PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS TO THE FOUR SCENARIOS, ACCORDING TO THE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE OF LAW AND PARALEGAL DUTIES:

SCENARIO ONE:

Suppose that one of your duties as a litigation paralegal is to prepare witnesses for trial.

What would you do if you were preparing a witness and his or her story kept changing?

What if the witness seemed to be changing the facts to be more favorable to your side?

Suppose the witness, although generally favorable to your client, has some information that is adverse to your client. What do you tell the witness about how to handle this information while he or she is on the stand?

SCENARIO TWO:

Review the rules governing a lawyer's handling of client perjury.

Do you think a lawyer should be bound to tell the court if her client commits perjury?

Would you answer differently in criminal and civil cases?

What does New Jersey State jurisdiction's ethics rule say?

Are there any cases on the issue in New Jersey jurisdiction?

SCENARIO THREE:

What would you do if your supervising lawyer asked you to leak information to to the press that you know is prohibited by ethics rules?

Would it make any difference if you were certain that without press coverage of this information your client was more likely to be unfairly convicted of a serious crime?

SCENARIO FOUR:

Suppose your work for the local prosecuting attorney.

What would you do if you uncovered information that proved a criminal defendant in a case was innocent?

What if you went to the supervising lawyer and she refused to drop the charges or to turn over the exculpatory evidence to the defendant's counsel?