Risk Management Webinars for Lawyers

2012 Online Webinar

CNA Risk Management Webinar for Lawyers

“The Adaptable Lawyer: Staying Practical in Today’s Complex Legal Environment”

Webinar available at no additional charge.

Limited number of registrants per session. You must have high-speed internet access to participate in the webinar. In order to receive credit for attending, each attorney must participate through their own individual computer.

Application for accreditation of this program in New York for CLE is currently pending.

Course Overview and Outline:

Presented by lawyers for lawyers, this program will focus on providing valuable instruction, practical guides, checklists and risk control and ethical recommendations to help lawyers safely navigate today’s complex legal environment and assist them in minimizing professional liability risk.

Duration: 2 Hours total (Four 30-minute segments)

Webinar Topics and Learning Objectives

Ethical Guidance for Responding to Potential Legal Malpractice or Ethical Errors

Identify practice errors when they occur and learn how to comply with ethical and professional obligations. Identify how and when to notify clients, and what to tell them. Learn relevant risk control techniques to manage and minimize professional liability and ethical risks

Forming, Maintaining and Terminating the Attorney-Clent Relationship

Identify risks of practicing in the area of civil litigation and the forming and ending of the attorney-client relationship. Learn relevant, ethical risk control techniques, including the use of sample engagement letters, disengagement letters, non-engagement letters and conflict waivers.

The Hidden Risks of Business Transaction Practice

Identify risks of practicing in the area of business transactions and learn relevant and ethical risk control techniques to manage and minimize professional liability and ethical risks.

Ethical and Practical Tips for Cloud Computing and Social Media

Identify emerging technology risks in the practice of law and learn practical, ethical techniques and instruction on establishing a document retention policy for data stored in the “cloud,” safely and ethically utilizing social media in the practice of law, and establishing law firm networks to manage client privacy and confidentiality in the digital age and comply with all applicable rules of professional conduct.

Participant Profile:

Attorneys engaged in the practice of law and law firm administrators.

Registration normally opens 90 days prior to the scheduled webinar date and closes 30 minutes prior to the start of each webinar.

2012 Webinars Scheduled for:

Thursday, April 12, 2012, 11:00am – 1:15pm, ET

Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 11:00am – 1:15pm, ET

Thursday, June 21, 2012, 1:00 – 3:15pm, ET

Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 1:00 – 3:15pm, ET

Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 1:00 – 3:15pm, ET

Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 11:00am – 1:15pm, ET

Note: 2012 is the last year that premium-credit eligible webinars will be offered. Starting in Fall 2012 CNA plans to offer self-study classes at nominal cost which will be eligible for premium credit in future years.

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Parsons & Associates, Inc.
The Galleries of Syracuse
440 South Warren Street, Suite 704
PO Box 3890
Syracuse, NY 13220-3890