Committee Description

The Ethics and Professionalism Committee examines issues of ethics and professionalism for new attorneys. The committee identifies potential changes to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct as they affect practitioners; comments on proposed rule changes initiated by others; and strives to educate attorneys about the boundaries within which they are required to navigate their practices. The committee also promotes professionalism in the law.

News and Announcements

Message from the Chair

Legal Ethics & Substance Abuse
December 14, 2012
12:00 noon CST
Format: Teleconference
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From the 2012 Fall Conference
CLE (Ethics): Ethics and Bankruptcy: Tips and Traps for New Lawyers and Non-Bankruptcy Practitioners (audio mp3)

ABA Ethics 2020 Commission -- Paton Presentation Slides YLD ABA Midwinter

Lexis Hub for New Attorneys Podcast: Dolores Dorsainvil on Law Practice Management Tips
Download Podcast Here
Date: August 26, 2011
Duration: 30 Minutes

Alternate Business Structure
Download Audio Here
Date: July 26, 2011
Duration: 60 Minutes

Webinar Materials-Ethics 20/20 Commission

Survey Results

About the Program

The American Bar Association Commission on Ethics 20/20 is examining the impact of globalization and technology on the legal profession. In particular, one of the Commission?s Working Groups has been studying whether lawyers and law firms might be able to better serve their clients, while maintaining all necessary client protections, if the firms were allowed to structure themselves differently than is currently permitted under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (that is, create ?alternative business structures?).

The teleconference will discuss the ABS Working Group?s Issue Paper that explores the impact of recent domestic and international developments and that asks whether alternative business structures might serve to enhance access to legal services for those otherwise unable to afford them, and to provide new and varied opportunities for U.S. lawyers and law firms to better serve clients.

A copy of the Issues Paper is available online at http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/ethics_2020/abs_issues_paper.authcheckdam.pdf, and comments received in response to it are posted on the Ethics 20/20 website at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/aba_commission_on_ethics_20_20.html

If you are a young lawyer interested in weighing in on the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 issues, please attend this important teleconference.

Please note: The ABA is not requesting CLE accreditation for this program.

Program Faculty

Moderators:
Dolores Dorsainvil, District of Columbia Office of Bar Counsel, Washington, D.C

Speakers:
Paul Paton, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA

Articles and Newsletters

The 101 Practice Series: Breaking Down the Basics
The practice series is an online resource for new lawyers covering basic training in both substantive and practical aspects of a law practice. With over 170 quick tips and tools, this series is an essential resource for lawyers in their first three years of practice and is exclusively available to ABA members.

Career Development
Time Management Tips
Understanding the Importance of Marketing and Client Development
When You're One of the Few: Advice for Women and Lawyers of Color
Effective Written Communication: Thinking Like a Writer
Adjunct Teaching Opportunities as Marketing Tools

Relationships
Balancing Life and Work
E-mail Etiquette
How to Break Bad News to Your Client
Using Paralegals Wisely
Working Efficiently with Your Assistant

Ethics
Quick and Easy Ethics Tips
Professional Responsibility Reminders
Confidentiality, Privilege: A Basic Value in Two Different Applications

Practice-Specific
Bar Services & Public Service, Career Development, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Law Practice Management: Finance Management, LPM: Management, LPM: Marketing, LPM: Technology (coming soon), Relationships, Solos and Small Firms, Women & Minority Lawyers, Air and Space Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust Law, Appellate Advocacy, Bankruptcy Law, Business Law, Children and the Law, Civil Practice & Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporate Counsel, Courts, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Evidence, Family Law, Government Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, Personal Injury Law, Public Education, Real Estate Law, Science and Technology Law, Taxation, Tort and Insurance, Trial Advocacy

Interested in writing an article?
For more information email the Committee Chair or YLD Program Associate, Renee Lugo, renee.lugo@americanbar.org.

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Vice-Chair:  Rebecca Louise Ambrose

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Newsletters & Publications

July 26, 2011 Webinar Materials-Ethics 20/20 Commission

Alternate Business Structure Teleconference - 7/28

Conducting Informal Discovery Through Social Media Sites by Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson

What You Need to Know about Legal Process Outsourcing and Legal Ethics By Rebecca L. Ambrose

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