** This event has been rescheduled. New Date Coming Soon ** CLE: Professional Ethics and Veterans’ Access to Justice – JAG Admission Ceremony & CLE

This event, originally scheduled for Friday, March 17, 2023, has been postponed.  Please stay tuned for a new date to be announced soon. 

This program will cover 1) Military and Civilian Ethical Standards—Confidentiality, Loyalty, and Candor to the Client; and (2) an Overview on Veterans’ Access to Justice Issues. Lunch is included.

Part I of this program will cover selected topics comparing and contrasting the New York Rules of Professional Conduct with the U.S. Army of Professional Conduct for Lawyers on selected topics including confidentiality, disclosure obligations, candor before tribunals, and duty of loyalty. Part II of the program will discuss issues impacting veterans’ access to justice and available legal resources

Agenda
10:30-12:30 am: CLE Presentation
12:30:-1:30 pm: Luncheon
1:30 – 1:50 pm: Fort Drum JAG NDNY Admission Ceremony

Faculty Presenters:
John G. Powers, Esq., Hancock Estabrook, LLP
Elizabeth G. Kubala, Esq., Executive Director of the Betty and Michael D. Wohl Veterans Legal Clinic (Lt. Col. Ret.)
Thomas M. Caruso, Esq., Law Clerk to the Honorable Glenn Suddaby

Part I of this program will cover selected topics comparing and contrasting the New York Rules of Professional Conduct with the U.S. Army of Professional Conduct for Lawyers on selected topics including confidentiality, disclosure obligations, candor before tribunals, and duty of loyalty. Part II of the program will discuss issues impacting veterans’ access to justice and available legal resources

CLE Credit Eligibility: Ethics (1.0) and Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias (1.0)