Description
Taught by two seasoned professional responsibility lawyers, this webcast will equip you to:
- Understand your duties to current clients when considering a move to another law firm, including how to ensure continuity and avoid conflicts.
- Clarify your responsibilities to your current firm under partnership agreements, employment contracts, or firm policies when planning your departure.
- Ensure that client matters are competently and diligently managed throughout the transition, minimizing disruption and ethical risk.
- Navigate ethical obligations unique to judicial officers, law clerks, and other neutrals who are transitioning into private practice.
- Prepare for transitions into or out of government service or corporate legal departments, with a focus on maintaining confidentiality and avoiding conflicts of interest.
Need ethics credit? This seminar qualifies for 1.0 to 1.2 ethics credit hours, depending on state requirements, in MCLE jurisdictions that accredit live webcasts.
This ethics program will benefit attorneys in a job transition as well as law firms and other employers with legal staff leaving or onboarding.