General duties owed to clients

Question 1

legal practice standard

Answer 1

1.1 what a reaosnable attorney would have done under similar circumstances

Question 2

criminal rep:

Answer 2

disciplinary complaint

Question 3

ineffective assitance of counsel

Answer 3

conduct outside range of competence AND cases actual prejudice to client.
ALSO need to know about collateral consequences

Question 4

General duties owend to clients

Answer 4

1.1 competence, communication

Question 5

criminal rep: inefecrive assitance of counsel:

Answer 5

strickland test:

a. conduct outside range of competence
b. causes actual predjudice to client

Question 6

must provide non citizens accurate

Answer 6

advice about immigration consequences

Question 7

other duties: (3)

Answer 7

1.4 duty to comm
8.4c duty to be candid
duty to fufull additional responsibilities assumed by K

Question 8

Informal assumption of duty

Answer 8

rest 14 have to honor

Question 9

Division of responsibility under 1.2

Answer 9

1. competent client determines objective

2. lawyers unless otherwise agreed to make decisions that involve technical, legal and straategic cocnerns

Question 10

diminished capacity 1.14

Answer 10

try to make relationship normal, may need to take protective actions when: a. lawyer reasonably beleies diminished cap b. client risk of sub harm, client cant adequate act in his own intterests

Question 11

dimihished capacity- may disclose when

Answer 11

reasonably necesarry to protect clients interests