2020 Virtual Legal Ethics Seminar
The 2020 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar was presented as a virtual program. As in previous years, we still applied for 3.0 hours (60-minute states) and 3.5 hours (50-minute states) of ethics continuing legal education.
Program Agenda:
8:30 a.m. - Welcome (Michael Aldana) and Opening Remarks (Daniel E. Conley)
8:35 to 9:35 a.m. - "My Friend Wants to Know…": A Conversation with an Expert on the Most Frequent Questions Asked to Lawyer Ethics Hotlines, and the Most Common Causes of Bar Discipline
Presented by: Emily M. Feinstein; Stacy A. Alexejun; and Aviva Kaiser, Ethics Counsel, State Bar of Wisconsin
9:35 to 9:40 a.m. - Break
9:40 to 10:40 a.m. - Ethics Traps for In-House Counsel in Facing the Employment, Data, and HIPAA Privacy Challenges of COVID-19
Presented by: Meghan C. O'Connor; Linda C. Emery; and William A. Walden
10:40 to 10:45 a.m. - Break
10:45 to 11:45 a.m. - Navigating Murky Waters: Ethical Considerations in Environmental Matters, Including Multi-Party Representations, Disclosures, and Managing Experts
Presented by: George J. Marek; Cynthia A. Faur; and Jacqueline M. Vidmar
For additional information on this topic, please contact Michael Aldana, Stacy Alexejun, Daniel Conley, Cynthia Faur, Emily Feinstein, Meghan O'Connor, Linda Emery, George Marek, William Walden, Jacqueline Vidmar.