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ETHICS
INQUIRY PROGRAM Guide to the ARDC Ethics Inquiry Program | Ethics FAQs | Professionalism Seminar | Legal Ethics Research Links PROFESSIONALISM SEMINAR Overview of Course This course, taught by a select faculty of distinguished lawyers and other professionals, focuses on the Rules of Professional Conduct and its practical day-to-day application in operating a law office and in resolving the common ethical dilemmas faced by all lawyers. At the present time, course enrollment is limited to Illinois lawyers who are required to fulfill a disciplinary requirement. Next Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008 Where: ARDC, One Prudential Plaza, 130 E. Randolph Drive, Suite 1100 Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Certificate of Attendance: At the conclusion of the course, registrants who have completed all three parts of the course receive a Certificate of Attendance. Registrants who arrive after the course begins or leave before the course ends will not receive a Certificate. Course Materials Each registrant will receive a handbook containing a course agenda, materials that supplement the course topics and a copy of the Rules of Professional Conduct. There is no course fee. Course Topics Part 1 File, Calendar and Conflicts Systems, Advertising, Handling Client Funds and Property, Issues of Office Sharing and Partnerships, Supervision of Employees Part 2 Effective Communications With Clients, Fee Agreements and Collection Issues, Avoiding Conflicts, Competence, Issues of Confidentiality, Terminating Employment Part 3 Duty to Court, Obligation of Good Faith, Relationships with Other Attorneys and Other Parties, Obligation to Profession and Community, Stress Management To Register: |
