Are You An Ethical Law Student?

2 Questions | By Weneeyap | Updated: Jan 2, 2013 | Attempts: 262

An ethical legal professional is honest, open and self-critical with a deep ethical sense of and commitment to professional responsibility. Our aim is for you to be an ethical practitioner, but we cannot guarantee this, because ultimately it will be up to the decisions you make after you graduate, when faced with ethical dilemmas.

All we can do is make sure you understand what ethical issues are, how to recognise them, and how to best deal with them. We can instill in you an ethical mindset which we hope will follow through with ethical and professional conduct all the way Read morethrough your career

Questions and Answers

1.

Months into an expensive court case, you realise you have forgotten to draft up a client retainer agreement setting forth all your fees and charges. Your client, having received your latest bill, has sent you an email demanding a cost-breakdown. What do you do?
- A.
  
  Forge the retainer. You can't be caught by the partners being so sloppy; your reputation is at stake.
- B.
  
  Report your mistake to your supervising partner and schedule a meeting with the client. You may face reprimand, even demotion or loss of your job for this - but it is your fault. You don't want to risk losing your practising certificate.
2.

You are a prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. On trial: Marcus Obilidjoo, former general and dictator of war-torn African nation, Timbuktutu. He is accused of ordering the murder of unarmed Timbuktutu refugees known to oppose his regime. Your only witness is a Red Cross worker posted at the refugee camp. However, as an impartial aid worker, the Red Cross witness is prevented from testifying at the International Criminal Court.Do you...
- A.
  
  Call the witness anyway. There is no such thing as impartiality in conflict.
- B.
  
  Seek out other evidence.

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Are You An Ethical Law Student?

Months into an expensive court case, you realise you have forgotten to draft up a client retainer agreement setting forth all your fees and charges. Your client, having received your latest bill, has sent you an email demanding a cost-breakdown. What do you do?