Week 7
Using best efforts for client Competence ◦ MCLE requirements for lawyers and paralegals ◦ Paralegals: every two years—4 hours of ethics and 4 hours of general law B & P 6450 Must be within bounds of law (and civility)
Representing defendants ◦ Due diligence—entitled to due process Prosecuting criminal defendants ◦ Duty is to see that justice served—not to get a conviction Exchange of evidence ◦ Prosecutor must divulge exculpatory evidence ◦ Defense must exchange if no 5 th Amend. Right involved.
Supression of evidence ◦ Trial ◦ Discovery Fabricating evidence ◦ Inducing client to testify falsely ◦ Tampering with evidence ◦ Allowing a witness to lie ◦ Allowing a client to lie Deceit Court Opposing Counsel
Jurors ◦ No contact during trial ◦ Okay to talk to jurors after if willing Treatment of Court/judges ◦ No contact without other side present ◦ No gifts ◦ Truthful at all times Meritless cases