To my future students: Congratulations on the big decision to pursue law school. Let’s see if you’re ready… Click more below to visit the reading materials for our upcoming class together. Good luck, Prof. Rizzardi
Ethics & Professionalism…
Regulating lawyers, through rules and behavioral norms.
- Florida Supreme Court Order, IN RE: CODE FOR RESOLVING PROFESSIONALISM COMPLAINTS, No. SC13-688 (Fla. Jun. 6, 2013)
- Florida Oath of Attorney
- Florida Creed of Professionalism
- Florida Professionalism Expectations
- Keith W. Rizzardi, Defining Professionalism and Redefining Professionalism in the Florida Bar Journal
- Keith W. Rizzardi, Expectations in the Mirror: Lawyer Professionalism and the Errors of Mandatory Aspirations, in the FSU Law Review
- The Florida Bar Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism
Jurisprudential thinking
- Lon Fuller, The Morality of Law (book review)
For videos and movies…
Resources for civil procedure students.
Fall 2019 Syllabus Civ Pro Syll Rizzardi Aug Fall 2019 updated 082219
Selected Slides
Selected Slides Part I Fall 2019
Selected Slides Part II Fall 2019
Selected Slides Part III Fall 2019
Click below for schedule (updated periodically)
Administrative Law Syllabus Spring 2019
Resources about adjudication, rulemaking and information management by government agencies.
Resources for lawyers beyond the courtroom.
Fall Syllabus 2019
InterviewCounselNegotiate Syllabus Fall 2019 Updated
InterviewCounselNegotiate Assignments Updated 08152019
10/10: Complete Simmons II exercise, and read background for employment negotiation (see email and hyperlink)
10/17: All students complete both assignments. (1) Turn in 500 word Simmons I/II reflection (insights from experience per syllabus). (2) Also turn in 500 word Simmons I/II outcome analysis (a) Whether you recommended or decided to settle; (b) why you made that recommendation or decision; and (c) how perceptions of risk affected the analysis. NOTES from Simmons I/II should NOT be turned in.
Codes & cases, rules & writings about legal ethics, lawyer professionalism, bar admissions, the regulation of attorneys, legal ethics and compliance.
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