Ms. Ps & Qs

By Nancy B. Rapoport, Garman Turner Gordon Professor of Law, Boyd School of Law, and Affiliate Professor of Business Law & Ethics, Lee Business School, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Dear Readers:

My guardian angel, Regina Logsdon has asked a great question:what should you do when your “Spidey sense” tells you that your client might have diminished capacity?

First, as always, let’s look at the model version of the ethics rules. Model Rule 1.14

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