My notes for LPP and equivalent courses. Weeks 1 & 2 – Introduction to Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility 2 Framework for answering a hypothetical question 11 Week 3 - Duties to the Court, the Administration of Justice and the Rule of Law 13 The Independence of the Lawyer 15 7.Communication of advice 16 Candour in the presentation of the Law 16 Disobeying Court Orders 19 Dealing with Witnesses 19 Example Scenarios with the approach to answering them 22 Weeks 4 & 5 – (Self) Regulation & Discipline of the Legal Profession 26 Disciplinary Processes – DP Chapters 23 & 24 30 Types of Misconduct – DP Chapter 25 35 National Legal Profession Reform 38 Week 6 – Trust Accounts 40 Types of Trust Accounts 41 Trust Accounting Records 47 Duty to Account 61 Week 7 – Confidentiality 64 Week 8 – Conflict of Interests (in exam) 71 Lawyer-Client Conflict 72 Week 9 – Admission and Structuring the work of Lawyers 83 Costs 93 Week 10 – Legal Professional Privilege 102 Legal Professional Privilege – Cases and examples 111 Week 11 – Access to Justice and the Legal Profession 116 Week 12 – Sociologies of Practice 126