Drafting Effective Engagement Letters: Tools for the Ethical Lawyer-EDU250219
Cost
Member - $35.00
Student - $0.00
Non-Member - $70.00
Original Program Date
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Product ID - EDU250219
CLE Credit
CT: 1.0 CLE Credits (Ethics)
NY: 1.0 CLE Credits (Ethics)
Credit
Ethics and Professionalism:1.0
Description
Presented by the CT Bar Institute - Part of the Solo/Small Firm Series
About the Program
This program will cover the basics of drafting properly-structured engagement letters that are effective in helping prevent ethical issues in client matters. It will cover the applicable rules of professional conduct, address risk management concerns, and discuss the critical components of engagement (and non-engagement letters) that will guide conscientious attorneys in creating positive, ethical relationships with clients from beginning to end.
You Will Learn
- About the applicable rules of professional conduct and the importance of engagement letters to the attorney-client relationship
- About the basic and most critical components of good engagement letters in varying types of engagements
- About key engagement letter clauses and explore hypothetical situations where common questions arise
Who Should Purchase
All attorneys who draft or review engagement and non-engagement letters in their practice.
Speakers
Meagan A. Cauda Dana M. Hrelic
Pullman & Comley LLC, Pullman & Comley LLC,
Hartford, CT Hartford, CT
The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for newly admitted and experienced attorneys CLE credits.
Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml.