Class 1 - Intro to Part 1: Duties to Clients: The 5 Cs

Question 1

Duties to Clients - The 5 Cs

Answer 1

1) Competence

2) Confidentiality

3) Conflict Avoidance

4) Candid Communication

5) Commitment to Client’s Cause

Question 2

Duties Beyond Clients - The 4 Ts

Answer 2

1) To Potential Clients

2) To Law

3) To Colleagues

4) To Oneself

Question 3

What do Lawyers do?

Answer 3

Lawyers assist clients with their legal needs

Question 4

Legal Practice can be divided in 2 Client Hemispheres

Answer 4

Individual Client Hemisphere
- people
- types of lawyers that usually help individual clients are small firms/boutique firms and solo practitioners

Corporate Client Hemisphere
- corporations
- government
- types of lawyer that usually help corporate clients are big firms
- more challenging because your client might be very powerful compared to you.

Question 5

2 Nature of the Need

Answer 5

Non-contested needs
- No dispute
- usually involves transactions

Dispute-based needs
- helping people who are involved in disputes
- the goals of the other side are not compatible with the goals of your client.
- litigation and negotiating settlements

Question 6

Individual Clients and Non-contested Needs

Answer 6

Individuals’ Counselling and Compliance
- no other side, just the client and the law
- example: incorporating a business; drafting a will

Individuals’ Transactions

Question 7

Individual Clients and Dispute-based Needs

Answer 7

Personal Plight

Question 8

Corporate Clients and Non-contested Needs

Answer 8

Corporate Counselling and Compliance
- no other side, just the client (the corporation) and the law.
- lawyer helps the corporation to comply with the law while reaching as many of their goals as possible
- example: corporation taxes (lawyer will push the law but not break it)

Question 9

Corporate Clients and Dispute-based Needs

Answer 9

Corporate Dispute Resolution