Description
Total Credits: 4.0 Ethics
A sound ethical compass and a civil and professional demeanor are the hallmarks of successful and respected attorneys in all areas of practice. This four hour program will provide you with an update on developments in the area of attorney ethics, including the most recent case law. The rules of civility will be discussed, with emphasis on practical pointers for dealing with uncivil adversaries and civility issues within the law firm. The program will conclude with a discussion of real life hypotheticals by a panel of distinguished practitioners and jurists – certain to benefit attorneys in all substantive areas of practice.
Topics to be covered include:
• What’s new for 2017 on Ethics
• Civility in everyday lawyering
• Colloquium on Ethics and Civility
Materials
| 1a Vincent Syracuse - Introduction (14.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1b Part 1200 - Rules of Professional Conduct - Effective May 2013 (422 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1c New York Rules of Professional Conduct - Effective April 2009 (1.1 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1d Standards of Civility (31.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1e Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters (2.2 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1f Andrew Luskin - 2017 Update on Legal Ethics (653 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1g Guy Giancarlo - What's New in Ethics (66.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2a David Tennant - Table of Contents (35.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2b Daivd Tennant - Hot Topic at the Attorney Grievance Committee (200.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2c Orientation to the Profession Materials (832.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2d Laura Myers - Enforcing Rules of Civility - Advice for New Lawyers (152.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2e David Tennant and Laurie Seal - Judicial Ethics and the Internet - May Judges Search the Internet in Evaluating and Deciding a Case (84.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2f Loop AI Labs, Inc. v. Gatti, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11839 (76 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2g Order - Dawn Scott-Iverson v. Independent Health Association, Inc. (291.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2h Matter of Anonymous, An Attorney, Respondent - Grievance Committee of the Seventh Judicial District, Petitioner (105.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2i Hypothetical - How Far Can a Judge Go When Conducting Independent Research (9.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 3a Leonard Zaccagnino - Civility In Everyday Lawyering (796.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 3b Mark Zauderer - Civility Principles (3.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 3c Implicit Bias and the Legal Profession's 'Diversity Crisis' - A Call for Self-Reflection - submitted by Lenora Foote (2.9 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4a Summary of Recent Developments in Legal Ethics and Selected Cases - submitted by Hal Lieberman (35.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4b Hal Lieberman - Fostering Efficiency in the Attorney Disciplinary Process (374.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4c Hal Lieberman - New Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters - Informal Proceedings (241.9 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4d Hal Lieberman - New Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters Formal Proceedings - NY Law Journal (422.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4e Ambac Assur. Corp. v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (1.4 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4f Stock v. Schnader Harrison Segal and Lewis LLP (1.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4g In the Matter of the Amendment of Rules of the Appellate Division, First Department (1.3 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4h NYSBA Ethics Opinion 1084 (232.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 5 NYSBA Ethics Opinions 1091-1115 (2.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 6 Attorney Professionalism Forums (3.4 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 7 Vince Syracuse - Colloquium Hypotheticals (470.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||