LAWS 2190 Professional Responsibility
This course focuses on central issues of professional responsibility faced by most lawyers in the practice of law, whether in the public or private sector. Included may be problems of client confidences, conflicts of interest, behavior in court, obligations to represent unpopular clients and other restrictions on a lawyer's own speech and actions. Other topics focus on the fundamental moral responsibility of lawyers, analyzed in terms of the rules governing attorney conduct, principles of moral philosophy and the pressures that create ethical blindness.
Course overview
- Department
- Law
- School
- LAW
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.64 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.00 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 10
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Edward Cheng | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 1–3 hrs/week | 22 of 24 |
| Fall 2025 | Glenn Cunha | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 1–3 hrs/week | 38 of 39 |
| Fall 2025 | Stacy Silveira | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 40 of 47 |
| Fall 2025 | Stuart Hurowitz | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 1–3 hrs/week | 42 of 45 |
| Spring 2025 | Edward Cheng | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 1–3 hrs/week | 16 of 20 |
| Fall 2024 | Glenn Cunha | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 1–3 hrs/week | 42 of 46 |
| Fall 2024 | Stuart Hurowitz | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 60 of 65 |
| Spring 2024 | Edward Cheng | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 1–3 hrs/week | 34 of 41 |
| Spring 2024 | Paul Tremblay | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | — | 10 of 10 |
| Spring 2024 | Stacey Best | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 15 of 18 |
| Fall 2023 | Glenn Cunha | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 of 39 |
| Fall 2023 | Stuart Hurowitz | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 of 62 |
| Fall 2023 | Thomas Maffei | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 of 25 |
| Spring 2023 | Edward Cheng | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 45 of 48 |
| Spring 2023 | Paul Tremblay | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 54 of 55 |
| Spring 2023 | Stacey Best | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 47 of 51 |
| Fall 2022 | Brandon White | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 35 of 38 |
| Fall 2022 | Glenn Cunha | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 37 of 40 |
| Fall 2022 | Stuart Hurowitz | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 52 of 64 |
| Spring 2022 | Nancy Kaufman | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 10 of 21 |
| Spring 2022 | Paul Tremblay | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4–6 hrs/week | 28 of 45 |
| Fall 2021 | Brandon White | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 30 of 41 |
| Fall 2021 | Stuart Hurowitz | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 1–3 hrs/week | 45 of 65 |