Problem
• From what you have encountered in Legal Ethics, 3e, chapter 8 (Competence), in your opinion:
o What is at the intellectual and emotional basis for the motivation to be professionally Competent?
o What could cause someone to become Incompetent?
• What would you do if you realized a professional colleague was becoming incompetent?
• Tell us about the characteristics of someone (no names) you have worked with who you would consider a role model of professional Competence.
Topic: Competence
Reading from Textbook: Legal Ethics, 3rd Ed.
Chapter 8
Competence: The Essence of the Practice of Law
Kauffman, Kent. Legal Ethics. Available from: Bookshelf, (3rd Edition). Cengage Learning US, 2013.