Whether you’re in private, government, or corporate practice, you’re likely to deal with electronic information and communications on a daily basis for transactional, litigation, and business reasons. This program will explore your ethical obligations in these areas including: competence, confidentiality, advertising and issues affecting both state and federal court. Minefields are lurking everywhere! This program will assist you in understanding the “do’s and do not’s.”
Join our very own New Jersey/nationally recognized expert in electronic discovery, the Honorable Ronald J. Hedges, Former US Magistrate Judge, as he leads a panel discussion addressing intriguing questions such as:
• What are the relevant Model Rules of Professional Conduct?
• What does it mean for an attorney to be "competent" when dealing with electronically stored
information ("ESI") and how can an attorney maintain that competence?
• What working knowledge of ESI should an attorney have – should there be a “baseline” of
technological competence expected of attorneys, at least so attorneys can ask the right
questions or know when and how to seek technological assistance?
• What should an attorney do to protect the confidentiality of electronic communications and
what obligations does an attorney have when receiving inadvertent communications?
• What are the obligations of an attorney when dealing with third-party providers of
ESI-related services?
• What are the obligations of an attorney when dealing with retained experts on ESI-related
matters for litigation?
• What is the “Cloud” and how can an attorney use it for professional or business purposes,
including advertising?
• What can an attorney do to investigate witnesses over the Internet?
• What can an attorney do to investigate jurors over the Internet?
• What about communications between attorneys and judges?
• What should an attorney know about filing documents in electronic form with a court?
• How mishandling ESI can lead to the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and how any
such waiver can be avoided
...and more!
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.0 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 4.0 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism
| Credits |
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 4.0 credits
(50 minute hour), including 4.0 ethics/professionalism credits |
| PA CLE: 3.0 ethics credits pending ($12 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program) |
| NY CLE (t&n/t): 4.0 ethics credits | | |
Door Registration: $190