Legal Ethics and Legal Practice: What Every Lawyer Must Know

One of the most critical aspects of the legal profession is to uphold professional responsibility and maintain strict ethical standards. However, new reporting obligations, the remote and hybrid work setup, and the ongoing pandemic have caused dramatic shifts in the legal ethics landscape. With these changes on the horizon, legal professionals are becoming more susceptible to ethical minefields. Thus, to avoid potential risks and sanctions, it is paramount for practitioners to keep abreast with the most pressing issues while maintaining their ethical responsibility and accountability in today’s contemporary legal practice. Listen as a panel of distinguished legal practitioners organized by The Knowledge Group provide the audience with an in-depth discussion of current trends and developments surrounding the ethical practice of law and the unique ethical obligations and challenges facing lawyers today. Speakers will also share insights on how lawyers can strengthen their professional values and offer the best compliance strategies to avoid pitfalls.
LSO: This program contains 2 hours of Professionalism Content.

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Managing Partner A Lawyer’s Lawyer Professional Practices and Disciplinary Matters Advisor Kramer & Connolly
Irwin Kramer has tried countless cases to judges and juries throughout Maryland and the District of Columbia over the past 35 years, spent a few of those years as a law professor and now spends his time defending attorneys accused of professional misconduct or counseling them on ways to avoid these problems. Combined with significant trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts, Mr. Kramer’s law firm management experience gives him an appreciation for the pressures of law practice and the ethical issues confronting attorneys on a daily basis. You may find his popular blog on legal ethics at attorneygrievances.com.

Of Counsel A Lawyer’s Lawyer Legal Ethics and Risk Management Advisor Former President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL) Clyde & Co US LLP
Anthony Davis is a lawyer’s lawyer. He advises lawyers and law firms in the United States and internationally in the areas of professional responsibility, risk management and every aspect of the law governing lawyers. He frequently makes presentations to law firms and other organizations, including ABA sections, the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, and the New York State and New York City Bar Associations. Mr. Davis is a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia University School of Law, teaching “Professional Responsibility Issues in Business Practice.” He is a past President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL), a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, and a Member of the American Law Institute (ALI).