GPA 7 COMPREHENSIVE ETHICS NOTES

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These are comprehensive, color coded notes for all examinable content. All cases (including detailed summaries) and statutes learnt are included. It is a helpful summary of all lectures, seminars and readings set for the course, definitely memorizable for exams. Important takeaway from the cases & ratio decidendi all highlighted. There is a step-by-step structure for how to answer a problem question (see sample notes). The structure is set out very clearly and I have received feedback that the notes are extremely helpful for exam preparation! I received 91% overall for the course using these notes. Topics covered: 1. Who and what are lawyers and lawyering? 2. Lawyers' duties and theories 3. Admission to law and professional discipline 4. Understanding the lawyer-client relationship 5. Competent lawyering 6. Duties of Confidentiality 7. Billing ethically 8. Advocates' ethical roles and duties 9. Conflicting duties/loyalties- part 1  10. Conflicting duties/loyalties - part 2 11. Lawyers' duties to third parties and to all