to the 2021 ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct in Law Governing Lawyers
Class One, Mon, Jan 1):
Intro to Legal Ethics I
Elizabeth Mary Kameen, Rethinking Zeal (attached hand-out)
Sward, Values, Ideology and the Evolution of the Adversary System (attached hand-out)
Jeffrey Muth, The Good Lawyer (attached hand-out)
Model Rules, Preamble (pp 8-11)
Class Two, Wed, Jan 12:
Introduction to Legal Ethics Part II
Text, 397-406 (Mattel, Capital Title)
Chudasama v. Mazda, 123 F.3d 1353 (1997) (hand-out)
Model Rules 3.1, 3.2, 3.4