Legal Ethics and Technology: Complying With Changes to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Best Practices to Protect Client Confidences and Advertise Legal Services
An excellent way to earn ethics CLE credits
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will prepare attorneys to deal with the ethical issues that arise when using technology in the practice of law, particularly in light of the recent updates to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Important issues include areas of cloud computing, encryption and attorney-client communications.
Outline
- Technology that can create ethical challenges
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Ethical challenges in using technology
- Cloud computing
- Encryption
- Attorney-client communications
- And more
- Model Rule changes
- Best practices to avoid ethical violations
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What are the new changes to the Model Rules that impact the ways counsel can use technology in the practice of law?
- What technologies used by attorneys in the practice of law present the most significant challenges?
- What are the best practices for counsel to avoid ethical violations when using technology in the practice of law?
Following the speaker presentations, you'll have an opportunity to get answers to your specific questions during the interactive Q&A.
Faculty

Jack Marshall
President
ProEthics
He is an ethics trainer, having created and facilitated more than 200 different interactive seminars, retreats and... | Read More
He is an ethics trainer, having created and facilitated more than 200 different interactive seminars, retreats and training sessions on ethics, compliance, leadership, management, and harassment. He is a member of both the Mass. and D.C. Bars. He served on the adjunct faculty of the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C., teaching legal ethics from 2006-2008.
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Shannon Brown
Atty
Law Office of Shannon Brown
His practice focuses primarily on acting as a consulting attorney to other attorneys on technology-related issues in... | Read More
His practice focuses primarily on acting as a consulting attorney to other attorneys on technology-related issues in legal matters, advising law firms and solo attorneys on legal-technology ethics issues (law firm technology reviews or "audits"), and consulting on discovery and eDiscover technical issues. He is a published author and presenter on legal technology and ethics issues.
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Jodi Cramer
Senior Air Staff Counsel
United States Air Force
She specializes in information law. She previously served as general attorney with FEMA, where she advised on... | Read More
She specializes in information law. She previously served as general attorney with FEMA, where she advised on technology, media, FOIA, privacy, ethics, fiscal, personnel, and intellectual property issues, While at FEMA, she advised on FEMA’s social media program amd co-founded the Federal Cloud Compliance Committee.
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