Class Information

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Spring 2027

6321 Professional Responsibility - KNAKE JEFFERSON- 16057

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.

This course will be offered as a distance education, asynchronous version (i.e., no live, in-person meetings). Students will access weekly recorded lectures via TWEN and will be required to complete weekly activities. Grades will be based upon quizzes, completion of the weekly activities, and a final take-home exam. Please email Professor Knake with any questions: rknake@uh.edu

Quota=40

Prerequisites:  

First Day Assignments:

Final Exam Schedule:     

This course will have:
Exam:
Paper:

Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No

Experiential Course Type: No

Bar Course: Required (MPRE & NextGen)

DistanceEd ABA: Yes

Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Required Course)

Course Materials

Book(s) Required

Jefferson, Law Democratized: A Blueprint for Solving the Justice Crisis (NYU Press 2024)

Jefferson & Murphy, Legal Ethics for the Real World: Building Skills Through Case Study (Foundation Press, 3rd Edition 2025)

You must register for TWEN; I will regularly use TWEN to communicate about the course and to post our weekly assignments (including weekly readings) and lectures.