Sentences with phrase «about ethical issues lawyers»

In this legal podcast, Jim McCauley talks about ethical issues lawyers face and how the Virginia Bar is helping to educate lawyers on how to handle them.

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Debra Bruce, will talk about ways lawyers can use social media to better serve their clients, and ethical issues to watch out for in the process (1.0 hour MCLE credit, including.50 hour ethics).

«The biggest minefield I see is overworked or inattentive lawyers failing to provide adequate direction and supervision, leaving the paralegal to figure things out on [their] own,» says Salt Lake City lawyer Keith A. Call, who has written about ethical issues involving paralegals in the Utah Bar Journal.

The judge who ordered the lawyer take the selfie down was concerned about the emotional, privacy, and ethical issues in play.

Proper guidance of an articling student or junior lawyer requires endless explanation of the law, heart - to - heart conversations about anything and everything, marking up memos and correcting draft documents, taking the junior to court appearances or client meetings (and maybe lunch), introducing the idea of law as a business as well as a profession, helping resolve complex ethical issues that sometimes arise — and that's just the half of it.

This was because in many ways we were venturing into the unknown, and notably as regard to ethical issues which lawyers are always most concerned about.

In preparation for her testimony, the Schnader Harrison partner spoke to the firm's General Counsel and other firm lawyers about that testimony and possible ethical issues.

For additional help, Mosten also supplies a section entitled «Questions and Answers About Ethical and Competent Service,» which addresses issues arising for lawyers living in states both with and without specific collaborative enabling statutes.16

N.Y. Co. 12/5/2014)-RSB-, Justice Melvin L. Schweitzer held that communications between the law firm's general counsel and a firm lawyer about ethical and malpractice issues in an ongoing case were not privileged, and thus had to be disclosed to the firm's client in a later malpractice action.

In this episode of The Digital Edge, Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway interview lawyer and legal technology blogger Sam Glover about when technology became an issue for attorneys, how they can get in trouble due to ignorance, and what all attorneys need to know about hackers, cloud services, and the resulting ethical duties.

In concept, it is a great idea for lawyers to have a place where they can share documents and research, discuss legal issues, and network with others who have shared interests, without having to worry about the ethical landmines of doing that sort of stuff in a public - facing site.

[3] This system also creates an atmosphere of stress and competitiveness within law firms, as lawyers are overworked for prolonged periods of time, which has also raised serious concerns in the legal industry about the ethical issues caused by the billable hours system.

But, as if the case whenever lawyers do just about anything in their professional capacity, ethical issues can arise when lawyers interact on LinkedIn.