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Thank you for joining us for 2022 Young Lawyers Division Pro Bono Day: Navigating Legal Ethics in Pro Bono Legal Services.
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Join the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) for their Pro Bono Day.
10:55 Welcome and Introductions
11:00 Navigating Legal Ethics in Pro Bono Legal Services*
Judge Carla N. Archie, North Carolina Superior Court, Charlotte
Niya T. Fonville, Campbell Law School, Raleigh
J. Bradford "Brad" Piland, Legal Aid of North Carolina, Raleigh
This discussion encompasses the importance of pro bono legal services and how the Rules of Professional Conduct — such as Rule 1.1 Competence, Rule 1.6 Confidentiality of Information, Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest: Current Clients, and Rule 1.14 Client with Diminished Capacity — play a part in pro bono work.
The panelists also discuss making a difference through pro bono work and how pro bono legal services benefit different communities.
12:00 Adjourn
1:00 Empower Hour
Attendees have an opportunity to provide pro bono legal services via a virtual Free Legal Answers "Empower Hour," which includes 20 minutes of brief training and one hour of volunteering. Click here for more information and to register.
* Indicates portion providing Ethics/Professional Responsibility credit
Thank you for joining us for 2022 Young Lawyers Division Pro Bono Day: Navigating Legal Ethics in Pro Bono Legal Services.
Join the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) for their Pro Bono Day.
A special thanks to North Carolina Bar Foundation for support of this CLE program.
Click here to view Forms and CLE Policies, Terms and Conditions.
If paying by check, click here for a printable registration form. Please reference the live webcast program code 177PBP.
Following the CLE program, participants are invited to volunteer in a pro bono " Empower Hour" service hour with the NC Free Legal Answers program.