When your clients are facing life-changing consequences, the ethical stakes skyrocket along with the emotional pressure - and that's when even seasoned attorneys can feel the heat! Professional legal educator Stuart Teicher, Esq. (known as The CLE Performer) serves up a practical, step-by-step tutorial for navigating complex ethical decisions when your client's freedom, fortune, or future hangs in the balance. You'll learn a systematic approach to identify relevant rules, analyze competing obligations, and make sound ethical choices when the weight of your client's world is on your shoulders. From criminal defense to high-stakes corporate deals, custody battles to bankruptcy proceedings, this program equips you with the tools and frameworks to keep your ethical standards rock-solid when client pressure reaches a boiling point and everyone's counting on you to get it right.

Learning Objectives:

• Master a systematic framework for identifying applicable ethical rules when client desperation creates pressure around RPC 1.7 conflicts of interest and RPC 1.9 duties to former clients

• Apply clear assessment techniques to balance competing obligations under RPC 1.6 confidentiality requirements and RPC 3.3 duties of candor when clients face serious consequences

• Develop consultation protocols and documentation strategies that satisfy RPC 1.1 competence requirements during emotionally charged, high-stakes client situations