Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.

Practical Legal Ethics: When Can You Interview the Employees of Your Adversary?

Attorneys and advocates must gather a wide range of information as they pursue appeals and other legal remedies against either private entities or public agencies, like a Medicaid agency, another social services agency, or a public school district. When can this fact gathering include interviews of your adversary's employees? This training will discuss what the ethical rules say about what is and is not permitted by attorneys, advocates, and other employees of a law office. We  use a case scenario, involving Medicaid-funded private duty nursing services to a child, to illustrate how the rules could play out in a real case.

Date of original presentation: 06/18/2008

Presenter(s): Diana M. Straube, Esq., Staff Attorney & James R. Sheldon, Jr., Esq., Supervising Attorney, National Assistive Technology Advocacy Project, Neighborhood Legal Services, Buffalo, NY

Viewing time: 2 hours

If you do not want CLE credit for watching this training, there is no charge.  If you want New York State CLE credit, you may receive 2.0 hours of CLE credits for Ethics. 

(This course will discuss both the Model Code of Professional Responsibility, currently followed in New York, and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, currently followed in 47 states. Attorneys from states other than New York should check their state CLE rules governing whether New York CLE credits are accepted in your state.)

The cost of CLE is:

$60.00 for Not-for-Profit Agencies; $90.00 for Private Practice Attorneys.  When you complete this registration form, you will receive a link to the training. The link to the CLE forms will be on the training page.

Financial Hardship Policy available upon request. Contact Michelle Peterson, Training Coordinator

Newly admitted attorneys in New York State can not receive CLE credit for online training.