Ethics in Litigation

Catalog description

This course examines a broad range of ethical rules and principles which govern the conduct of attorneys in civil litigation. Among the topics to be addressed will be the ethical limits to witness preparation; how attorneys should deal with questionable and possibly false evidence; the limits on acquiring evidence; the ethical limits imbedded in the negotiation and settlement process; conflicts of interest issues in the litigation process; how the ethics rules govern attorney fee issues; and the interplay between the separate codes of ethics for lawyers and judges.