The Lawyer's Duty of Communication
3 CLE / 3 E - Tuesday, March 15, 9:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.
LIVE IN-PERSON SEMINAR - ICLEF Conference Facility, Indianapolis
LIVE WEBCAST - From your home or office
From an initial client interview to completing a representation, a lawyer’s duty of communication with a client creates on-going potential for ethics missteps and legal malpractice liability. Learn what you can do to effectively meet this important attorney-client duty.
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TOPICS:
• The QUIZ: A potpourri of the hottest topics in legal malpractice and ethics, and what you need to know to protect yourself from novel malpractice risks and ethics complaints.
• A look at Rules 1.4 Communication and 1.0 Terminology and how these Rules of Professional Conduct establish the contours of required client communication.
• The Lawyer’s Duty of Communication, continued, with an examination of real-world communication issues.
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FACULTY:
Christian A Stiegemeyer is the Director of Risk Management for The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company and Executive Vice President of The Bar Plan Foundation. He annually conducts more than seventy Risk Management seminars, on a wide variety of ethical and legal malpractice issues, covering current issues concerning professionalism and providing practical solutions for dealing with malpractice and ethical concerns.
Mr. Stiegemeyer also directs The Bar Plan’s Practice Management Program, providing on-site, personalized reviews of lawyers’ law firm practices to help improve risk management and case handling procedures. In addition, Mr. Stiegemeyer responds to The Bar Plan’s ethics and malpractice telephone “Hotline” to timely assist its insureds with issues that arise in their daily practice and has written numerous articles appearing in a variety of national, state and local bar association publications. He received his B.A. from Southeast Missouri State University and J.D. from The Saint Louis University School of Law in 1992.
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The Lawyer's Duty of Communication
3 CLE / 3 E - Tuesday, March 15, 9:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.
LIVE IN-PERSON SEMINAR - ICLEF Conference Facility, Indianapolis
LIVE WEBCAST - From your home or office
ICLEF • Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Indianapolis, IN • Indiana's Premier CLE Provider