Category: Legal

The student will review pages from the Florida Bar News on the Bar’s website at www. floridabar.org which provides summaries of disciplinary actions taken by the Florida Supreme Court regarding Florida lawyers. The student will choose one disciplined lawyer and research the facts and circumstances surrounding the rule violations and explain what the rule states and how the attorney might have avoided the action that led to the discipline. The student will prepare a written outline explaining the circumstances and applicable rules and not just cut and paste the facts and rules.
Suggested Format for Presentation:
1.Description of the lawyer (name, how long practicing, what type of law
2. Description of lawyer’s actions, rules violated, and disciplinary action taken
3. An explanation of the rule(s) that were violated
4. Possible steps the lawyer could have taken to avoid violating the rule and the discipline imposed
Please make sure you research the rules that were violated 
Be very detailed

Discussion board for chapters 1 and 2. Devote a page worth of response to each chapter.   Students are expected to submit one
“substantial post” for each chapter, current event,
internet research topic or assigned paper
summary post. Substantial meaning “having
substance” typically at least two paragraphs
detailing your interpretation of the chapter,
current event, or other post, what you found
interesting, learned, disagree with, etc. Posts
with grammatical and spelling errors and not written
on a graduate college level will not
receive full credit.  It is requested that you type your posts in a type font that is at
least
12pt. or larger.
Regarding discussion board
posts, to be considered substantial, a post must summarize    the
assigned chapter; or
address a current event, internet research question or a paper            summary
in a substantive manner. Regarding
chapter posts, you may summarize the chapter and
choose to answer a few of the
questions at the back of the chapter. 
What did you like or
dislike in the chapter?  What did you find interesting?  
the writing must have meaningful
substance in the response.
Or a combination of all the above.  
Chapters 1 and 2