Question

Using ABA’s model rules of Professional conduct, NALA’s Paralegal Canons of Ethics, and NFPA’s model code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility answer the following:

1. You are attending a seminar paid by the firm you are employed to. Another employee tells you that other employees plan to skip out in the middle of the session to go elsewhere.

Rule/Cannon:

Violation and correction:

Answer 1

This assessment will explain the rule and correction of the given case study or statement where a paralegal is attending a seminar paid by the firm he gets employed to and another employee tells him that he is planning to skip in the middle of the session to go elsewhere:

Rule/ Cannon: as per the rule, a paralegal should maintain integrity. He should maintain the degree of honesty and dedication towards their professional conduct and not misuse any money funded by their working firm.

A paralegal should also maintain a high degree of competency through training and education with his professional responsibility.

Violation and correction:

As per the rule, the employee is violating his law of professional conduct as he must gain knowledge and information provided by the seminar, and he should not waste the firm's money.

For the correction, the paralegal should make the other employee understand that it is not correct to bunk the seminar, and thus he should not do so.