AM2022 The Ethics of Freelance Legal Services

Topics to be Included:

• What are the Attributes of a Freelance lawyer? What types of services?
• Review of the Ethical Rules to be observed by the Hiring Lawyer or Firm
• What Duties of Confidentiality must be observed? What Fiduciary Duties?
• Conflicts of Interest: What should each side be required to disclose?
• How to appropriately limit access of the Freelance lawyer to other firm matters
• Benefits of hiring a Freelance Lawyer
• Benefits of Being the Freelance Lawyer
• Does the Freelance lawyer form an attorney client relationship with the underlying client?
• Confirmation of Independent Contractor Status.
• Supervisory responsibilities: what should be required ethically?
• Freelance vs. “unbundled” legal Services
• Pleadings required in some jurisdictions for limited-scope representation
• Best Practices to observe in Freelance Services

Program Sponsor

Speaker

Claude E. Ducloux, Board-Certified in both Civil Trial Law and Civil Appellate Law, by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization