Summer III 2025
Professor(s):
Renee Knake Jefferson (FACULTY)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Procedure and Practice
Time: AsynchDistanceEd Location:
Course Outline: This course is a study of the legal and ethical responsibilities of members of the legal profession. A required course, Professional Responsibility focuses on both the Model Rules of Professional Conduct as well as the current law governing the conduct of lawyers.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: (Asynchronous Online) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. Some student materials may not be available online, such as an assigned casebook. Any assessment for the course, such as a final examination or a mid-term exam, will be conducted without the need to physically come to the Law Center, such as, for example, via the EBB portal as a take home exam or under remote proctoring.
Quota=40
Prerequisites:
First Day Assignments:
Final Exam Schedule: Take Home
This course will have:
Exam:
Paper:
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: Required (MPRE)
DistanceEd ABA: Yes
Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Required Course)
Course Materials
Book(s) Required
Course Materials: v JEFFERSON, PEARCE, GREEN, JOY, KIM, MURPHY, TERRY, & BROWN, PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH (West Academic, 4th Edition. 2020) (“PRACA”) (You are required to use this edition; please note that there is a 5th edition but we will use the 4th edition for our class.) v JEFFERSON & MURPHY, LEGAL ETHICS FOR THE REAL WORLD: BUILDING SKILLS THROUGH CASE STUDY (Foundation Press, 2nd Edition 2022). If ordering from the West Academic website use the code WAHOUSTON for a 15% discoun
You are also required to register for TWEN; I will regularly use TWEN to communicate about the course and to post your weekly assignments and lectures.
