SpeakersMerri Baldwin
Rogers Joseph O'Donnell
Toby Rothschild
OneJustice
Richard Zitrin
Zitrin Law Office
This program will address ethical issues and questions that legal aid attorneys face, including the below topics, and other questions and hypotheticals submitted in advance.
Topics:• Conflicts of interest and disclosures, e.g., landlord-tenant, joint clients, third-party retention
• Clients with limited competence and capacity; vulnerable clients
• Limited-scope representation: advantages and pitfalls
• Representing unaccompanied minors
• Confidentiality, including with third parties, threats against others
• Uncooperative clients: communicating and withdrawal
• Attorney fees and paying modest client expenses