Ethics Primer
Category: On Demand
Member Price: $220
Non-Member Price: $275
Areas of Law: 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 4.5 hours of total CLE credit, including 4.5 in Ethics (Full Credits Available: NJ Ethics: 4.5). |
| NY CLE (t&nt): | NY Ethics Non-Transitional: 4.5 |
| PA CLE: | PA Ethics Credit: 3.5
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. |
Keynote
Moderator
- Hon. Edwin H. Stern P.J.A.D (Ret.)
- Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C.
Presenters
- Hon. Mary Catherine Cuff, P.J.A.D. (Ret.)
- Chair, Disciplinary Review Board of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
- Hon. Carmen Messano, C.J.A.D. (Ret.)
- Chair, Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct (ACJC)
- Heather Joy Baker, Esq.
- Clerk, The Supreme Court of New Jersey
- Carol Johnston, Esq.
- Former Counsel To the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics
Carol Johnston Ethics Law, Princeton - Johanna Barba Jones, Esq.
- Director, Office of Attorney Ethics, Trenton
Mark your calendar for this crucial ethics seminar!
This is everything an attorney practicing in New Jersey needs to know about how the ethics system works and the skills to stay safe from ethics violations. The program’s speakers are integral to the various Judiciary efforts to uphold ethics in the profession.
A distinguished panel of ethics experts, including the Chair of the Disciplinary Review Board, the Chair of the advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, the Director of the Office of Attorney Ethics, Clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court, and the Former Counsel to the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, will guide you through all aspects of ethics.
Acquire important knowledge about the following ethical topics:
- Overview of the attorney regulation system
- Anatomy of a disciplinary case
- Roles of the DRB and ACJC
- Advertising, communications and AI
- Fee arbitrations and random audits
- Trust accounting
- Recent developments in rules, regulations, and cases
- Succession planning and more!
Register today!
Program Agenda:
- 9:00 | Introduction
- 9:05 | Overview of the Critical Points of Ethics and Disciplinary Proceedings - Hon. Edwin H. Stern P.J.A.D (Ret.)
- 9:15 | Panel Discussion on the Following Topics:
- Overview of attorney regulation system and supervisory role of the Supreme Court - Heather Joy Baker, Esq. - 9:35 | Panel Discussion on the Following Topics:
- Anatomy of a disciplinary case; grievance through complaint - Johanna Barba Jones, Esq. - 9:55 | Panel Discussion on the Following Topics:
- Recent developments - rules, cases and regulations - Hon. Edwin H. Stern, P.J.A.D. (Ret.) - 10:10 | Panel Discussion on the Following Topics:
- Specific roles of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Disciplinary Review Board and the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct - Hon. Mary Catherine Cuff, P.J.A.D. (Ret.) and Hon. Carmen Messano, C.J.A.D. (Ret.) - 10:40 | Break
- 10:50 | Panel Discussion on the Following Topics:
- Resources for attorneys and attorney advertising - Carol Johnston, Esq.
- Practical tips and strategies
- Confidentiality
- Communications
- Conflicts
- Competence and technology including AI - Carol Johnston, Esq. - 11:15 | Panel Discussion on the Following Topics:
- Fee arrangements and fee arbitrations - Johanna Barba Jones, Esq.
- Business and trust accounting (including three-way reconciliations) and random audits - Johanna Barba Jones, Esq. - 11:35 | Panel Discussion on the Following Topics:
- Ethics and malpractice: contact malpractice carrier
- Check your policy type and wording
- Ethics guidance - Carol Johnston, Esq. - 11:50 | Panel Discussion on the Following Topics:
- Ethics and professionalism - Hon. Edwin H. Stern, P.J.A.D. (Ret.) - 12:20 | Panel Discussion on the Following Topics:
- Succession planning - Heather Joy Baker Esq. - 12:50 | Questions and answer, wrap up and final comments
- 1:00 | Adjourn