LAW 201 Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics (3 credits)

This course will focus on issues of professional responsibility for paralegals including an examination of roles and responsibilities. In addition, this course will provide an understanding of legal ethical obligations that have been established by statutes, court decisions, court rules and model codes including issues of unauthorized practice of law, conflict of interest, confidentiality, competence, solicitation, fees, billing, obligations of attorneys to clients and protection of client funds.