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This course is designed around the fundamental premise that the subject of professional responsibility and its intersection with an individual’s personal moral and ethical code is the single most relevant consideration to a future career as a member of the bar. The course will explore ethical problems and dilemmas that modern lawyers face from day one of practice. It is critical that lawyers be alert to spotting these issues when they arise and be educated in the methods of resolving them and prepared to handle them. Rather than a straightforward discussion of the Model Rules, the course will be an in-depth examination of contemporary issues that affect modern legal practice, including the development of a professional identity in an adversarial system, ethical issues in alternative dispute resolution, the use (and misuse and failure to use) social media and other technology, and the ethical implications of innovation in the law. The course will be co-taught by the Hon. Scott Crichton, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana; James Garner, a co-managing member of Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.; and Sara Rubin Cohen. This course does not satisfy the Legal Profession requirement
Spring 2018
Hon. Scott Crichton, James Garner & Sara Rubin Cohen
Ethics