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NEW TESTIMONIALS TO BE POSTED SOON!
My contact info:
CERTIFICATION DIRECTOR:
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Many thanks to my Certification Committee: Christie Reynolds, Certified PP, PLS A new NALS year has begun, and I have the privilege of serving as your Certification Director once again. I hope to see many more of you certify, as well as recognize the achievements of those that have already done so. I hope also that recertification is the goal of those who have earned PP and PLS certifications! As you Certification Director, I hope that I will be a source for any questions you might have about the process of certification, how and when exams are conducted, and how certification benefits you!
QUIZ #7 Ethics and Judgment
1.
Lawyers
are held to the strictest standards of ethical and moral conduct and are
bound by the American Bar Association’s _____.
2. Discipline for a violation of the
Rules of Professional Conduct by an employee of a law firm is applied to
the ____________.
3. Select the true statement:
4. The quality
of a legal
assistant’s work product should be of the highest degree possible at all
times because work product is a reflection of a lawyer’s _____ of a
client’s interests.
5. A lawyer should fully and _____ inform clients
of material developments in matters being handled for the client.
6. Select the true statement.
7. Lawyers are obligated to work to their
client’s advantage and to act properly within the bounds of the law when
doing so, which includes observing statutory deadlines. Missing a
statutory deadline falls under the definition of _____.
8.
A pattern
of behavior in which a lawyer consistently fails to keep a client
properly informed of material developments in matters being handled for
the client is a basis for legal malpractice claims of _____.
9. . Under the “_____” doctrine,
certain documents related to the preparation of a client’s case are
protected by the attorney-client privilege. 10. You’re the legal assistant to Larry Lawyer who practices law in the small town you and he grew up in. His law partner and best friend since childhood, Adam Attorney, has developed a lucrative divorce practice involving clients that include some of your town’s most prominent residents. Unfortunately, Mr. Attorney has also developed the habit of stopping by the local bar and grill on his way home and, after more than a few beers frequently regales the bar patrons with juicy details about his clients’ property settlements. You and your husband are having dinner at the grill one evening and can’t help but overhear Mr. Attorney’s ravings, the subject of which is your family’s dentist, Dr. Pullem. Mr. Attorney was careful to avoid using Dr. Pullem’s name, but you could clearly tell who he was talking about from the details that he used. What should you do about it? a. Call Dr. Pullem right away the next morning, and tell him about what you saw and heard Mr. Attorney saying. b. Have a private talk with Mr. Lawyer as soon as possible, tell him about what you saw and heard Mr. Attorney saying, and leave it to Mr. Lawyer’s discretion about what do about it. c. Make detailed notes about the occurrence, and file a complaint with the local bar association about Mr. Attorney’s conduct. d. Try to avoid being seen by Mr. Attorney, and be careful not to mention anything about it to Dr. Pullem or to Mr. Lawyer.
1) c - Model Rules of Professional Conduct 2) d -
supervising lawyer (3) d (4) a (5) d - promptly
(6) a
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