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New York Adopts New Rules of Professional Conduct: Are You Ready?

Faculty: Devika Kewalramani, Alvin H. Schulman
Production Date: June 5 2009

Description

A new set of ethics rules have come into being in New York State. Thanks to the skillful guidance of Devika Kewalramani and Alvin H. Schulman, attorneys can avoid being caught off guard. With detailed analyses of the history of the rules, the discrepancy between the old set of codes and the new, and the various categories of practice that the updates impact, the program covers the full spectrum of professionalism as it is currently defined. Focus areas include competence, diligence, communication, current and former client conflicts, duties to prospective clients, and duty of confidentiality.


I. Old Rules vs. New Rules
II. Benefits of New Rules
III. Presentation of Specific Rules

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User Reviews

Matthew (New York, NY)

I enjoyed both speakers

William (Stony Brook, NY)

Very good ethics update

Precious (Brooklyn, NY)

Good

Mohamed S. (Jamaica, NY)

great.

Fred (BROOKLYN, NY)

thanks!

Tommy (Brooklyn, NY)

Knowing the new rules in contrast to the old rules is quite helpful. Thanks.

RHONDA (East Hampton, NY)

i learned alot.

Matthew (Brooklyn, NY)

Materials useful as well

Anthony (East Setauket, NY)

Good presentation by Devika and Alvin.

Trisha (nesconset, NY)

Both speakers were great

Gregory (Brooklyn, NY)

good

Steven (Brooklyn, NY)

good overview

edgar ariel (westbury, NY)

excellent

Diane (new city, NY)

Good overview.

YEWANDE (BRONX, NY)

A good course and well explained by both speakers. Would have been good to see a flip to the powerpoint presentation while reference was made to it.

Joung Ho (Flushing, NJ)

This course was informative of the new rules in NY professional conduct.

monika (Weston, CT)

This program was good, but I enjoyed Devika's other seminar more.

Kathy (Parlin, NJ)

Extremely helpful.

Steve (Arlington, VA)

Great course on the recent NY amendments.

Diane (Manlius, NY)

A lot of excellent information and application to real practice situations.

Karl (Sodus, NY)

Good summary.

Marie (New York, NY)

Good overview of the new ethics rules

Laurie (Brooklyn, NY)

very enlightening

Linda (Brooklyn, NY)

very interesting

sharda (Jamaica, NY)

Very interesting

Benjamin (New York, NY)

Excellent presentation

Edward P. (Stowe, VT)

Well-organized presentation of key differences between new rules compared to code of professional responsibility. Could probably spend more time on key issues, but as overview, this was worthwhile.

Frank (Norwalk, CT)

Great presentation!

Joseph J. (Nyack, NY)

I particularly liked the presentation of Ms. Kewalramani.

Stephen (Bar Donia, NY)

Main presenter was very engaging. Good overall style.

Anne Marie D. (middle village, NY)

a refreshing reminder of what the practice of law entails.

James (Florham Park, NJ)

Good course. Thanks.

Brian (White Plains, NY)

Well done. Effective team presentation.

Robert A. (Rochester, NY)

Very important material: I made a lot of notes as this is necessary rules

William (Mineola, NY)

Highly relevant and timely program

Ijeoma Sonia Chinwendu (Chandler, AZ)

Very interesting

JoAnne (New York, NY)

Good job! The interplay between the 2 speakers was a nice touch as well.

Richard (Potomac, MD)

Very clearly presented and most helpful in understanding the substance and implications of the new rules.

Naomi (New York, NY)

Presenters are wonderfully concise and clear.

Josh (New York, NY)

Great! Great!

Carolyne (Larchmont, NY)

Bullet point slides very useful.

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Price: $60.00

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