Thursday, October 26, 2017 | 6:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Program Instructor
Stephen Gillers
Elihu Root Professor
of Law
New York University School of Law
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No matter your practice area or whether or not you have previously attended, you won’t want to miss this program. Join us to hear this nationally renowned professor and ethicist address current issues of legal ethics. Programs typically feature distinct topics which are chosen close in time to the event to maximize topicality. The topics are geared to an audience of diverse interests. Audience questions and comments are encouraged.
Topics to be addressed:
• Are You Ready for AmazonLaw.com? (I made that up but so might Jeff Bezos)
• LegalZoom’s Deal with North Carolina (coming to a state near you?)
• Why Was It So Hard for El Chapo to Hire a Lawyer?
• Eight Reasons Why (Mostly) Good Lawyers Mess Up
• Why Do Smart Lawyers Do Stupid Things on Social Media?
• Disclosure Rules for Prosecutors: Brady v. NY Rule 3.8(b)
• The NYS Bar Ass’n v. AVVO Legal Services: What’s All the Fuss About?
• Professional Self-Promotion Outside and Within the Advertising Rules
• You Can’t Be Adverse or Disloyal to a Current Client: What Exactly Does That Mean? (and the uncertainty wrought by Celgard LLC v. LG Chem Ltd.)
• Are You as Ethically Sharp as a 2L (new question for the quiz)?This program will not be taped. You will only have the chance to see it – live!
Live Program: $249 Member | $349 Nonmember
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Stephen Gillers is Elihu Root Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, where he has taught since 1978 and served as Vice Dean from 1999 to 2004. He has written widely on legal ethics and has spoken at hundreds of events in the U.S. and abroad. He is the author of Regulation of Lawyers: Problems of Law and Ethics first published in 1985 and now in its 10th edition.
From 2000-2002, Professor Gillers was a member of the ABA’s Multijurisdictional Practice Commission. In 2010-2013, he was a member of the ABA’s 20/20 Commission. In 2011, he received the Michael Franck Award from the ABA’s Center for Professional Responsibility. In 2015, he received the American Bar Foundation’s Outstanding Scholar Award.
Professor Gillers’ recent scholarship includes “Guns, Fruit, Drugs, and Documents: A Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Responsibility for Real Evidence,” 63 Stan. L. Rev. 813 (2011); “A Profession, If You Can Keep It: How Information Technology and Fading Borders Are Reshaping the Law Marketplace and What We Should Do About It,” 63 Hastings L. J. 953 (2012); “How To Make Rules for Lawyers: The Professional Responsibility of the Legal Profession,” 40 Pepperdine L. Rev. 365 (2013)(Symposium issue on The Lawyer of the Future); “Lowering the Bar: How Lawyer Discipline in New York Fails to Protect the Public,” 17 J. Legis. & Public Policy 485 (2014); and “A Tendency to Deprave and Corrupt: The Transformation of American Obscenity Law from Hicklin to Ulysses II, 85 Wash. L. Rev. 215 (2007).
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6:00 pm – 6:10 pm Introduction: Why Do Good Lawyers Do Stupid Things on the Internet? 6:10 pm – 6:25 pm Coming Soon? AmazonLaw.com 6:25 pm – 6:40 pm LegalZoom in North Carolina: A Template? 6:40 pm – 6:55 pm What’s the NYS Bar’s Problem with AVVO? 6:55 pm – 7:10 pm Eight Reasons Lawyers Mess Up (Risking Civil Liability and Discipline) 7:10 pm – 7:25 pm Celgard v. LG Chem: Full Implications UNKNOWN / So BEWARE 7:25 pm – 7:40 pm Brady v. NY Rule 3.8(b): Is the Ethical Duty Broader than the Case? 7:40 pm – 7:55 pm A Partial Refresher on NY Advertising Rules 7:55 pm – 8:05 pm Why Has El Chapo Had Trouble Hiring a Lawyer? 8:05 pm – 8:10 pm Are You as Ethically Sharp as a 2L: New Questions 8:10 pm – 8:15 pm Q&A -
NY: 2.5 ethics
NJ: 2.5 professional responsibility
CA: 2.5 professional responsibility
PA: 2.0 professional responsibility -
Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
Maricela Alfonso, Membership and CLE Relations Associate | (212) 382-6608 | MAlfonso@nycbar.org
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