Regulation of the Legal Profession (P. Hanl*n)

This 3-unit, P/R satisfying class, examines the legal rules governing the right to practice law and their relationship to lawyers’ other obligations under the law or imposed by their broader ethics as human beings and members of society. The class will also focus on specific modes of practice, including public interest and contingency fee lawyering as well as practice in law firms, and the characteristic problems that tend to arise in different settings. Students can choose between (i) taking an inc-class exam with a choice among several essay questions or (ii) writing a 25-page paper on the legal profession or legal ethics. Students who have taken Course 210 may not receive credit for this course.

The assigned text will be Stephen Gillers, Regulation of Lawyers (Seventh Edition). You will need a copy of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the California Rules of Professional Conduct, which you can obtain in the Statutes and Standards volume prepared by Gillers and Roy D. Simon (or other similar books), download yourself, of obtain from me by e-mail.