Course #507- Ethics: Practice Law with Integrity, A Judges View - MP3

Speaker: Judge Joel Primes Course 507 1 hour MCLE Ethics Credit This course will provide the practitioner an overview of the attorney discipline procedures, Rules of Professional Conduct, Civility and Professional Responsibility. Key Points: 1. Change in State Bar Discipline Procedure 2. ABA Rules of Professional Conduct 3. State Bar Act 4. Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility: Formal Opinions 5. Attorney Guidelines of Civility and Professionalism Objectives: Review the various codes of conduct mentioned, including the ones corresponding to the state you practice in For each rule mentioned, formulate your own example of a situation where that rule is being either broken or upheld Examine your communication and conduct within the last year - have you broken any of these rules? If so, what can you do differently next time? Judge Joel Primes served as the California Deputy Attorney General, Civil Division (1968-2004) and a Temporary Sacramento Superior Court Judge (2