Estate Planning for Professional Responsibility

The American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility, Young Lawyers Division, Family Law Section, Solo, Small Firm, and General Practice Division, Commission of Law and Aging, Section of Real Property,, Trust and Estate Law and Center for Professional Development, is offering a Live Webinar and Teleconference CLE program entitled, Professional Responsibility in Representing Persons with Diminished Capacity and Disabilities, on Thursday July 25, 2013 12:00- 1:30pm central time.  Provided below is a description of the event:

Attorneys representing persons with diminished capacity face unique challenges in meeting their primary duty under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to allow their clients to make “adequately considered decisions” in the course of their case.  This webinar focuses on this professional responsibility, and discusses ethical rules relating to client competency, maintaining the integrity of the attorney-client relationship, confidentiality of information concerning the client’s disability, and the circumstances when an attorney may withdraw from representation.