Ethics in Appellate Practice
Category: On Demand
Member Price: $294
Non-Member Price: $368
Areas of Law: Appellate Practice, Ethics
| NJ CLE: | NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 3.3 hours of total CLE credit, including 3.3 in Ethics (Full Credits Available: NJ Ethics: 3.3). |
| NY CLE (t&nt): | NY Ethics Non-Transitional: 3.0 |
| PA CLE: | PA Ethics Credit: 2.5
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program. |
Featured Speaker
Moderator
- Catherine B. Derenze, Esq.
- Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC, Newark
Presenters
- Hon. Katie A. Gummer, J.A.D.
- New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
- Rebekah R. Conroy, Esq.
- President, Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey
Stone Conroy LLC, Florham Park - Natalie H. Mantell, Esq.
- McCarter & English, Newark
- Ezra D. Rosenberg
- Director of Appellate Advocacy, ACLU of New Jersey, Newark
- Christina Vassiliou Harvey, Esq.
- Lomurro Munson, LLC, Freehold
Learn how to navigate the territory of ethics in appellate practice. An esteemed panel of appellate attorneys and an Appellate Division judge will address attorney ethical obligations, starting with the decision to file an appeal. Acquire knowledge about the duties of diligence, competence, and communication as applied during the appellate process. Discover attorney responsibilities under the Rules of Professional Conduct regarding candor to the tribunal. Gain information on what to do when a client wants an attorney to raise a frivolous argument on appeal. Listen to riveting panel discussions about ethical responsibilities through each phase of the appellate process. Register today!
Program Agenda:
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9:00 | Introduction – Catherine B. Derenze, Esq.
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9:05 | Should there be an appeal? – Panel
- Ethical issues, conflict of interest, R. 1:4-8(a)(1), (2)- (a), effect of signing, filing or advocating a paper; applicable RPC’s (Appellant) Fed. R. Civ. P. 11
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9:35 | Duty of Diligence (both sides), Duty of competence (both sides), and Duty of Communication (both sides) – Panel
- Applicable RPC’s, Use of AI in appellate practice in an ethical manner
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10:25 | Break
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10:35 | Candor to the tribunal (both sides), Applicable RPC’s – Panel
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11:15 | Obligation to argue points raised by client that counsel deems frivolous? – Panel
- Civil cases- R. 1:4-8; Fed. R. Civ. P. 11; RPC 3.3(a)(1) -
11:50 | Q&A
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12:00 | Adjourn