Limited Scope Representation 2021: Ethical & Practical Challenges

  • 9:00 AM - 11:10 AM
  • Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • By: Practising Law Institute
  • Practising Law Institute
  • Source: Massachusetts > MassProBono
Topics:
  • Seminar
  • Training (non-CLE)

Why You Should Attend

To respond to the access to justice crisis facing the legal system, the civil legal services community and the judiciary have partnered in the expansion of services based on limited scope representation. Limited Scope Representation 2021: Ethical & Practical Challenges will focus on how limited scope models employ best practices to respond to common ethical issues and problems that arise.


What You Will Learn

- Ethical issues in limited scope representation, including communication, scope, competence, candor before the tribunal, ghostwriting and conflicts
- Best practices to respond to the everyday ethics challenges in limited scope programs


Who Should Attend

This program will be of great interest to court personnel interested in maintaining adequate safeguards for unrepresented litigants seeking help from a limited scope representation program; attorney volunteers, both in law firms and in-house; legal services attorneys; and law firm pro bono managers involved in limited scope representation programs.


**Scholarships are available to participate in this program: https://learning.pli.edu/scholarship