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Instructor Manual:Kaufman, Legal Ethics, 4e, © 2023, 978-0-357-62054-0;

Chapter 01: Legal Ethics: The Essentials for Professional Responsibility 1 © 2023 Cengage. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.Instructor Manual Kaufman, Legal Ethics, 4e, , 978-0-357-62054-0; Chapter 01: Legal Ethics: The Essentials for Professional Responsibility Table of Contents Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter ..................................................................................... 2 Chapter Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 2 Key Terms ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter Outline ............................................................................................................................. 3 Discussion Questions .................................................................................................................... 6 Review Questions .......................................................................................................................... 7 Answers to Points to Ponder ........................................................................................................ 8 2 / 4

Instructor Manual: Kaufman, Legal Ethics, 4e, © 2023, 978-0-357-62054-0;

Chapter 01: Legal Ethics: The Essentials for Professional Responsibility 2 © 2023 Cengage. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter The purpose of this chapter is to explain how ethics relates to the practice of law from before a person is a licensed lawyer all the way through their practice. It covers the American Bar Association’s Rules of Professional conduct, judicial review, disciplinary action, and who regulates attorneys’ actions.[return to top] Chapter Objectives

The following objectives are addressed in this chapter:

• Explain the role of legal ethics and professional responsibility within the legal practice and how legal professionals are regulated • Compare and contrast the role and function of the American Bar Association’s Model Rules with jurisdiction-specific rules concerning legal ethics • Explain how paralegals and attorneys can contribute to maintaining legal ethics in the workplace • Demonstrate the relevance of important legal ethics cases and draft a case brief • Assess opportunities for ethical contributions to the legal field, including ethical communication and access to justice [return to top] Key Terms adjudication affirm annotated Anti-Federalists black letter law comments common law contempt deposition disciplinary commission Federalists grievance immunity integrated bar association 3 / 4

Instructor Manual: Kaufman, Legal Ethics, 4e, © 2023, 978-0-357-62054-0;

Chapter 01: Legal Ethics: The Essentials for Professional Responsibility 3 © 2023 Cengage. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.judicial review jurisdiction multistate bar exam pro hac vice remand reverse rules of court unified bar association Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) vacate [return to top] Chapter Outline The following outline organizes activities and assessments by chapter (and therefore by topic), so that you can see how all the content relates to the topics covered in the text.

• Introduction
• The creation of legal ethics
• Legal ethics and professionalism are important in every legal professional’s

study.

• The American Bar Association (ABA) requires professionalism and legal ethics

education for all prospective attorneys.

• Ethics and the law are inherently related concepts with importance on

upholding professionalism and legal standards at all times.

• The creation of legal ethics courses is primarily a result of the Watergate

scandal of the 1970s.

• It was discovered that formal ethics education was missing from the

curricula of America’s law schools.

• How does one become an attorney
• Graduate from a four-year college or university
• Graduate from an American law school, preferably ABA-credentialed
• Complete the bar examination application from the jurisdiction of your choice
• Complete, if you are an out-of-state applicant, the Multistate Bar Exam, the

Multistate Essay Exam, and the Multistate Performance Test

• Pass the Uniform Bar Exam (which takes about two days)
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