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Continuing Legal education Program

Clifford Law Offices, an accredited CLE provider in Illinois, is sponsoring the FREE webinar:

Clifford Law Offices is sponsoring a free two-hour continuing legal education program on the ethics

of conflicts of interest in the eighth annual Clifford Law Offices Continuing Legal Education Series.

Conflicts of interest can bedevil both litigators and transactional lawyers.The relevant rules seem

complicated and highly technical, and the decisions interpreting them sometimes give inconsistent

guidance. But get it wrong and you can face discipline, disqualification or a civil lawsuit.This two-hour

program will give practical advice about how to handle conflicts of

are you barred

from representing multiple clients or appearing adversely to a current or former client?When is the

representation permitted with the clients’ informed consent, and how should consent be obtained?

How do courts handle alleged conflicts when they are raised in disqualification motions?Which conflicts

are the most frequent subject of disciplinary decisions and lawsuits – and how can they be avoided?

Date: Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015

Time: 2:30-4:30 pm CST

Place: Broadcast live via the internet from the DePaul Center, Room 8005

One East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL

Registration is required to attend the free program.

In-person space is limited so please reserve your spot – first come, first served.

To register, visit

and click on the yellow bar entitled Clifford Law CLE Programs.

For questions, please call Clifford Law Offices at 312-899-9090 or email

This program has been approved for two (2.0) hours of professional responsibility credit by the Illinois

Commission on Professionalism.

Presented by:

• Robert A. Clifford, Founder and Senior Partner, Clifford Law Offices

Moderator of program

Panelists:

• Hon.Virginia M. Kendall, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, and former

Member of the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Codes of Conduct Committee

• Bruce A. Green, Louis Stein Chair at Fordham University School of Law and

Director of its Stein Center for Law and Ethics

“The Ethics of

Conflicts of Interest”

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