Description
Total Credits: 1.5 Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias
This program will provide practice tips for learning to recognize and mitigate bias when it appears during the representation of clients with diminished capacity or other capacity concerns.
Capacity in General - Recognizing Bias
- What is Capacity
- Levels of Capacity
- Assessing Capacity
Capacity for Various Legal Documents
- Last Will and Testament
- Power of Attorney
- Health Care Proxy
Diminished Capacity and Attorney-Client Relationship
- New York Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.14
- Capacity to Retain an Attorney
- Attorney Obligations when Diminished Capacity is present
- How to Mitigate bias against persons with diminished capacity
Program Chair
James R. Barnes, Esq., Burke & Casserly, P.C., Albany
Program Faculty
Anthony J. Enea, Esq., Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP, White Plains
Materials
| Representing Clients with Diminished Capacity By Anthony J. Enea, Esq. and Lauren C. Enea, Esq. (114.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| NY Rule of Conduct By Anthony J. Enea, Esq. and Lauren C. Enea, Esq. (52.9 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Electronic Coursebook (1.3 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||