LAW 103 - Ethics and the Law

1. Morality, ethics and human behavior
2. Origins and concept of justice
3. Law and the individual
4. Codes of ethics and rules of professional responsibility
5. Regulation of lawyers and non-lawyers
6. Ethical dilemmas and methods for researching answers to ethical dilemmas
7. Professionalism and unauthorized practice of law
8. Fundamentals of critical thinking

1. Define morality, ethics and human behavior. (1)
2. Describe the intersection of law, standards of morality, ethics and society. (1-3)
3. Identify ethical and justice theories and explain their historical origins. (3)
4. Explain the purpose of codes and ethics. (4)
5. Identify state and national codes of ethics and rules of professional responsibility. (4)
6. Delineate regulations pertaining to lawyers and non-lawyers. (5)
7. Describe ethical dilemmas facing lawyers and paralegals. (4, 5)
8. Research answers to ethical dilemmas. (5, 6)
9. Identify best practices representing professionalism. (7)
10. Analyze statutes and rules relating to the unauthorized practice of law. (7)
11. Describe and model the fundamental concepts of critical thinking, including the barriers to critical thought and the recognition that closure is not always achieved in intellectual discourse. (8)