How Mindfulness Can Help You Avoid Legal Burnout
As legal professionals, constant stress is often a part of the job. If we don’t effectively manage chronic stress, however, it has the potential to cripple our productivity levels and make it physically, mentally, and emotionally impossible to effectively advocate for our clients and ourselves. Further, we run the risk of running afoul of the […]
Lawyer Competence and Communication in Our Diverse World
Our society, and our client communities, are becoming more culturally and language diverse. This program will look at the ethical issues that this presents for lawyers and legal services programs. We will discuss requirements of competence, communication, confidentiality and supervision, among others. Presenters: Toby Rothschild (he/him)
Ethical Representation of Abuse Victims: A Best Practices Guide for Attorneys in Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse Cases
When a client’s case involves abuse, professional responsibility takes on new meaning. While national and state ethics rules give some guidance, ethical and professional obligations required in abuse cases involve unique best practices and resources. It is thus imperative to be prepared with these specific tools when representing a survivor of abuse, and to avoid […]