I’ve spent most of the summer working on the materials for Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. As I wrote a while ago, this will be my first time teaching this course, and I’m looking forward to it. I’m struggling with the usual problem of trying to fit too much reading–all of it interesting and useful–into a manageable load for my students. It’s especially hard to choose for this course given the interdisciplinary approach I’m taking, which draws as much from social psychology and behavioral economics as from law. For those of you playing along at home, here is my tentative course outline.
The readings refer to:
Susan R. Martyn & Lawrence J. Fox, Traversing the Ethical Minefield: Problems, Law, and Professional Responsibility (Aspen, 2d ed. 2008).
Richard L. Abel, Lawyers in the Dock: Learning from Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings (Oxford, 2008).
Carol Tavris & Elliot Aronson, Mistakes Were Made (but not by me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts (Harcourt, 2007).
| Date | Assignments | Presenters |
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| 9/27 |
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| 9/29 | Monday schedule on Wednesday 9/29 to make up for Labor Day
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| 10/4 | No class: Fall Break | |
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| 11/22 | No class; students do selected CALI exercises | |
| 11/29 |
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I’m also thinking of blogging some of my course notes and classroom discussions. It feels a bit risky to expose my thinking in this way on a course I’ve never taught before, but other professors and lawyers might be interested in student reactions, or even in adding their own comments as the course proceeds.
