Why You Should Attend

Our faculty features experienced, expert faculty, including general counsel from leading law firms, who are prepared to discuss how conflicts of interest may arise in practice along with relevant ethical considerations and practical takeaways.  The program will engage audience members with real-world conflicts scenarios and prompt attendees to respond to how they would navigate the potential conflicts before them.

What You Will Learn 

Recent decsisions and developments in conflict of interest law
The applicable New York Rules of Professional Conduct – their relationship to the American Bar Association Model Rules
Using the Rules, identifying a conflict
Determining whether a conflict may be waived and developing an effective waiver
Best practices based upon ethics and disciplinary opinions
Special Features

Audience polling questions based on realistic conflicts scenarios

Who Should Attend

All attorneys seeking to learn about ethical issues stemming from conflicts of interest should find this program helpful.

Schedule

9:10 Ethics and Conflicts of Interest in Law Practice

Recent decisions and developments in conflict of interest law
The applicable New York Rules of Professional Conduct – their relationship to the American Bar Association Model Rules

Using the Rules, identifying a conflict

Determining whether a conflict may be waived and developing an effective waiver

Best practices based upon ethics and disciplinary opinions
Ellen L. Hayes, Jennifer A. Paradise, Julie A. Turner, James Q. Walker

11:10 Adjourn