4.0 MCLE Credits in Ethics
Program Description
Since the new Rules of Professional Conduct replaced the former Code of Professional Responsibility in 2009, the State Bar’s Committee on Professional Ethics has issued about 300 formal opinions.
This program will examine changes in forms of practice, business development, fees and other kinds of compensation, lawyer advertising and a host of other matters touching upon client confidentiality and conflicting interests.
You will hear about these changes directly from members of the Committee, as well as leading lawyers, ethicists and disciplinary counsel. Whether or not you agree with what is happening, you owe it to yourself and your colleagues to stay current on the quickly evolving rules of conduct.
Program Chair
Mark J. Solomon, Esq. | Law Offices of Mark J. Solomon
Speakers
Peter V. Coffey, Esq. | Englert, Coffey, McHugh & Fantauzzi, LLP
Michael G. Gaynor, Esq. | Attorney Grievance Committee, Appellate Division, Third Department
Steve Krantz, Esq. | NYS Department of Taxation and Finance
Anne Reynolds-Copps, Esq. | Copps DiPaola PLLC
Michael Whiteman, Esq. | Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP
Pricing
NYSBA Member: $135
Non-Member: $235
Program Co-Sponsors
Committee on Professional Ethics
Committee on Continuing Legal Education
A. Hypothetical – 1 – The Per Diem Lawyer | Available after Purchase |
A. Hypothetical – 2 – Educational Programs for Non-Lawyers | Available after Purchase |
A. Hypothetical – 3 – Fee Magnet or Fee Sharing | Available after Purchase |
B. Hypothetical – 4 – Securing a Fee | Available after Purchase |
B. Hypothetical – 5 – Fee Sharing | Available after Purchase |
B. Hypothetical – 6 – Attorney Trust Accounts | Available after Purchase |
C. Hypothetical – 7 – Partners, Names and Offices | Available after Purchase |
D. Hypothetical – 8 – A Rose by Any Other | Available after Purchase |
D. Hypothetical – 9 – Blogging for Dollars | Available after Purchase |
E. Hypothetical – 11 – The Competent Lawyer | Available after Purchase |
F. Hypothetical – 12 – Personal Conflicts – Discrimination | Available after Purchase |
F. Hypothetical – 13 – Issue Conflict | Available after Purchase |
F. Hypothetical – 14 – Personal Conflicts – Financial Interests | Available after Purchase |
F. Hypothetical – 15 – Conflicts in Representing Multiple Clients | Available after Purchase |
G. Hypothetical – 16 – Waddya Know and Waddya Say | Available after Purchase |
G. Hypothetical – 17 – Blind Copying the Client | Available after Purchase |
G. Hypothetical – 18 – The Misbegotten Email | Available after Purchase |
G. Hypothetical – 19 – Disclosing Confidences to Collect a Legal Fee | Available after Purchase |
G. Hypothetical – 20 – Obligation of Confidentiality to Prospective Client | Available after Purchase |
G. Hypothetical – 21 – Confidential Information and the Self-Defense Exception | Available after Purchase |
H. Hypothetical – 22 – Nobody Likes a Snitch | Available after Purchase |
H. Hypothetical – 23 – Whos Got the Whistle and What To Do With It | Available after Purchase |
I. Hypothetical – 24 – The Irascible Irrepressible Client | Available after Purchase |
I. Hypothetical – 25 – Making Things Right | Available after Purchase |
J. Hypothetical – 26 – The Zealous Prosecutor | Available after Purchase |
J. Hypothetical – 27 – Using Social Media | Available after Purchase |
J. Hypothetical – 28 – Communicating with Represented Persons - Just Making Small Talk | Available after Purchase |
II. Summaries - Opinions on Which Hypotheticals are Based | Available after Purchase |
III. The Rules of Professional Conduct | Available after Purchase |
Joint Order of the Departments of the Appellate Division | Available after Purchase |
RPC - 2017 Amendments to Rules and Comments | Available after Purchase |
Legal Ethics in the Real World Coursebook | Available after Purchase |
Hypotheticals (153.6 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Electronic Coursebook (17.2 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Joint Order of the Departments of the Appellate Division (384.5 KB) | Available after Purchase |
RPC - 2017 Amendments to Rules and Comments (134 KB) | Available after Purchase |