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Civil litigators (commercial litigation, personal injury, workers' compensation, insurance defense, family/domestic).
Financial hardship information is available upon request.
The Fifth Amendment for Civil Litigators-2021CLC-TT02
Cost -
This session will provide a review of the law relating to a person's right against self-incrimination under the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article First, Section 8 of the Connecticut Constitution and the implications for invoking that right in the civil litigation context. This session will assist civil litigators in identifying potential self-incrimination issues of parties and witnesses and evaluating them relative to litigation strategy.
Member - $25.00
Non-Members - $50.00
Student - $15.00
2021CLC Session Date - June 15, 2021 a.m.
Product ID - 2021CLC-TT02
CLE Credit
1.0 CT (General);
1.0 CT (General);
1.0 NY (AOP)
About the Program
This session will provide a review of the law relating to a person's right against self-incrimination under the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article First, Section 8 of the Connecticut Constitution and the implications for invoking that right in the civil litigation context. This session will assist civil litigators in identifying potential self-incrimination issues of parties and witnesses and evaluating them relative to litigation strategy.
Credit
General:1.0
Description
The Trial Track
Presented by the Criminal Justice Section
You Will Learn
- When a party or witness may invoke his or her 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination
- How a party or witness may invoke his or her 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination (considering intentional and unintentional waiver)
- Effects of invoking or waiving one’s Fifth Amendment rights in the context of civil litigation
- Strategy in approaching 5th Amendment issues
Who Should Purchase
Civil litigators (commercial litigation, personal injury, workers' compensation, insurance defense, family/domestic).
Speaker
Cody N. Guarnieri
Brown Paindiris & Scott LLP,
Hartford, CT
☐The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for transitional and non-transitional 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, or a fully interactive videoconference. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information about transitional and non-transitional courses, please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml.
Financial hardship information is available upon request.
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