Training Your Team to Create an Ethical Practice Webinar
Chicago, IL | January 28, 2025 | Zoom Webinar
Training Your Team to Create an Ethical Practice Event Details
Date and Time: January 28, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom Webinar
In today’s ever-evolving legal landscape, maintaining an ethical and professional practice is essential for the success and credibility of any law firm. Organized by ISBA Mutual, this training session is designed to provide lawyers with the necessary tools and knowledge to effectively train and supervise their teams. Overall, legal teams will learn how to ensure ethical conduct, minimize malpractice risks, and foster a professional office environment.
This comprehensive webinar will guide participants through strategies to establish and maintain a law office that prioritizes ethical behavior and professionalism. By understanding the potential risks and the responsibilities tied to staff supervision, legal professionals will be better equipped to protect their practice from ethical pitfalls and malpractice claims.
Webinar Highlights
During this webinar, attendees will learn how to:
Identify Potential Ethical and Malpractice Problems: Participants will explore common ethical and malpractice challenges that may arise in a law office. Understanding these potential issues is crucial to developing preventive strategies and safeguarding the firm’s reputation.
Clarify Lawyer Responsibilities for Staff Conduct: The session will outline the lawyer’s responsibilities for their team’s behavior, emphasizing the legal and ethical standards that govern these obligations. Participants will learn about the sources of these responsibilities and how they impact day-to-day practice management.
Create an Office Environment that Reduces Risk: Practical tips and strategies will be shared to help lawyers establish an office culture that promotes ethical decision-making and minimizes the risk of ethical breaches or malpractice claims. This will include guidance on staff training, supervision, and creating a supportive yet accountable work environment.
Featured Speaker
Sarah J. Taylor, JD
Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Hoke, LLP
Sarah J. Taylor has been an attorney with the Carbondale firm of Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Hoke, LLP, since 2004. Her current areas of practice include adoptions, guardianships, serving as guardian ad litem for children and adults with disabilities, mediation and property tax appeals. Over the years, she has trained and supervised many associates, law clerks and paralegals. She also represented the State of Illinois Department of Transportation in eminent domain cases as a Special Assistant Attorney General for 18 years, and she has taught Client Interviewing & Counseling at SIU Simmons School of Law since 2010. She has been a Program Manager for the Public Interest Law Initiative, and a Research Attorney for the Illinois Supreme Court. She received a BA in Cinema and Photography from SIU-Carbondale in 1997 and a J.D. from SIU School of Law in 2002 and is admitted to practice in Illinois and the Southern District Court of Illinois.
Ms. Taylor is an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association, having served on its Assembly and several sections and committees. She is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Law-Related Education for the Public and the Rural Practice Section Council. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Dispute Resolution Institute, Inc. (DRI), a statewide mediation provider, and a volunteer mediator for DRI. She is a member and past president of the Jackson County Bar Association. She is also a past member of the Board of Directors of Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, and a longtime volunteer attorney on its pro bono roster.
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