Accreditation: LE103:
AL, CA, CO, DE, IN, MS, NC, NV, NY, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA: 1 hour ethics;
GA, OH: 0.5 hour ethics/0.5 hour professionalism;
MO: 1 hour general self-study;
TN: 1 hour dual;
WI: 1 hour general;
WV: 1.2 hour ethics
Canada: NOT APPROVED
Description
Professionals have wrestled with the concept of professionalism and its impact on lawyering probably from the first time legal representation was offered a third party. Problems intruding on the attorney/client relationship are almost innumerable but this seminar focuses on confronting and avoi
ding conflicts detrimental to professionalism. MR 1.8(j) places a ban on attorney-client sexual relationships, but beyond legal ethics, professionalism mandates that attorneys be fiduciaries in all client matters. Here our focus is on just how far this goes?
