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Representing Clients With Diminished Capacity (Webcast)

LIVE WEBCAST
Representing Clients with Diminished Capacity:
Ethical Rules and Best Practices
Monday, October 5, 2020 | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Program Fee:
$49 for Members | $99 for Nonmembers
Members who are Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2018-2020), In-House/Corporate Counsel, Judges, or attorneys that practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.

CLE Credit:
New York: 2.0 Ethics
New Jersey: 2.3 Professional Responsibility
California: 2.0 Professional Responsibility
Pennsylvania: 1.5 Professional Responsibility
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

This program provides transitional/non-transitional credit to all attorneys

Description:
Expert panelists will discuss the ethical requirements and best practices, including guardianship and its alternatives, “[w]hen a client’s capacity to make adequately considered decisions in connection with a representation is diminished, whether because of minority, mental impairment or for some other reason.”  N.Y. Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.14.

Panelists will draw on their diverse experience representing children, adults with mental health or developmental/intellectual disabilities, and older adults, in cases that range from family court to class actions

Click Here to View Program Agenda & Faculty

Program Chair:
Maia Goodell, Kakalec Law PLLC

Sponsoring Association Committees:
Children & the Law, Melissa J. Friedman, Chair
Civil Rights, Zoey Chenitz, Chair
Disability Law, Katherine Rose Carroll, Chair
Mental Health Law, Karen P. Simmons, Chair
Small Law Firms, Anne Wolfson, Chair


Where
New York City Bar 42 West 44th St New York, NY 10036


Monday, 05 October 2020

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