Category: Professional Responsibility
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Professional Responsibility Attack Sheet for the California Bar Exam
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY Method: (1) identify the duty; (2) identify the breach; (3) identify what the lawyer should have done. Duties to the Client The duty of loyalty: The atty must exercise her professional judgment solely for the benefit of the client, free of compromising influences and loyalties. Concurrent Conflicts: An atty must not represent two…
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Professional Responsibility Outline for the California Bar Exam
Duties generally: “Clients Love Fierce Counsel; Courts Feel Differently” To the Client Confidentiality Loyalty Financial Responsibility Competence To Court, Adversaries, Legal Profession, Third Parties, Public Candor/Truthfulness Fairness Dignity/Decorum The Duty of Confidentiality to the Client. Attorneys are prohibited from using or revealing anything related to the representation of a client w/o her consent. Scope –…