Attorney Law
gerdonmez@gsu.edu.tr
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Content
Objective
Objective of the course is to study the general principals of the law of advocacy and the articles of the code of advocacy.
Course Content
General information about the profession of advocacy
Execution methods of the profession of advocacy
Juridical aspect of relation between lawyer and his client
Attorney’s fees
Competences of lawyer
Obligation of loyalty of the lawyer
Obligation of the lawyer to execute carefully his act
Obligation of the lawyer to give some advice to his client
Obligation of the lawyer to hide some secrets of his client
Obligation of the lawyer to return the documents of process
Place and importance of the lawyer in civil procedure
Interdiction of publicity in the profession of advocacy
Juridical responsibility of the lawyer
Criminal responsibility of the lawyer
Course Learning Outcomes
Comprehension of the objectives indicated in the part of course objective and the principals of the profession of advocacy by the students
Teaching and Learning Methods
Oral
References
Meral Sungurtekin Özkan, Profession of Advocacy, The Rigthts and Obligations of Lawyer, 3.edition, İzmir 2012.
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | General information about the profession of advocacy |
| 2 | Execution methods of the profession of advocacy |
| 3 | Juridical aspect of relation between lawyer and his client |
| 4 | Attorney’s fees |
| 5 | Competences of lawyer |
| 6 | Obligation of loyalty of the lawyer |
| 7 | Obligation of the lawyer to execute carefully his act |
| 8 | Obligation of the lawyer to give some advice to his client |
| 9 | Obligation of the lawyer to hide some secrets of his client |
| 10 | Obligation of the lawyer to return the documents of process |
| 11 | Place and importance of the lawyer in civil procedure |
| 12 | Interdiction of publicity in the profession of advocacy |
| 13 | Juridical responsibility of the lawyer |
| 14 | Criminal responsibility of the lawyer |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 1 | 40 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 40 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them. | X | ||||
| 2 | Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline. | X | ||||
| 3 | Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology. | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems. | X | ||||
| 5 | Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy. | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions. | X | ||||
| 7 | Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems. | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system. | X | ||||
| 9 | Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner. | X | ||||
| 10 | Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals. | X | ||||
| 11 | Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems. | X | ||||
| 12 | Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law. | X | ||||
| 13 | Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals. | X | ||||
| 14 | Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal. | X | ||||
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| Presentation | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 25 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 1.00 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 1 | ||