Webinar: Professional Ethics for In-House Counsel
November 9, 2018
Together with the Association of Corporate Counsel Connecticut Chapter (ACC Connecticut), Shipman & Goodwin is pleased to offer this complimentary CLE program detailing important ethical issues facing in-house counsel.
While there are certainly some similarities, there are also important differences in the day-to-day ethical concerns facing in-house lawyers relative to their private firm peers. The goal of this program is to identify key ethical issues of concern to in-house counsel and to discuss best practices for dealing with them. Topics, among others, will include:
- Application of the Rules of Professional Responsibility to in-house counsel
- Who is your client?
- Employees, officers, directors and other constituents
- Subsidiaries and affiliates
- Managing Staff and Outside Counsel
- Competence, diligence, communication and supervision
- Outside counsel guidelines
- Conflicts of Interest
- Representation of company and individual employees
- Affiliate companies
- Conflicts between in-house lawyers and company/material limitation conflicts
- Attorney-Client Privilege/Confidentiality
- Unauthorized practice of law
Continuing Legal Education (CLE):
Neither the Connecticut Judicial Branch nor the Commission on Minimum Continuing Legal Education approves or accredits CLE providers or activities. It is the opinion of this provider that this webinar qualifies for up to 2 hours toward your annual CLE requirement in Connecticut, including 2 hours of ethics/professionalism.
This CLE webinar has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York CLE Board for a maximum of 2 credit hours in Ethics and Professionalism and is appropriate for both transitional and nontransitional attorneys; New York CLE for on-demand webinar viewing is available to nontransitional attorneys only.