Co-sponsored by the New Lawyers Section
and the Life & the Law Committee
Deadline to Register:
February 7, 2017
As lawyers,
our duty of confidentiality provides the cornerstone of our relationships with
our clients. We’ve grown accustomed to quiet withdrawals, transfers of
representation, and doing our best for our clients and former clients even when
they’ve not been at their best. Our duties as zealous advocates can put us in
the line of fire of difficult parties and opposing counsel, while requiring us
to maintain the integrity of the profession and respect the rights of others.
The practice of
law has always required customer service skills
and a measure of resilience. Social media has opened new avenues
for
clients and lawyers
to complain and
blow off steam, necessitating enhanced resiliency and communication skills. This one hour
ethics CLE explores how lawyers inadvertently (and sometimes not) can run afoul of duties of confidentiality, exceed the limits of zealous advocacy, and otherwise engage in misconduct in the forum of social media, and the tools lawyers can employ to meet the challenges of modern law practice.
The New Lawyers Section Business Meeting
with round table discussion will follow the CLE at 5:30 pm.
Speakers:
Judith
Rush, Attorney at Law and Director of Mentor Externship, University of St.
Thomas School of Law and past chair, Lawyers Professional Responsibility
Board
Allison
Maxim, M.A., J.D., Maxim Law PLLC
Chase Anderson, Esq., Case
Manager, Minnesota Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers