Thank you for inquiring about this course which we will be happy to bring to your local bar meeting or special event. Although this program works splendidly with the one speaker we will provide, you may want to consider putting together a 4-person panel of local judges and/or practitioners who would be asked to field questions from the audience. This presentation is designed to be interactive and we believe the addition of a panel, hand-picked by your group, will foster even greater interaction.
We will produce and send you the written materials and apply for CLE credit through the State Bar's MCLE Department and provide you with the attendance certification form. All you have to do is get your members there and make the appropriate number of copies to distribute on site. We suggest you invite your local judges and nearby law students as well. Simply provide us with the following information and return this packet to The Virginia Bar Association by fax to (804) 644-0052; or mail to 701 East Franklin Street, Ste. 1120, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If you have any questions, please call us at (804) 644-0041.
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VBA PROFESSIONALISM COURSE DEVELOPMENT FORM Organization Profile: Name of Organization: __________________________________________________ Contact: _____________________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________ Fax: _____________________________ Information on Program Site: Name of Facility: ______________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________________________________________________ Expected Attendance: ___________________________________________________ Date/Time of Presentation: Preferred Presentation Dates: -OR- Avoid Dates: Preferred Time of Day: __________________ Will this program be held in conjunction with a regularly
scheduled membership meeting? _____ Selection of hypotheticals to be used for your organization's presentation: We want to cover both substantive ethics rules and lawyer courtesy. For a one-hour program, please pick a total of ten hypotheticals – at least five of which should be from topics other than "Lawyer Courtesy." For a two-hour program, please pick a total of 20 hypotheticals, 10 of which should be from topics other than "Lawyer Courtesy." If you would prefer that we pick the hypotheticals for a well-rounded program, please advise us and we will do so. 10 hypotheticals for a 1-hour presentation Geographic Scope of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct ___1 Conduct by Non-Virginia Lawyers in Virginia Lawyers' Practices and Firms ___3 *Encouragement of "Mentoring" Lawyers Acting in Other Roles ___8 Applicability of the Ethics Rules Basic Duties to Clients ___11 *Duty to Make Legal Services Available to the Poor
Duties to Non-Clients ___26 Handling Inadvertently Received Confidential or Privileged
Material Fees and Bills ___28 Rules Governing Fee Agreements Dealing With Courts ___34 Ex Parte Contacts With Judges Dealing With the Bar ___37 *Duty to Cooperate With Admissions and Disciplinary Authority Investigations Litigation Tactics ___38 *Avoiding Disruption of Tribunals Settlement Ethics ___45 Negotiating a Settlement Using Arguably False Statements
Lawyer Courtesy ___51 *Applicability of the Ethics Code to Matters of Courtesy
* These hypotheticals include a discussion of substantive changes in the new Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct (effective January 1, 2000). |