Ethics for the Legal Professional Chapter 9

Review questions page 276

1. How do you describe the "duty of integrity"? What purpose does it serve?

2. Does your state impose a duty on lawyers to report the misconduct of others? To what kinds of misconduct does the duty apply?

3. Does your state impose a duty on lawyers to report their own misconduct?

4. Why isn't permissible to simple threaten to report misconduct?

5. How do these rules on reporting misconduct apply to you as a paralegal?

6. If you decide to report misconduct, to whom are you supposed to report?

7. Why is there a general duty to make the law better?

8. What sorts of "general misconduct" are prohibited?

9. How do you see your role in protecting the public trust?