Idaho State Bar

11:00 a.m. (MDT)/10:00 a.m. (PDT)
Teleseminar/Audio Stream
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. in partnership with Peach New Media and WebCredenza
Online Registration Only

This program will provide you with a discussion of ethical issues involved in disputes with clients, how to prevent them before they arise, and how to mitigate potential liability once they arise. Attorneys will learn more about:

• Ethical issues in disputes with clients in litigation and in transactions
• Sources of disputes - attorneys' fees, communication, course or outcome of representation, conflicts of interest
• Confidentiality and self-defense - what can/cannot attorneys do to defend themselves against ethics charges?
• Techniques to prevent disputes when the attorney-client relationship begins, including waiver of conflicts and well-drafted engagement letters
• Resolving disputes before they result in ethics complaints or malpractice charges, including withdrawals from a case
• Relationship of ethics claims to malpractice lawsuits and best practices to mitigate damages

11:00 a.m. MDT/10:00 a.m. PDT
Webstream/Teleseminar
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. in partnership with Peach New Media and WebCredenza, Inc.

The pace at which lawyers are moving among law firms has increased in the last decade. This trend reflects the changing structure of law practice, general economic volatility, demand from clients for more specialization and lower costs, and the spread of technology.  Every time a lawyer changes law firm affiliation, a range of urgent ethical issues arise for the lawyer, his or her old firm and the firm he or she hopes to join.  Among the many questions are whether and when communications with clients are proper, ownership and transfers of files, law firm names, and conflict checks.  This program will provide lawyers with a practical framework of ethical issues that arise when they change law firm affiliation.

• Ethical issues when lawyers change law firm affiliation
• Propriety and timing of communications with the departing lawyer’s clients
• Ownership and transfer of client files among law firms
• Diligence for the new firm before offering a position to a prospective partner or associate – conflicts, confidentiality, and screening
• Issues when a solo practitioner joins a multi-lawyer firm
• Malpractice coverage issues

9:00 - 11:00 a.m. (MDT)
The Law Center, 525 W. Jefferson Street - Boise/Statewide Webcast
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation
Registration begins 8:30 a.m.

The acquisition or sale of a small business often involves the complex interplay of legal, financial, tax and business consideration. University of Idaho College of Law Associate Dean and Idaho Law Foundation CLE Committee Chairperson Lee B. Dillion will provide the attorney in general practice with good overview of the issues that are critically important in handling their first - or next - business sale.

Early Bird registration ends August 8, 2014

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Law Center, 525 W. Jefferson Street, Boise/Statewide Webcast
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation
Registration begins 8:30 a.m.

Please join the Idaho Law Foundation for Handling Your First or Next Child Support Case - Establishment and Enforcement, featuring Mr. Charles B. Bauer, Bauer & French. Mr. Bauer will spend the first hour discussing the forms, process and procedure for establishing child support for your client's child or children. During the second hour, he will outline the options and related steps when enforecment of an existing order is necessary.

Early Bird registration ends September 5, 2014