material covered in assignment 9-1

Material Covered in Assignment 9-1I. THE PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE (p. 912) A. Review of Professionalism & Unauthorized Practice (p. 912) B. Do the Standards for [Legal Education (inputs)] Bar Admission and Discipline Guarantee that Lawyers Meet the Standards Necessary to Justify Unauthorized Practice of Law Prohibitions? (p. 913)

1. Can Consumers Rely on Lawyers to be Competent? (p. 913) 9-1 to 9-9

2. Can Consumers Rely on Lawyers to be Ethical? (p. 950) 9-10 to 9-25

3. Can Consumers Trust that Practicing Lawyers are Well-Regulated for Competence and Ethics? [Clinton] (p. 967) 9-26 to 9-30

[Here’s another alternative way to articulate this: We regulate the beginning, middle and end stages of a lawyer’s professional

life. In return, we grant lawyers a monopoly and we limit the ways in which they may work with others. Are the regulation & the privileges appropriate? The beginning stage: we have both input (law school accreditation) & output (bar exam)

requirements. Topic I(B)(1). Also character & fitness admission requirements – this is Topic I(B)(2).

The middle stage: conduct rules like the rules of professional conduct, including ABS Topic I(B)(2)

The end stage: lawyer discipline Topic I(B)(3)

Question 9-1 (p. 913)

Law school training ensures that most lawyers are competent providers of legal services.

o Yeso Noo Neither/unsure


People without law school training are unable to provide competent legal services.

o Yeso Noo Neither/unsure/it depends


Consumer protection requires that legal services providers graduate from law school.



The bar exam ensures that lawyers are competent to provide legal services.



People who have not passed the bar exam are unable to provide competent legal services.



Consumer protection requires that lawyers pass the bar exam.



The requirements of law school education and the bar exam together ensure that lawyers can provide competent legalservices.



People who have not both graduated from law school and passed the bar exam cannot provide competent legal services.


Consumer protection requires that lawyers both graduate from law school and pass the bar exam.



A required law school professional responsibility course ensures that lawyers are ethical providers of legal services.



Consumer protection requires that legal services providers pass a Professional Responsibility course.



The MPRE ensures that most lawyers are ethical providers of legal services.



People who have not passed the MPRE cannot ethically provide legal services.



Consumer protection requires that legal services providers pass the MPRE.



A law graduate who has failed to repay student loans should be admitted to the bar.



A law graduate with a prior conviction for selling marijuana should be admitted to practice law.



A law graduate who served a sentence for manslaughter before beginning law school should be admitted to the bar.



An adulterer should be admitted to the bar.



An alcoholic should be admitted to the bar.



A Nazi should be admitted to the bar.



The character and fitness requirement ensures that lawyers are ethical providers of legal services.



People who do not pass the character and fitness requirement are not ethical providers of legal services.



Consumer protection requires that legal services providers pass a character and fitness test.



According to professionalism, lawyer discipline functions adequately only if lawyers snitch on each other.



The snitch rule works at law school because almost all students inform the law school administration when they believe that another student has cheated.



Lawyers reliably report disciplinary violations by other lawyers.



The Arkansas disciplinary regulators received a complaint that William Jefferson Clinton: 1) provided false, misleading,and evasive deposition answers; 2) intentionally provided false testimony regarding sexual relations with Lewinsky; and 3) hadmisled the American people in a televised address regarding plaintiff's lawyers' questions. If true, what sanction shouldPresident Clinton have received?

o Disbarmento Suspensiono Censureo No punishmento There is no one correct response; any or none could be

administered.


The disciplinary system protects consumers from legal services providers who are either incompetent or unethical.



Who should provide legal services?


Should multidisciplinary practice be permitted?

Question 9-33 (p. 1004)

Should Pro Bono service be mandatory for law students?

Question 9-34 (p. 1004)

Should Pro Bono service be mandatory for lawyers?

Question 9-35 (p. 1021)

Legal practice is a:

material covered in assignment 9-1

Documents

competent legal services

yesnoneitherunsure question

law school training

lawyers professional

consumer protection

competent legalservices

professional privilege

rules of professional