PRL 402/ 502 - Professional Responsibility/ Ethics

(3 credits)

Students will review and have an understanding of the American Bar Associations (“ABA”) Model Guidelines for the use of paralegal services. This course will focus primarily on legal ethical challenges from the paralegal perspective. They will be presented with challenges that relate to conflicts of interest, client confidentiality and other ethical dilemmas. The students will be presented with hypothetical situations where they must apply the rules to the facts and determine a conclusion.