Matrimonial practice has the potential to be an ethical minefield. In an area of law in which every case is highly charged and emotional, family law attorneys become frequent targets of complaints from disgruntled clients and their former spouses.

This program will help you protect yourself and protect your clients from ethical errors.  Register today to hear experienced and knowledgeable faculty explore the common and frequent ethical problems that arise in family practice and provide practical solutions for addressing them. The speakers will review the latest ethics opinions and cases affecting your practice, and discuss the most beneficial procedures that all family lawyers should set in place from client intake to handling modifications and post-trial matters, to ensure that ethical problems are avoided.

• Client Relations-Dealing with Difficult Clients

• Client Intake/Conflicts of Interest

• Ethical Issues regarding child custody

• Handling client funds

• Client “secrets” and the duty of candor toward the tribunal

• Fee Agreements

• The limits of zealous advocacy

• Ex-parte communications

• Civility between counsel

• Terminating the Client Relationship Social Media- Yours, Your Clients, and Your Adversary and the Opposing Parties’ Ethics in Negotiating Settlements

NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 4.0 credits
(50 minute hour), including 4.0 ethics/professionalism credits

NY CLE (nt): 4.0 ethics credits