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Part of the Gala Celebration of the Seattle University School of Law 35th Anniversary
Sponsored by Seattle University School of Law Office of Continuing Legal Education
CLE Credits: 3 General credits anticipated, of which 3.0 may be claimed as Ethics
As part of the Gala Celebration of the Seattle University School of Law 35th Anniversary, three of the Law School's most distinguished faculty will examine and discuss the implications of the new Washington Rules of Professional Conduct in three specific contexts.
| 12 - 1 p.m. |
Registration and Networking Lunch (Provided) |
| 1 - 1:10 p.m. |
Opening Remarks: Dean Testy |
| 1:10 - 2 p.m. |
Session 1: Confidentiality and Disclosure under the New Rules
of Professional Conduct Speaker: Associate Professor John Strait |
| 2 - 2:50 p.m. |
Session 2: Who Is My Client, and Why Does It Matter? A Law School exercise in legal ethics and the lawyering role. Speaker: Professor Janet Ainsworth |
| 2:50 - 3:10 p.m. |
Refreshment Break |
| 3:10 - 4 p.m. |
Session 3: The Law and Ethics of Settlement Ethical obligations in the negotiation and execution of agreements to settle disputed claims and the legal effects of the breach of those obligations, including the illegitimate use of full-payment checks, failure to disclose computational errors made by the other party, alteration of settlement documents, and negligence in drafting release provisions. Speaker: Professor Sidney DeLong |
The registration fee includes seminar tuition, materials, and lunch.
| SU Law Alum & Persons Attending 35th Anniversary Celebration: | $50 |
| All Others: | $125 |
You are also invited to attend the 35th anniversary Gala at Benaroya Hall beginning at 7 p.m. To register, visit www.law.seattleu.edu/35thanniversary.
You may cancel your registration and receive a full refund at any time up to the seventh calendar day preceding the program (e.g., the Friday preceding a program scheduled for a Friday). Thereafter, you may transfer the amount of your registration fee to a subsequent program scheduled for that semester, provided space is available. We regret that we cannot carry credits from one semester to another.
For additional information about this CLE seminar, please contact Rebecca Parker at the Office of Continuing Legal Education at parkerr@seattleu.edu or by phone at (206) 398-4282.