Professional Responsibilites in Representing Persons with Diminished Capacity and Disabilities

  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Central Time (US & Canada)
  • By: American Bar Association , Center for Professional Responsibility, Young Lawyers Division
  • Source: Oklahoma > probono.net/OK

This webinar focuses on this professional responsibility, and discusses ethical rules relating to client competency, maintaining the integrity of the attorney-client relationship, confidentiality of information concerning the client's disability, and the circumstances when an attorney may withdraw from representation.

Presenters:

- Claudia Center, Senior Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society Employment Law Center, San Francisco, CA

- Roberta Flowers, Professor, Stetson University College of Law, Tampa Bay, FL

- Hon. Kristin Booth Glen (ret.), New York County Surrogate's Court, New York, NY

- Hon. Marguerite D. Downing (Moderator), Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California, Los Angeles, CA

Registration

  • CLE Credit Comments: The ABA will seek 1.5 hours of general CLE credit in 60-minute states and 1.8 hours of CLE credit in 50-minute states. Check with OBA for approval.
  • Contact:
    American Bar Association
  • Website: www.americanbar.org