Exercise #6: PARALEGAL ETHICS Please review the ABA's Model Rules (at http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_toc.html) and the Paralegal Canons of Ethics (http://www.nala.org/code.htm) and NFPA's Model Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility (http://paralegals.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=133). For each of the scenarios below, please list any canon/rule from the above that might be violated. Discuss exactly how the violation might occur and how you would handle the situation to correct or avoid the infractions. 1. Your supervising attorney has asked you to send discovery requests that you have drafted although he has not reviewed them. Rule/Canon: Violation and Correction: 2. Two other employees are gossiping about a client loudly enough for clients in the waiting area to hear. Rule/Canon: Violation and Correction: 3. You have become aware that another paralegal in your firm is padding her billable hours to qualify for a bonus. Rule/Canon: Violation and Correction: 4. You have discovered that your supervising attorney is not returning telephone calls to clients. Rule/Canon: Violation and Correction: 5. Your supervising attorney has asked you to prepare a document with which you are unfamiliar. Rule/Canon: Violation and Correction: 6. You have overheard another paralegal tell a client that the client has grounds to file g suit against a neighbor. Rule/Canon: Violation and Correction: 7. You are attending a seminar paid for by your employer. Another employee tells you they plan to skip out in the middle of the session to go sight-seeing. Rule/Canon: Violation and Correction: 8. Your supervising attorney asks you to sign a document as a witness although the| document was not signed by the client in front of you. Rule/Canon: Violation and Correction: 9. You have overheard a client telling his friend that he has hidden documents that would have a negative impact on his case. Rule/Canon: Violation and Correction: 10. In reviewing client billing, you have discovered many entries for work which you know was not done. Rule/Canon: Violation and Correction