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The document outlines an assignment for a legal ethics course, specifically focusing on Chapter 3. It includes a series of short answer questions related to attorney-client privilege, confidentiality, and the work product rule. Students are instructed to provide answers based on the textbook and to adhere to specific formatting guidelines.

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Assignment 3

The document outlines an assignment for a legal ethics course, specifically focusing on Chapter 3. It includes a series of short answer questions related to attorney-client privilege, confidentiality, and the work product rule. Students are instructed to provide answers based on the textbook and to adhere to specific formatting guidelines.

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Name ___________________________________

LGLA 1219 – Legal Ethics

Please include your name on the assignment. Include the questions and answers.
Use Times New Roman; 12pt font
Only use black text color.
Failure to follow instructions will result in points deducted.

ASSIGNMENT 3
Chapter 3

DIRECTIONS: There is a required textbook for this course. When applicable, your answers
should first come from the related chapter. External resources should be used when the answer
cannot be found in the textbook and/or to further explain your answer.

SHORT ANSWER (10 points each)


1. Are conversations that take place in the presence of law firm employees covered by the
attorney client privilege? Why or why not?

2. What should you do with handwritten notes of a confidential conversation once they have been
typed up and put into a client’s file?

3. What should you do if you receive a document that appears to be privileged and sent to
you by mistake by the opposing counsel?

4. What steps does a lawyer have to take when a court requests disclosure of information
that the lawyer believes to be privileged?

5. Explain the differences between confidences and secrets?

6. An issue that arises in corporate representation relates to who is the holder of the attorney
client privilege. Regarding corporations, who is the holder of the privilege?

7. What is the basis for the principle of confidentiality?

LGLA 1219 Assignment 3


Name ___________________________________
LGLA 1219 – Legal Ethics

Please include your name on the assignment. Include the questions and answers.
Use Times New Roman; 12pt font
Only use black text color.
Failure to follow instructions will result in points deducted.

8. Why is the work product rule important to an attorney?

9. Is the database in a computerized litigation support program protected as work product?


Explain why or why not.

10. You (the paralegal) have public information regarding a client your law firm represents.
a. Regarding that public information, does the confidentiality rule apply to you as the
paralegal? Why or Why not?
b. Regarding that same public information, does the attorney client privilege apply to you as
a paralegal? Why or Why not?

LGLA 1219 Assignment 3

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