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LS320 Professional Conduct

Updated: 29 January 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 48 cp in Legal Studies
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Angela Irwin (airwin4@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit examines the ethics of modern legal professional practice and also the principles relating to management of trust accounts. Topics include trust accounting, professionalism and legal ethics, the history, structure and regulation of the legal profession, admission, discipline, duties of representation, communication and control, conflicts of interest, costs and liens, liability, immunity and indemnity.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Ethics in Law: Lawyers' Responsibility and Accountability in Australia
ISBN: 9780409321449
Ross, Y., LexisNexis Butterworths 4th ed. 2005
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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