Ethics: Developments Important To Your Practice: 3 1/3-Hour Version — 4 New Jersey Ethics Credits

This 3.3-hour January 20, 2012 program by Patrick M. Connors, Professor of Law at Albany Law School, gives a useful explanation of numerous developments in ethics which are important for attorneys to know in conducting their legal practice. Professor Connors provides practical advice about how to comply with these developments.

Major topics include:

Law Firm In-House Consulting On Ethical Issues

• duty of confidentiality

• disclosure to client

• conflict of interest

• who is ethics counsel's client?

• disclosing information

• more

Advising Clients Regarding Direct Contacts With Represented Persons

• ABA Formal Opinion 11-461

• other Formal Opinions

ABA Ethics 20/20

• technology: confidentiality, client development

• outsourcing

• alternative litigation financing

• alternative law practice structure

• rankings

• more

Utah State Bar Ethics Advisory Opinion 11-03

Ethics Opinions Addressing Lawyer's Use Of Social Networking Sites

Conflicts Arising From Representing Related Corporate Entities

This course is the first 3.3 hours of our longer, 4.25-hour program entitled Ethics: Developments Important To Your Practice — 4.25-Hour Version. You may complete EITHER course to earn CLE credit, but may NOT earn credit for both.

FORMS: For fully-editable downloadable forms in many practice areas, please go to www.NLFforms.com

BOOKS FOR LAWYERS: Over 40 useful books on important legal issues facing attorneys are now available for immediate download at www.NLFforms.com. (Reading books without also listening to or viewing a recorded seminar earns NO CLE credits.)

If you need credits in multiple states you MUST click here before placing your order for important information.

Price: $83.00

Course approved for these credits (and Expiration Dates When Applicable):
If you need credits in multiple states you MUST click here
before placing your order for important information.

AK — 3.25 EthicSs Credits
AZ — 3.25 Ethics Credits
CA — 3.25 Ethics Credits
MO — 4 General Credits (self-study courses ineligible for MO Ethics credits)
MT — 3.25 Ethics Credits
NJ — 4 Ethics Credits
NM — 3.3 Ethics Credits, taped 1/26/12
NY — 4 Ethics Credits (attorneys seeking NY credit must ALWAYS place their orders from the New York page)
PA — 3 Ethics Credits
WV — 4 Ethics Credits

Only the longer version of this program, Ethics: Developments Important To Your Practice — 4.25-Hour Version, is pre-approved for the following states: CO, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, ME, NV, OH, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT & WA

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Call (302) 656-4757

Offline Study Alternative

Many states also permit CLE credits to be earned by study of email delivery, audio CD, and flash drive courses. For these offline study options and to Share and Save go to www.NLFcle.com.

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