ESI Ethics & Social Media - 1-1/2 units - November 4, 2015

ESI Ethics & Social Media: What Have We Learned Since 2014?

Sponsored by Bloomberg BNA

As the legal use of social media has expanded, so have issues of ethical quandaries.

This webinar will discuss how social media has impacted the legal profession and what steps the profession might take to use social media in an ethical manner.  The program will explore problems that attorneys have encountered in their social media use and how these problems might be minimized or eliminated.

Educational Objectives:
• Understand what “competence” means in the context of social media use
• Appreciate how social media may be used to advertise
• Recognize what might or might not be appropriate advice to clients with regard to their social media use
• Understand how social media usage can be consistent with the protection of confidential communications
• Learn how social media can be used to investigate witnesses and jurors
• Appreciate the restrictions on communications with judges over social media

Who would benefit most from attending this program?
Any attorney – whether a litigator, in-house counsel, or a transactional attorney – will benefit from this webinar, as well as any legal support professional who assists attorneys in creating, maintaining, or using social media.

Speakers:

Ronald J. Hedges (moderator) - Ronald J. Hedges LLC

Hon. Timothy Sean Driscoll - Justice of the New York State Supreme Court

Mark Berman - Partner, Ganfer & Shore LLP

Ignatius Grande - Senior Discovery Attorney/Director of Practice Support, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Lori Leskin - Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP

FREE!

Total Credits:  1.50 units Ethics

Online

November 4, 2015, 8:00 am - 9:30 am PDT

For further information see:

http://www.bna.com/esi-ethics-social-m17179935038/?elq=9b1b597d253e4e7cb4d75633e10a4815&elqCampaignId=1457&elqaid=2500&elqat=1&elqTrackId=c82a36e4e3624cea8bea9f08f8168f8c

Note:  May require a promotion code