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Wed Feb 5
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Representing Clients with Diminished Decision-making Capacity: What the Model Rules Do and Don't Tell You
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
- Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- By: American Bar Association
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This event will take place online.Map:New York, NY
Topics:
- Disability
Using hypotheticals and role-play scenarios, this webinar will explore how lawyers can navigate their ethical duties under the ABA Model Rules of Professional Responsibility when representing people with psychiatric or cognitive conditions whose decision-making abilities are in question. Our panel of experts will also provide practical tips for how lawyers can meet their obligation to improve communication with their client, provide decision-making support, and request possible accommodations during the legal proceedings, with the goal of maintaining as "normal" a lawyer-client relationship as possible.