Legal Practice and Conduct

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List of Topics Covered include, Foundations of Ethical Legal Practice, Regulation of the Legal Profession, Misconduct: Complaints and Discipline, Client-Lawyer Relationship, Professional Legal Liability, Advocates' Immunity, Fiduciary Aspect of Lawyer Client Relationship, Adversarialism & Administration of Justice, The Tobacco Litigation, Legal Practitioners and Access to Justice, Technology, Health and Legal Practice and Ethics, Current Issues in Legal Practice. Readings Covered include 'Ethics and Legal professionalism in Australia' by Baron Paula and Lillian Corin. From Week 2 to Week 12.