Exam 2: Lawyer and Client Relationship and Ethics

A lawyer may be disbarred for committing an act involving moral turpitude.

DEFINE -attorney pro se

Paralegals may draft documents for a lawyer's use in representing a client.

A lawyer must obtain a former client's informed consent to be able to represent a new client against the former client.

Generally speaking, what constitutes the practice of law?

When handling civil litigation for a client, a lawyer is under the client's ultimate control.

DEFINE -conflict of interest

If a lawyer has taken possession of the client's valuable antique because it is relevant to the lawsuit the lawyer is then handling for the client, what is the relationship that controls the lawyer's responsibility for protecting the property from damage or loss?

A lawyer must disclose a potential conflict of interest to the client where the opposing party is a former client.