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A LIVE AND INTERACTIVE TELEPHONE SEMINAR FROM VIRGINIA CLE
LIVE
Wednesday, October 6 / 12:00 noon–2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
REPLAY
Wednesday, October 20 / 2:00 noon–4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Tuesday, December 14 / 12:00 noon–2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
This program also is being offered in simultaneous LIVE SEMINAR and
LIVE WEBCAST formats:
For details and to register for a LIVE SEMINAR, click here.
For details and to register for the October webcast, click here.
Legal ethics is now one of the most dynamic areas of law. Every year, there
are significant changes to and new interpretations of existing law. This seminar
will help you keep up to date.
WHY ATTEND?
• Stay up to date on the latest changes and case law affecting the
practice of law
• Hear from the people who run Virginia’s system
• Get well-developed written outlines for future reference
TOPIC AGENDA
Part 1: Review of the Most Significant Disciplinary
Cases from the Past Year, Plus Rule and Procedural Changes
• From April 1, 2009, to April 1, 2010, 82 lawyers were publically disciplined
and 41 were privately disciplined in Virginia (up from the prior year). Which
public cases are significant and why?
• Lawyer impairment — how the disciplinary system handles this
• Trends concerning escrow accounts
• Trust account examinations
• Payee notification statute
• Conflicts when moving from private to public employment
• Proposal to amend Rule 4.2 prohibiting a lawyer from communicating with a
represented party
• New administrative fees are now levied against rule violators
Part 2: New Developments in the Law of Ethics
• Mining for metadata
• Referral services, lead sharing
• Business adversity
• Multiple-jurisdictional practice issues
• Sex with clients — Rule 8.4, Rule 1.7
• New Legal Ethics Opinions on: passing credit card transaction fees to clients;
lead-sharing referral from private associations; marketing and advertising
• How the VSB is monitoring and enforcing lawyer advertising rules in light
of the sunsetting of the Standing Committee on Lawyer Advertising and Solicitation
• Rule 1.6 — possible amendment to permit lawyers to reveal confidential information
when necessary to avoid reasonably certain bodily injury or death, or to prevent
the conviction or incarceration or execution of an innocent person accused of
a crime to which the lawyer’s client has confessed
Part 3: Legal Ethics in Cyberspace — Traps for the Unwary
• Social media networking and its ethical hazards
• Internet scams that currently are victimizing lawyers, including Virginia
lawyers
• Virtual law offices and ethics — is it safe to practice in the “cloud”?
QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION
At the end of the program, you can push a number on your touch-tone phone and
be placed in a queue for questions. When it’s your turn, you enter the conference
call in a mode that allows your question to be heard by the speakers and the
rest of the telephone audience. The speakers will then discuss the question
with you.
COURSE SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 6 AND DECEMBER 14
| 12:00 |
Ethics
Update for Virginia Lawyers 2010 |
| 1:45 |
Question-and-Answer
Session |
| 2:00 |
Adjourn |
COURSE SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 20
| 2:00 |
Ethics
Update for Virginia Lawyers 2010 |
| 3:45 |
Question-and-Answer
Session |
| 4:00 |
Adjourn |
Live 15-Minute Question-and-Answer Period on All Dates
FACULTY
Edward L. Davis manages and participates in the work of the Professional
Regulation Department of the Virginia State Bar charged by the Supreme Court of
Virginia with enforcing its disciplinary and unauthorized practice rules. He supervises
a staff of forty lawyers, investigators, and support staff who investigate and
prosecute complaints of unprofessional conduct against lawyers licensed in Virginia.
The staff also gives advice about legal ethics and the unauthorized practice of
law. Mr. Davis reports to the Virginia State Bar’s Executive Director and works
closely with the Standing Committee on Lawyer Discipline, which has oversight
responsibility for the disciplinary system.
Bernard J. DiMuro is the managing partner of the Alexandria law firm of
DiMuroGinsberg, P.C. He represents clients in complex civil litigation and professional
responsibility cases. He was formerly a chairman and member of the Eighth District
Grievance Committee and chairman of the Virginia Supreme Court Disciplinary Board.
Mr. DiMuro also has been a faculty member of the Virginia State Bar Professionalism
Course, a member of the VSB Committee to Study the Code of Professional Responsibility,
and a past president of the VSB. He assists business clients and their general
counsel in litigation management and in the audit of legal fees and legal services.
James M. McCauley is the Ethics Counsel for the Virginia State Bar, and
manages the staff counsel serving the Standing Committee on Legal Ethics, Unauthorized
Practice of Law, and the Standing Committee on Lawyer Advertising and Solicitation.
He and his staff write the draft advisory opinions for the Standing Committees
and provide informal advice over the telephone to members of the bar, bench, and
general public on matters involving legal ethics, lawyer advertising, and the
unauthorized practice of law. Mr. McCauley frequently lectures and publishes articles
on matters relating to legal ethics and the unauthorized practice of law. He teaches
Professional Responsibility at the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University
of Richmond.
REGISTRATION FEE
$139.00 regular registration.
MCLE Credit Caveat: The MCLE Board measures credits by the time you spend
in attendance. If you enter a phone seminar late or leave it early, or both, you
must reflect those adjustments accurately in the credits you report on your credit
reporting form. A code will be given at the end of the seminar, which must
be written on your MCLE form.
Cancellation/transfer
requests will be honored through 2:00 p.m. of the DAY BEFORE the seminar.
Private recording of this program is prohibited.
WHAT REQUIREMENTS ARE THERE FOR A TELEPHONE SEMINAR?
Telephone seminar registrants need a touch-tone phone and Internet access. All
telephone seminar registrations must be received by 2:00 p.m. the day prior to
the program. Telephone seminar registrants should have access to e-mail,
so that a link to the written materials can be sent prior to the program.
Registration closes at 2:00 p.m. of the day PRIOR to
the seminar.
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