Limited Scope Representation for Legal Services Providers (Free Live Webcast)
Practising Law Institute is offering a free live webcast entitled, Limited Scope Representation for Legal Services Providers, on October 6, 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern.
Shrinking budgets and growing demand are causing legal services, pro bono programs and legal clinics to search for more efficient ways to deliver legal assistance to low income litigants. This program is designed not only to provide the technical background to the field, but the practical skills to use limited scope representation in a volunteer lawyer setting.
Faculty will describe successful models which they have developed and provide expert advice to program developers, risk managers and legal services providers to expand the nature of the services they offer and stretch program budgets using limited scope.
This program will provide best practices, risk management materials, fee agreements, and other materials, including sample fee agreements, client handouts, and other documents designed to set up a limited scope representation practice from scratch.
Risk managers will learn the benefits of limited scope, and proven methods to avoid risk.
Volunteer lawyers will receive everything they need to take limited scope representation from the volunteer context and turn it into a turn-key profit center in their own practices.
What You Will Learn
- The ethical rules governing limited scope representation
- The special application to pro bono, clinic and legal services programs
- Best practices and practical tools for the safe and effective practice of limited scope in a variety of contexts
- How to utilize limited scope representation to target a pool of potential paying clients who are currently unrepresented
- How to limit risk, including malpractice and insurance coverage issues
- How to identify the cases which lend themselves to limited scope representation
- Which issues and clients are not good candidates for limited scope, and how to identify them at the beginning
- How to market your limited scope practice
Special Bonus to all Registrants
Everyone who registers will receive a link to a complete set of risk management materials, including best practices, four kinds of fee agreements, office forms, client handouts, and other materials designed to make limited scope representation both safe and profitable.
CLE-PA Credits
Credit Status: Pending
Total Credits: 3.00
General: 3.00
Pennsylvania: A live webcast may be viewed individually or in a group setting. Credit may be granted to an attorney who views a live webcast individually. There is a 4.0 credit limit per year for this type of viewing. A live webcast viewed in a group setting receives live participatory credit if the program is open to the public and advertised at least 30 days prior to the program. Live webcasts viewed in a group setting that do not advertise at least 30 days prior the program will be considered "in-house", and therefore denied credit.