THE ADAPTABLE LAWYER: STAYING PRACTICAL IN TODAY'S COMPLEX LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
Friday, February 17, 2012
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Box Lunch Included
Grassy Hill Country Club, Orange

Sponsored by:
Kronholm Insurance Services

This program will begin immediately following the
Get More Bang for the Buck: How to Maximize the Value of Every Case seminar.

** YOU MUST REGISTER FOR EACH PROGRAM SEPARATELY **
Register online or call (860) 522-4345 to reserve your seat.

Program Moderator:
Kenneth J. Laska, Esq., Segal & Laska LLC, Plainville

Program Speakers:
Sean Ginty, Esq., BS, JD, Risk Control Consulting Director
CNA's Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Program
Mark A. Dubois, Geraghty & Bonnano, LLC, New London
James F. Sullivan, Esq., Howard Kohn Sprague & Fitzgerald , LLP

COURSE OVERVIEW:

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.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• 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.
• Identify risks of practicing in the area of civil litigation and the forming and ending of the attorney-client relationship and learn relevant and ethical risk control techniques, including the use of sample engagement letters, disengagement letters, non-engagement letters and conflict waivers.
• Identify emerging technology risks in the practice of law and learn practical and 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 firm networks to manage client privacy and confidentiality in the digital age and comply with all applicable rules of professional conduct.
• 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.

Participant Profile:

Attorneys engaged in the practice of law and Law Firm Administrators

PROGRAM FEE: $30

Those who attend will  earn  up to a 7.5% PREMIUM CREDIT  for 3 years on professional liability insurance offered through the CTLA exclusively endorsed program underwritten by CNA.

Speakers

CLE Credits

This Continuing Legal Education program is appropriate for both newly-admitted and experienced attorneys, and has been approved for the following credits in accordance with the rule requirements of these states:

Venue

441 Clark Ln., Orange CT 06477

Additional Information

This continuing legal education program is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys, and has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 2.0 credit hours, of which 2.0 credit hours can be applied to the Ethics requirement.