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Professional Ethics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:16.00
Study Course Accepted:07.03.2024 14:07:33
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_122 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Civil Rights | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Vija Sīle | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 11 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 22 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Nav nepieciešamas | ||||||||
| Objective: | Acquaint students with the specific nature of professional ethics in the work of a lawyer. Develop a systematic understanding of the basic principles, values and norms, rights, duties and responsibilities of a lawyer’s professional ethics. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Specifics of professional and legal ethics | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Basic principles of the professional ethics of lawyers | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Rights and obligations. Responsibility | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Professional integrity and its promotion | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Codes of ethics for the legal profession | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Respect, honour and reputation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Professional etiquette for lawyers | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Topical ethical issues of lawyer ethics | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Normative ethics | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Codes of ethics and anti-corruption | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Honesty and justice | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 2 | Basic principles of the professional ethics of lawyers | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Rights and obligations. Responsibility | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Codes of ethics for the legal profession | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Topical ethical issues of lawyer ethics | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Normative ethics | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent study of the literature given; independent solving of professional ethical issues and tasks. Attendance of seminars is mandatory – a summary of 1000 words on the literature given has to be written for each missed seminar. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Cumulative assessment on a 10-point grading scale. The final assessment consists of: • Examination: 50% • Answers in seminars: 20% • Test on the "Codes": 30% | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Know the basic principles of professional ethics and their application in the work of a lawyer. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Able to judge and analyse ethical issues independently; to use correct reasoning to justify their ethical position; able to adopt the appropriate attitude towards clients, colleagues and the public in compliance with the requirements of professional ethics; able to deal with moral dilemmas. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Able to identify and solve issues of a lawyer’s professional ethics, to know the theory and practice of the lawyer’s professional ethics. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | J.Herring. Legal Ethics (2nd ed.) - Oxford, Blackwell Publ., 2017 | ||||||||
| 2 | R. Moorhead et.al. In-House Lawyers' Ethics. - Oxford, Blackwell Publ., 2018 | ||||||||
| 3 | A.Boon. Lawyers' Ethics and Professional Responsibility. - Oxford, Blackwell Publ., 2015 | ||||||||
| 4 | G.C. Hazard Jr., A. Dondi. Legal Ethics: a comparative study. - Stanford, SUP, 2004 | ||||||||
| 5 | Tiesnešu ētikas komisijas atziņu krājums 2008-2016. - Rīga, TNA, 2016 | ||||||||
| 6 | Tiesas un mediju komunikācija. - Rīga, LVLV, 2019 | ||||||||
| 7 | Ethics in Practice (lawyers roles, responsibilities and regulation). ed. by D.L.Rhode. – Oxford, OUP, 2000 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Jurisprudence un kultūra: pagātnes mācības un nākotnes izaicinājumi. - Rīga, LU, 2014 | ||||||||
| 2 | S.Phillips. Ethics of the Legal Profession: a new order. - London, Cavendish Publ., 2004 | ||||||||
| 3 | Monahan, D Hipsley. Essential Professional Conduct: Legal Ethics. Abingdon, Routledge - Cavendish, 2007 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | https://juristavards.lv/ | ||||||||
| 2 | http//www.advokatura.lv | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.tb.lv | ||||||||
| 4 | https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/Publications/Co… | ||||||||
