First Week Reading Assignments

First Readings for Fall 2024

This may not be an exclusive listing of all faculty members’ first assignment and class meeting notices. If you do not see a class that you are in listed below, it may be necessary to check with the faculty member.

Dates for Fall 2024

  •  The form for submitting assignments will be activated on Thursday, August 1, 2024.
    • Assignments will begin to be posted Thursday, August 1, 2024.
  • The form for submitting assignments will be deactivated on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
    • Assignments will be removed on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.

Problems in Professional Responsibility (LAWS 554 §002)

Instructor Name(s)

Lane-Steele

Textbook Information

Model Rules:  ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 2022 Edition (you can use other editions)

 

Casebook:  Jefferson, et al., Professional Responsibility: A Contemporary Approach (4th Edition, 2020) (you cannot use other editions)

General Assignment Information

For our first class, please read:

(1) From the Model Rules:

  • Preamble & Scope
  • Rule 1.18(a) and comments 1-2
  • Rule 6.2 and all comments
  • Rule 1.2 (b)

(2) From the Jefferson textbook:

  • pp. 61– 65 (through question 2-7)
  • pp. 72 – 74
  • pp. 80 – 81