Click, Post, Litigate – Legal Ethics in the Digital Age
Date: Sep 29, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $177.00
Non-Member Price: $209.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: For All Attorneys, Technology
Earn up to 3.4 credits, including 3.4 in Ethics! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.)
- U.S.M.J., Ronald J. Hedges LLCis Senior Counsel for Dentons in New York City and a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. He has extensive experience in e-discovery and the management of complex civil litigation matters, and has served as a special master, arbitrator and mediator. He also consults on the management and discovery of electronically stored information (ESI).
Admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, Texas and the District of Columbia, and before several federal courts, Judge Hedges is a former United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (1986-2007), where he was the Compliance Judge for the Court Mediation Program, a member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee, and a member of and reporter for the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee. A member of the Advisory Group of Magistrate Judges from 2001-2005, he has also been a member of the American Law Institute, the American and Federal Bar Associations, and the Historical Society and the Lawyers Advisory Committee of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Judge Hedges has served on the Sedona Conference Judicial Advisory Board; the Sedona Conference Working Group on Protective Orders, Confidentiality, and Public Access; and the Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention & Protection. He has also been a member of the Advisory Board of the Advanced E-Discovery Institute of Georgetown University Law Center. He is a former Fellow at the Center for Information Technology of Princeton University and has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas.
Judge Hedges has been an adjunct professor at Rutgers School of Law-Newark and is a former adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and Seton Hall University School of Law, where he has taught courses on electronic discovery and evidence and mediation skills. He is the author of “Rule 26(f): The Most Important E-Discovery Rule” (New Jersey Law Journal, 5/18/2009) and has authored, edited and co-edited a number of other publications on ESI topics including Discovery of Electronically Stored Information: Surveying the Legal Landscape (BNA, 2007). He is the principal author of the third edition of the Federal Judicial Center’s Pocket Guide for Judges on Discovery of Electronic Information.
Judge Hedges received his B.A. from the University of Maryland and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
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Presenters
- Lori B. Leskin, Esq.
- Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, NYC
- Lisa Manshel, Esq.
- Former Chair, Labor & Employment Law Section
Manshel Law LLC, Florham Parkis a Member of Manshel Law, LLC in Florham Park, New Jersey. She concentrates her practice in the representation of individuals in employment and civil rights claims, including workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, First Amendment and other issues.
Ms. Manshel is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York. She is a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers and Past Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She has lectured and published on employment law and civil rights issues.
Ms. Manshel received her B.A. from Harvard University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. - Amy Walker Wagner, Esq.
- Assistant General Counsel, Litigation
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Newark
We all recognize that tech is pervasive in the legal profession and that we need to use it to be at our best in managing our offices, marketing and practicing law. Yet, we also know that minefields lurk everywhere!
This distinguished faculty will use hypotheticals to ask “what would you do?” as they explore legal ethics in the digital age. They will also review leading decisions and ethics opinions to elucidate a lawyer’s ethical obligations.
By the end of this session, attendees will:
- Understand the Core New Jersey Professional Conduct Rules and how they relate to technology, data, and AI.
- Recognize What “Competence” Means in the Digital Age, including obligations for ongoing education and technological awareness.
- Know How to Protect Client Confidentiality in a digital/remote work environment—and what “reasonable efforts” require in New Jersey.
- Identify Ethical Risks of Using AI, Social Media, and Cloud Technology, with practical examples from New Jersey and national discussions.
- Prepare Practical Steps for Adopting and Supervising New Technology in legal practice, including risk assessment and incident response.
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