- The Modal Code That Curl Broke
- Monday
- EC-1.2(a) Carl engages in ex parte communications with Jane and this is against the Modal code. Carl influences the advantage of Jane’s case in order to gain financial benefits.
- EC-1.3(a) Carl fails to refrain in engaging in any conduct that offends the dignity of a paralegal profession when he requests to be entitled with the information of the uncontested divorce.
- EC-1.3(b) Carl does not present his professional role of conduct when Jane and Zeke enter in to the office of the receptionist. Carl interferes with the communication between Jane and the receptionist while he is not supposed to do so as a profession. Carl allows Zeke to sit in a desk that is near the confidential files.
- EC-1.6(a) Carl compromises his loyalty to by taking advantage of Jane’s illiteracy and he wants to be the main beneficial of Jane’s husband money. Carl fails to act within the boundary of the law by illustrating the money that Jane ought to pay without referring to any written article. He expresses his financial interests and this compromises his loyalty as a paralegal profession.
- Tuesday
- EC-1.5(b) Carl targets to use confidential information about how Jane’s husband and the prostitute in the advantage of favoring Jane.
- EC-1.2(c) Carl fails to indicate the proper time on the time sheet after holding a meeting with Jane. He writes that the meeting took exactly two hours instead of one hour and twenty minutes. On this case, Carl does not ensure that he makes accurate timekeeping records according to the ethical considerations of Modal code.
- EC-1.3(a) Carl fails to maintain high standards of professional conduct when he agrees to indicate false amount of monthly expenses as he is directed given by Jane.
- EC-1.3(b) Carl is dishonest to Jane when he informs her that they will have to ask the husband questions that are normally asked in such cases. However, it is clear that Attorney Howe is the one who request Carl to make up the questions and write them down.
- EC-1.3(e) Carl pledges to assist Jane while using false information when it is clear that Jane enclosure that she has other sources of money apart from the disability income that she receives.
- EC-1.5(f) Carl disclosures client’s information when speaking on the phone with Mr. Brown about the case of marijuana while Jane is still sitted there.
- Wednesday
- EC-1.1(c) Carl fails to perform his assignment promptly when he forgets to include the certificate of service on Jane’s motion as required by the law.
- EC-1.2(c) Carl fails to ensure that he keeps time in order to record client’s documents accurately and honestly. On this day, Jane finds that Carl is out of office and she signs the interrogations with his accent.
- EC-1.2(f) Carl fails to report the receptionist who directs Jane to sign the interrogation papers. The receptionist does not have the power to tell a client to sign documents without the presence of a paralegal profession.
- EC-1.3(b) Attorney Howe engages in professional misconduct when he abuses his office by failing to check the motion that Carl presents to him. Carl ends up filling a motion that does not include certificate of service.
- EC-1.5(b) Carl disclosure the clients confidential information to Zeke in a view that he will get financial; benefit by creating a deal to sue Jane.
- EC-1.5(c) Carl is dishonest to the Modal codes when he uses confidential information to the advantage of a third person. On this case, Carl disclosure information to Zeke about Jane’s ability to sue her husband and that Zeke ought to use the chance in order to claim the television.
- EC-1.5(f) Carl engages in giving indiscreet information about Jane who is a client to Zeke. A paralegal engaging in indiscreet communications concerning clients is against the ethical considerations.
- Thursday
- EC-1.2(d) Carl engages in directing a client on how to issue false presentation in order to win the case. Even though Sally and her sister did not see the actual accident happening, Carl forces them to change their mind and illustrate that they saw the accident taking place.
- EC-1.2(e) Carl is not honest in the identification of funds that the client ought to pay. The conversation between Sally and Carl clearly illustrates that he takes advantage of those who are not aware of court matters and charge them what he feels best without following the outlined regulations. Carl makes an amount that the client ought to pay before consulting with Attorney Howe.
- EC-1.3(a) Attorney Howe is not respectful to the judicial procedures when it is illustrated that he offends the dignity of court by being late to the court proceedings.
- EC-1.3(b) Carl engages in a conduct that would adversely affect his profession when he agrees with Jane that she ought not to pay back Zeke the television. On this case Carl interferes with the administration of just and wants to benefit from both Jane and Zeke while he is misguiding them.
- Friday
- EC-1.1(a) considering this case on Friday, it is clear that Carl is not competent with the proceedings of the court. Even though it is Carl’s first week to operate in law firm, it is evident that he did not acquire the necessary training of being a paralegal. When the judge begins to call the cases, Carl wonders what he is supposed to do and this illustrates that he has not achieved full competency through education.
- EC-1.1(c) Attorney Howe fails to honor the ethical code of performing all the tasks efficiently. As illustrated in this case, Howe is late to report to the court proceedings while he is speaking with a phone in his office.
- EC-1.2(b) Carl participates in the communication of Jane and her husband to be, Mr. Raymond when he knows well that it is not allowed for a paralegal to communicate a pending matter with a party he knows ought to be presented in court.
- EC-1.2(e) Attorney Howe fails to be honest with the clients’ funds when he decides to pay Carl with funds from the client accounts.
- EC-1.3(b) Attorney Howe engages in a conduct that adversely affects his fitness in practicing paralegal profession when he abuses his office by not reporting to court in time.
- EC-1.2(f) Carl fails to report to the proper authority of non-confidential knowledge of dishonest that pertains to the issue of Attorney Howe handling client’s funds. Carl also fails to report Attorney Howe that he did not accomplish his moral duties of paying him in time.
- EC-1.5(a) Carl is not well informed with the jurisdiction of how paralegal practices take place. Carl fails to explain to Jane that prior legal steps ought to take place in order to show that Raymond’s children access his assets after his death.
- How I would have handled the following ethical violation without breaking ethical considerations;
- EC-1.3(b) Carl does not present his professional role of conduct when Jane and Zeke enter in to the office of the receptionist. Carl interferes with the communication between Jane and the receptionist while he is not supposed to do so as a profession. Carl allows Zeke to sit in a desk that is near the confidential files.
- As a paralegal who, honors ethical considerations, I would not have interfered with the conversation between the receptionist and the client. One of the roles of a receptionist is to direct clients to the offices they want to visit. I would have waited for the receptionist to direct both Jane and Zeke into Attorney Howe’s office where they would find me waiting for them. In addition, I would have used a tone of courtesy when welcome both Jane and Zeke inside the office. On this case, Carl shouted to the clients when he was welcoming them, “I can see you! Come on in!” I would have talked to them with low voice full of courtesy and respect. I would not have instructed Zeke to sit in a desk that is not near the confidential files inside the office. I would have arranged the office well before the arrival of any clients to make sure that everything is organized and not in risk of being tampered by un-trusted party.
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