Prevent Ethical Pitfalls and Protect Your Professional Reputation
Effective witness testimony is often what stands between success and failure in a case. But are you confident that in the pursuit of the smoking gun, you're also protecting your professional reputation? This incisive legal course will zero in on common ethical pitfalls in witness practice and will help you guard your license without diminishing your effectiveness as a litigator. Register today!
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Explore common grey area witness approaches and clarify the ethical line in each.
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Address competency concerns - when is the person a viable witness?
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Find out when witness communication will land you in hot water.
Who Should Attend
This legal ethic course is designed for attorneys.
Course Content
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Investigating Prospective Witnesses on Social Media
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Work Product Doctrine
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Witness Confusion Regarding Attorney's Role
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Encouraging Witnesses to be Unavailable
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False Statements to Witnesses
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Providing Confidential Information/Documents
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Evaluating Conflicts of Interest
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Competency Concerns
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Talking to the Witness Before They Testify
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Handling Prejudicial Evidence
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Interactions with Court Staff and Outside Parties
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Confidentiality of Pretrial Settlement Negotiations
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Misrepresentation of Fact at Trial
If you intend to take a course for CLE credit, please make sure your state is listed in the "Accreditation" section to the upper right of the program description. Accreditation displayed is unique to the purchased program format (live conference, live webcast, on demand, podcast). Credit totals listed for live conferences are the maximum credits available. Credits issued will be based upon actual time in attendance. Credit totals for other formats are for complete programs. Partial credit is not available for any online or downloadable format.
West LegalEdcenter will not provide accreditation for states not listed.
This product is intended for individual use by the named purchaser. Group viewings for online programs may be arranged for five or more attorneys within the same organization prior to viewing by emailing west.wlec-sales@thomson.com.
