Paralegal Sam carelessly performs legal research by failing to update a court's decision to find out if the state court of appeals or state supreme court reversed the decision that he found. This is an example of a breach of which ethical rules?

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Spencer Shaffer

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21 June, 02:04

Paralegal Sam carelessly performs legal research by failing to update a court's decision to find out if the state court of appeals or state supreme court reversed the decision that he found. This is an example of a breach of which ethical rules?

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Johnathan Lyons · Answer 1

Answer: Competence and Diligence

Explanation:

Competence: It's expected of a lawyer to provide competent representation to a client.

Diligence: It's required of a lawyer to act with reasonable diligence and promptness when representing a client.

What Competence represents here is having the required legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation required to represent a client. And diligence is carrying out a proper and detailed research while representing the client.