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16 17PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY 6057.3 hI'S.The role of the legal system and the lawyer in American society,with special emphasis on professional responsibilities that alawyer has as private practitioner, corporate attorney, criminalprosecutor, government agency lawyer, judge, and legislator.Close attention is given to both the Code of ProfessionalResponsibility and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.WILLS AND TRUSTS 6015.4hrs.Asrudy of the transfer of property by descent, wills, testamentarysubstitutes, and trusts including a study of constructionproblems.• Advanced Elective CoursesACCOUNTING FOR LAWYERS 6215.2hrs.Astudy of accounting and accounting concepts, particularly asdealt with in statutory law, judicial decisions, and administrativelaw. Designed to provide a background for advancedstudy in corporate finance and taxation.ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 6005.3 hrs.Examines the role of the administrative process in our society,formal and informal, and emphasizes the powers andprocedures common to all administrative agencies and therelationships among the legislative, judicial, and executivebranches in the development of public policy,ADVANCED COMMERCIAL LAW 6030.2 hrs.Astudy of Article 2of the Uniform Commercial Code whichcovers the law of sales. Included are the re