Author Question: Which of the following is a task you as a paralegal might have to do to construct an ethical wall ... (Read 101 times)

Bob-Dole · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

Which of the following is a task you as a paralegal might have to do to construct an ethical wall around a specific attorney for a certain case?

a. Prepare a memo to the office manager regarding the conflict and the need
for special arrangements to ensure that the specific attorney will have no
involvement in the case
b. Prepare a memo to the firm giving the case name, the nature of the conflict,
the parties involved, and instructions to maintain a blanket of silence with
respect to the specific attorney
c. Arrange for the lawyer's office to be on a separate floor from the team
working on the case
d. Prepare a memo to the office manager regarding the conflict and the need
for special arrangements to ensure that the specific attorney will have no
involvement in the case and prepare a memo to the firm giving the case
name, the nature of the conflict, the parties involved, and instructions to
maintain a blanket of silence with respect to the specific attorney only
e. All of these choices are correct

Question 2

Which of the following can be used for walling off an attorney from a case where a conflict of interest exists?

a. Password protecting files related to the case
b. Sending a memo to all employees that a certain lawyer should not have
access to specific files
c. Flagging hard copies of files to indicate that they are restricted
d. All of these choices are correct