Today's rapidly changing higher ed legal landscape creates many challenges for college and university counsel as they work to provide timely and sound legal advice to their university clients while also ensuring that they adhere to the highest ethical and professional standards. As new federal and state laws, executive orders, and guidance from various federal agencies are implemented on campuses across the country, general counsels’ offices are often faced with a variety of ethical challenges. This webinar will explore how counsel can navigate these challenges effectively while maintaining their role as advocates and providing sound legal advice for their institutional clients. 

Please join us for this two-hour webinar in which two experienced practitioners will cover: 

• Counsel’s ethical obligations both broadly and under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct; 
• Ethical challenges that may arise when counsel advises clients on controversial issues involving faculty, staff, and students;  
• Challenges and approaches to advising clients where representation of a client’s position runs against the lawyer's personal, political, economic, social or moral views or activities:
• Methods of gracefully and ethically exiting representative matters when conflicts cannot be overcome. 

Who should attend? 

This webinar will be of interest to college and university counsel who work within the Office of General Counsel, in other various legal roles throughout the institution, outside counsel, and senior institutional leaders. 

Register now for a concise, impactful learning experience and to receive ethics CLE credit!