Bridge the Gap: Ethics and Law Practice Management Essentials
Friday, August 17, 2018 | 9:30 AM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT
This program focuses on key issues of ethics, professionalism, and law practice management that are essential for new attorneys and, indeed, all attorneys. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in a lively discussion of ethical hypotheticals to illustrate the relevant and practical application of the Rules of Professional Conduct in the daily practice of law. Topics include:
Ethical issues and best practices
• forming the attorney-client relationship
• evaluating, limiting and addressing conflicts
• communications with clients, opposing counsel, third parties, and the courts
• responsibilities in handling client funds and confidential information
• handling ethical lapses
Law practice management best practices
• management of staff
• utilizing technology
• time and file management
• establishing an effective conflict management system
• retainer agreements, declination letters
• billing best practices
Though the program follows the curriculum and utilizes an instructional video set forth by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for the PA Bridge the Gap requirement, it also covers New Jersey practice and divergences between New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York rules.
NJ CLE Information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.8 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 3.0 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism and 1.8 qualify as hours of credit for NJ newly admitted
credit.
New York and Pennsylvania CLE credit hours:
4.5 NY (includes up to 4.5 ethics, not 3.0) | 4.0 PA (includes 4.0 ethics, not 2.5)
Ethical issues and best practices
• forming the attorney-client relationship
• evaluating, limiting and addressing conflicts
• communications with clients, opposing counsel, third parties, and the courts
• responsibilities in handling client funds and confidential information
• handling ethical lapses
Law practice management best practices
• management of staff
• utilizing technology
• time and file management
• establishing an effective conflict management system
• retainer agreements, declination letters
• billing best practices
Though the program follows the curriculum and utilizes an instructional video set forth by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for the PA Bridge the Gap requirement, it also covers New Jersey practice and divergences between New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York rules.
NJ CLE Information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.8 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 3.0 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism and 1.8 qualify as hours of credit for NJ newly admitted
credit.
New York and Pennsylvania CLE credit hours:
4.5 NY (includes up to 4.5 ethics, not 3.0) | 4.0 PA (includes 4.0 ethics, not 2.5)
FACULTY:
Andrew L. Rossner, Associate Dean for Professional and Skills Education, Practice Professor of Law, and Director of Rutgers Institute for Professional Education. Rutgers Law School Newark
Dean Rossner was the founding director of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute, served as Deputy Director of the NJ Division of Criminal Justice, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Dean Rossner was the founding director of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute, served as Deputy Director of the NJ Division of Criminal Justice, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice.
LOCATION:
Rutgers Law School
Center for Law and Justice
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Center for Law and Justice
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
CREDITS:
CLE: NJ: 4.8 (incl. 3.0 ethics) | NY: 4.5 (incl. 3.0 ethics) | PA: 4.0 (incl. 2.5 ethics)
PROGRAM TYPES:
Newly Admitted Lawyers Course
COST:
$125.00
DETAILED INFORMATION:
