Ethical Obligations to Other Attorneys
This session is designed to educate attendees on a variety of the ethical obligations they frequently face in their role as criminal defense attorneys. Using a combination of lecture, real-life anecdotes, and hypotheticals, attendees will learn how to identify and satisfy ethical obligations common to specific parts of criminal defense, including successor representation, juvenile delinquency-to-superior transfers and reverse waivers, and concurrent abuse/neglect/dependency cases. This session will include education on a number of Rules of Professional Conduct, including but not limited to Rule 1.1 Competence, 1.2 Scope of Relationship, 1.4 Communication, 1.6 Confidentiality, and 4.2 Communication with Persons Represented by Counsel.
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