LAW 5589: Criminal Defense and Prosecutorial Ethics Seminar - 2161

Criminal Defense and Prosecutorial Ethics Seminar
Class Term:
Fall Term 2015-2016
Catalog Number:
5589
Class Number:
26825
Class Schedule:
Wednesday
3:30 pm -
5:20 pm
Room:
LAW G46
Professor(s):

Professor

Type:
Seminar
Credits:
3 (2 Contact, 0 Field)
Graduation Requirements:
Upper-Level Writing
"W" Writing
Priority:
Seminar - 3rd Year Priority
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses

Grading Details

Students will be expected to write a seminar paper which proposes and supports a revision of—or an amendment to—one of the American Bar Association’s Defense or Prosecution Function Standards. In addition to classroom meetings, students are required to meet individually with the instructor during the semester to discuss their progress on their seminar paper. Students will also be expected to give an oral presentation to the class on their seminar paper topic. Final grades will be based on four criteria: classroom participation, presentation, first draft of the seminar paper, and improvements in the final draft of the seminar paper.

Description

This course attempts to mesh the realities of criminal trial practice with the formal constraints of professional ethics, the Sixth Amendment, and the prohibitions of criminal obstruction of justice statutes. Topics which may be discussed include problems relating to: prosecutorial subpoenas of defense counsel, law office searches, federal attorney’s fee forfeiture and reporting statutes, confidentiality of client information, representation of guilty clients, obligations relating to physical evidence, proper and improper argument, the relationship between malpractice, ineffective assistance of counsel, and ethical obligations, simultaneous and successive conflicts of interest, representation of incompetent clients, ethical constraints on plea bargaining, contacts with judges, jurors and witnesses, trial publicity, obligation to accept appointments, restrictions on withdrawal, and fee constraints in criminal cases.

Criminal Defense and Prosecutorial Ethics Seminar