Lawyers Professional Code of Conduct

Your firm is hired to handle the appeal before the (fictitious) United States Court of Appeals for the 12th Circuit on behalf of Samantha Clark. Ms. Clark has been convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 for lying to a federal prosecutor while she was negotiating a plea agreement on behalf of her client. Attached is the opinion of the lower court. You can glean all of the relevant facts from that opinion.

Your job is to draft a brief of approximately 10 pages long or longer (not including table of contents, table of authorities, cover pages, etc.) arguing that her conviction should be reversed. You may discuss or ignore the issued raised in the lower court’s opinion. In addition, you may raise any other issues you think may be helpful.

You may use authorities cited in the lower court’s opinion and you should certainly researchand find your own additional authorities. Throughout your brief, remember whose side you are on. You work for the Defendant, Ms. Clark.

This assignment will be discussed extensively in class. So, please stay tuned for details.

Good luck!

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