Any member of the legal community, whether lawyer or support staff, full-time employee or contractor, is bound by the ethical duty of maintaining client confidences. An attorney, and by extension his or her staff, has a duty “to maintain inviolate the confidence, and at every peril to himself or herself [...]
Some Rules The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct 1.7 through 1.11 govern avoiding conflicts of interest. Rule 1.7(a) says a lawyer can’t represent a particular client if doing so would involve a conflict of interest stemming from the lawyer’s responsibilities to someone else - whether another client, a former [...]
The American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct underwent a major overhaul in 2012. The revisions to both the rules and comments were thought to be necessary in light of the ever-increasing reliance on technology, electronic communication, and electronically stored information in today's law practice. I was honored to [...]
Can attorneys ethically blog about their past trials? Does doing so violate client confidentiality? Does doing so violate professional conduct rules? What do you think? In October 2012, the Redwood Empire Paralegals Association hosted an MCLE Seminar on ethics. I was pleased to have been one of three presenters on [...]
Do you know what it is? Is it good or bad? Should we try and remove it or keep in intact? It depends! I'm honored to have had my article, All About Metadata, reprinted on here The Paralegal Society Blog. You can read an updated version of the same article here.
I work virtually. My commute is a digital one, if you will. While this work scenario has many benefits, it has ethical pitfalls as well. I was honored to have my article, Ethics in the Virtual World, published in the Winter 2012 issue of KNOW, The Magazine for Paralegals from Paralegals Knowledge [...]
