Ethics & Pro Bono
Total Credits: 1.5 CLE, 1.5 Ethics
- Average Rating:
- 3
- Categories:
- Ethics
- Faculty:
- Lynda C Shely
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Jun 14, 2023
- Co-Sponsored by:
- Presented at the 2023 State Bar Convention
Description
This ethics CLE features a panel of experienced judges and attorneys who provide tips for preventing and addressing ethical challenges. Panelists provide examples and practical tools for issues including conflicts, confidentiality, advising people with mental health issues, limited-scope representation agreements, assisting self-represented litigants, and when and how to withdraw. Volunteer attorneys address myths about pro bono and explain how pro bono programs provide convenient and rewarding opportunities designed for new/young attorneys, active attorneys, and retired attorneys.
What You’ll Learn:
1. Practice tips to prevent or address ethical dilemmas
2. Tips for assisting self-represented litigants including people experiencing mental health challenges
3. Facts that “bust” myths about pro bono & ways pro bono programs make it rewarding for participants
Presented by: Arizona’s Pro Bono Network & State Bar Legal Services Advisory Panel
Handouts
| W-6 Ethics & Pro Bono (12.6 MB) | 27 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Lynda C Shely Related Seminars and Products
Rosing Pott & Strohbehn
Lynda C. Shely is a partner in the Phoenix, Arizona office of Rosing Pott & Strohbehn (in partnership with Zelms Erlich Lenkov) where she provides legal ethics, risk management, and ABS regulatory advice to lawyers, law firms, and law firm investors. She was the 2020-2023 chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, an Arizona Delegate in the ABA House of Delegates, and currently volunteers with several other nonbillable entities involved in legal ethics matters, including as a member of the Arizona Supreme Court’s Alternative Business Structure Committee, the Arizona Supreme Court’s Committee on AI in the Courts, the ABA Standing Committee on Professional Regulation, and the State Bar of Arizona Ethics Advisory Group. She is a past president of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, the Scottsdale Bar Association, and the National ABS Law Firm Association. She has been an adjunct professor at all Arizona law schools, teaching professional responsibility. Lynda has received several awards for her contributions to the legal community including the 2007 State Bar of Arizona Member of the Year Award, the 2022 Maricopa County Bar Member of the Year Award, the 2023 Maricopa County Bar Hall of Fame, and the 2024 Arizona Women Lawyers' Association Annual Sarah Herring Sorin Award. Lynda had her own law firm for 21 years before joining Rosing Pott & Strohbehn. Prior to opening her own firm, Lynda was the Director of Lawyer Ethics for the State Bar of Arizona. Before moving to Arizona, Lynda was an attorney with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Washington, DC. Lynda received her BA from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA and her JD from Catholic University in Washington, DC.
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