Spring 2025

6321 Professional Responsibility - KNAKE JEFFERSON- 16679

Professor(s): Renee Knake Jefferson (FACULTY)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Procedure and Practice

Time: AsynchDistanceEd Location:

Course Outline: This course is a study of the legal and ethical responsibilities of members of the legal profession. A required course, Professional Responsibility focuses on both the Model Rules of Professional Conduct as well as the current law governing the conduct of lawyers.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus

Course Notes: (Asynchronous Online) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. Some student materials may not be available online, such as an assigned casebook. Any assessment for the course, such as a final examination or a mid-term exam, will be conducted without the need to physically come to the Law Center, such as, for example, via the EBB portal as a take home exam or under remote proctoring.

This course will be offered as a distance education, asynchronous version (i.e., no live, in-person meetings). Students will access weekly recorded lectures via TWEN and will be required to complete weekly activities. Grades will be based upon quizzes, completion of the weekly activities, and a final take-home exam. Please email Professor Knake with any questions: rknake@uh.edu

Quota=40

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This course will have:
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Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No

Experiential Course Type: No

Bar Course: Required (MPRE)

DistanceEd ABA: Yes

Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Required Course)

Course Materials

Book(s) Required

Course Materials: Jefferson & Murphy, Legal Ethics for the Real World: Building Skills Through Case Study, Second Edition (Foundation)

Jefferson, Pearce, Green, Joy, Kim, Murphy, Terry, & Brown, Professional Responsibility: A Contemporary Approach (West Academic 4th ed. 2020) (“PRACA”) (While the 5th edition is now available, we will use the 4th edition for our class so that you have the ability to purchase used casebooks. If you decide to use a different edition, you are still responsible for material in the 4th edition as assigned.)