#professional responsibilities

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Balancing Professional Responsibilities and Parenthood: Effective Strategies for Success

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Balancing Professional Responsibilities and Parenthood: Effective Strategies for Success

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Ethics Toolkit - Unit 4: The Connected Teacher Reflection

From the ethics toolkit, it is clear that teachers have many responsibilities that extend outside of providing students with the information that they need to become well-rounded students. The Connected Teacher focuses on how teachers connect with the outside world and how much of these connections are public and private ones. In this module, we learn about the decisions that teachers make as the online space becomes increasingly apart of the outward persona that teachers present. 

In the situations provided they looked at how teachers presented themselves online, how teachers were using computers that were provided by the school, and how teachers were interacting with their students. In these examples some were clear violations of the trusts that the community puts into the people that teach their children. While other situations treaded on uncertainty of the times because the online presence of these teachers was apart of their personal lives and not apart of who they were in a schools setting. 

Either way, it is clear that when it comes to online presences of teachers there are clear lines that one should not cross and ways that one should navigate online spaces as to not interfere with how the community perceives those who are making an impact in children’s lives. It is important that teachers continue to perceived in a positive light so that students are able to have safe environments to enter into and learn what they need to without worry that a teacher’s private life might become a distracting matter within the classroom. 

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This blog is such a great resource! Thank you for creating it! I have a question about my lawyer character: She is falsely convicted of a crime and sent to prison, so naturally her license to practice law is taken away. If it is discovered and proved that she was falsely convicted and had nothing I do with the crime and is thereafter released, is there any way she could get her license to practice law back? Thanks!!

Yes, I think if she was exonerated and hadn’t done anything wrong she would be able to practice law again.

Lawyers are governed by a licensing body just like doctors. I personally am governed by the Law Society of British Columbia, and there are similar organizations in the United States. I’m beholden to the Law Society to ensure that I act ethically and professionally, that I maintain a high standard of quality in my job, and that I basically don’t bring the practice of law and the administration of justice into disrepute (yes, that’s an actual thing). 

Even if I don’t commit a crime, if I act improperly, I could be sanctioned by the Law Society, who can impose fines, suspend me temporarily from the practice of law, or disbar me. For example, I know someone personally who was extremely rude to the opposing party on one of his cases, sending demeaning and rude letters and basically terrorizing them to make them back down from their position, and he was fined by the Law Society, and his name was published along with all of the details of what he’d done. It wasn’t illegal what he did, but it was pretty shitty, and unprofessional. 

We have the obligation to be fair, particularly to self-represented people on the other side, even while we “vigorously” defend our own client’s interests. For example, if I’m running a trial and I know of a major case that’s on point that is against my client’s position, and the other side doesn’t bring it up, I actually have an obligation to tell the Judge about the case! Sometimes our obligations can really seem to be competing (and are!) but that’s why they pay us the big bucks, I guess.

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Things to Avoid 31

Things to Avoid Master List

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Eun-Sang woke up in their bed with no Hyo-Shin to cuddle. It made her frown when she reached for him and found the space empty. She groggily sat up and looked around for her phone. Right. Myung-Soo stole it. She was going to have to hunt.

No Hyo-Shin. Since she was alone, she pouted, and flopped back down. She stared at the ceiling and her eyes started stinging. Last night was wonderful but if the sunlight streaming through their blinds was any indication, she could no longer hide in the warm fortress Hyo-Shin made for her.

She needed to prepare herself emotionally for the onslaught. She needed to find out if this was going to affect her other kids. Eun-Sang swung her legs over the edge of the bed and glared at Hyo-Shin’s empty spot. She wanted a good cuddle before she had to beg for her phone.

Slippers were found and she poked her head out of the door. She completely expected to find their living room filled with sleepy actors, unkempt models, and a few rusty singers, but it was empty. Everything was clean and put back in its proper place. Hyo-Shin was in the kitchen putting away the last of the dishes.

Eun-Sang gingerly stepped out of their bedroom and snuck a peek over the couch. It was as she suspected. Young-Do exhausted himself cleaning up after the party. He was passed out on the floor with his head buried in Myung-Soo’s stomach. The photographer rested his hand lightly on Young-Do’s back and…while she had seen the shock and awe pictures that put Myung-Soo in the wake of Young-Do’s latest scandal, she hadn’t seen what President Yoo meant until this moment.

They were in love.

“You should’ve seen the scene an hour ago,” Hyo-Shin softly mused. He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around his waist. “President Yoo slept on our couch. She and Young-Do were holding hands before she snuck out. Your advice might actually be working.”

“Hm.” Eun-Sang turned in his embrace and buried her face in his chest. His hands were so nice as he stroked her hair. “Come back to bed with me. I’m allowed to avoid the world until lunchtime. President Yoo said so.”

“She also said to feed you breakfast.” His hands ended up on her hips to encourage her to let go of him enough that he could meet her eyes. Eun-Sang didn’t feel particularly hungry so she wrinkled her nose. Hyo-Shin started walking backwards towards the kitchen. If she wanted to stay next to him, she had to follow. “She repeated it before she left. I saved some gimbap for you.”

Gimbap. She could eat it anytime of day. Mostly, because she could get it stuffed with different, yummy meats and veggies, so she never got bored of it. Eun-Sang had to shuffle to keep up with him. He got her to sit at the kitchen table with very little effort. He handed her chopsticks and a glass of juice.

And placed her phone next to her plate.

“All I ask, is before you go online and look, you let me do it with you. I don’t want you to be alone.” Eun-Sang looked up at the gentle tone and smiled faintly. She reached out and touched his hand.

“Let’s eat first. Then we can go back to bed and do it there, where it’s warm and safe.” He looked relieved at her idea and she didn’t reach to turn on her phone. Her voicemail was probably full anyway. She dreaded going through it.

Hyo-Shin sat down next to her and she quietly munched her way through breakfast. The banner welcoming her home was still up. She internally clung to these little reminders. They would be so important when then public censure of her character started.

“Where are you?” It was gentle. She looked over at him and swallowed her current bite.

“Afraid. I don’t want to look at any of it but I have to. I have to at least know. I’m worried about my kids. I’m worried no one will want to work with me anymore. Last night was beautiful but I’m still afraid.” She surprised herself with how the words came tumbling out. She rarely shared her thoughts and feelings.

Another thing Min-Ki faulted her with before he forced her to move out.

Yet, this last twenty-four hours, she gave more honesty to Hyo-Shin than she had to anyone else. She looked over at him and winced. “And now I’m scared that I keep being so vulnerable before you. I liked being your Manager Cha. She’s a lot stronger than Eun-Sang.”

“Being vulnerable doesn’t make you weak,” Hyo-Shin countered gently. “I learned that from you.”

She blinked at him rapidly and he gave a short laugh. “I didn’t actually know if I was good at singing and dancing before I auditioned. I’ve been unsure of plenty of my music. You’ve always respected my efforts but, more importantly, you always gave me space to be vulnerable. My first year…my crush on you was like most crushes. You were magical and almost untouchable. Just because I was a bit older than my cohorts doesn’t mean I felt any less awkward and boyish around you. Then we went on that company retreat and you brought one of your boyfriends. You were cute and playful and shocked us all when you and Director Lee did that girl group dance.”

Eun-Sang turned bright red. “I can’t believe I let her convince me to do that. I can’t sing at all.”

“You can’t,” Hyo-Shin agreed and lightly nudged her knee with his. “But you weren’t magical or untouchable anymore. You were still Manager Cha but…real. I got to see how you were when you weren’t fighting for the best contracts or pushing us to work harder. I realized it was possible to be both the Hyo-Shin inside of me and the Hyo-Shin I’d been taught to be. That night is when I wrote my first single.”

“Prism?” He nodded and she took comfort in his blush.

“The first draft was awful. I didn’t let you listen to it until at least the fifth or sixth draft. It was the hardest I’d ever worked on my music and really the first song I wrote from start to finish all on my own.”

“I remember the first time I listened to it. I thought it was better than anything I’d ever heard before. It felt real and raw. Totally missed it was about me.”

“I thought it was so obvious. I was so afraid you would be disgusted by it.” He scratched at his cheek but grinned down at her. “Do you remember what you said?”

“This will make you a star. They will see the real you.” She wrinkled her nose at him. “Except, again, I missed it.”

Hyo-Shin shook his head. “I was relieved on that point. I was still growing and I knew it. Being honest and open with my feelings has allowed me to produce some amazing work. People like me, they like my music, and without you teaching and guiding me, none of it would be possible. I’m stronger in ways I never considered. That’s why I kissed you. I knew it would be hard and I knew you might not accept me right away, no matter how confident I am in you, but you helped me discover who I am and what I want. You can be afraid with me.”

He was right.

Eun-Sang slowly stood and put herself in his lap. She faced him, studied him, and discovered she had no words to express herself properly. So she kissed him. She didn’t let it linger. She took his hand and started pulling him towards their bedroom.

She left her phone behind on the table. It could wait.

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Attorney Suspended Due to Multiple Counts of Moral Turpitude

In the Matter of James Patrick Chandler, Case No. 08-O-13631, the State Bar Court Review Department found multiple acts of moral turpitude warranting suspension for two years and until the attorney paid restitution and proved his fitness to practice. (mor…

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