Professional Ethics and Liability

Catalog description

This course will provide the student with an opportunity to examine and evaluate the ethical obligations and professional responsibilities of a legal assistant. The student who successfully completes this course will have a basic understanding of ethical legal conduct, a thorough comprehension of the importance of ethics to the law, a solid understanding of the major issues in ethics and the rules governing those issues, and the ability to apply that developing ethical sensitivity and knowledge to a variety of hypothetical and real-life situations.