Clifford Law Offices Sponsors Free CLE Webinar on The Ethical Applications of the New Evidence Rules
Press Release, 12/27/2010Clifford Law Offices is sponsoring a two-hour free continuing legal education webinar entitled "Ethical Applications of the New Illinois Rules of Evidence." This program, which will be held 2:30-4:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17, has been approved for two hours of professional responsibility credit.
Panelists include The Honorable Donald C. Hudson, Justice of the Second District Illinois Appellate Court, Chair of the Judicial Inquiry Board and Chair of the Special Supreme Court Committee on Illinois Evidence; Professor Stephan Landsman, Evidence Professor at DePaul University College of Law for more than 25 years; and Lawrence J. Fox, Visiting Lecturer of Law at Yale Law School.
They will address the rules of evidence, which were promulgated for the first time in codified form effective Jan. 1 in Illinois, in the bigger context of the Rules of Professional Conduct. The program will explore when the offering of false evidence triggers the rules of professional conduct such as Rule 3.3, when discussing the case with others puts Rule 4.1 into play, how the lawyer must deal with and preserve confidential, privileged and work product protections when offering evidence, and how the gathering of evidence on an informal basis can violate Rule 4.4. The speakers will explore these issues through various hypotheticals with interactivity from a live audience as well as from those participating on the web.
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For further information, please call Clifford Law Offices’ Communications Partner Pamela Menaker at (312) 899-9090 or to register, visit the registration page: Ethical Applications of the New Illinois Rules of Evidence.
