Internet Ethics Complications of the Digital Age and Web Sites to Help You Untangle Them Title misleading Really, talk about electronic data production, storage, and communication
Ethical Rules Competence & Diligence (Rules 1.1 & 1.3) Confidentiality of Information (Rule 1.6) Candor toward the Tribunal (Rule 3.3) Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel (Rule 3.4) Unauthorized Practice of Law (Rule 5.5) Advertising (Rules 7.1 – 7.5) A lawyer shall provide competent representation . . . And shall act with reasonable diligence
Competence & Diligence Online research Security of electronic transmission Metadata Information architecture
Confidentiality E-mail communication with clients Cloud computing ‘Unsolicited’ e-mail from potential client Metadata Social networking
Candor & Fairness Online research Electronically stored information Metadata Misdirected electronic communication
Unauthorized Practice Web sites Internet chat rooms Disclaimers
Advertising Web sites http://meetings.abanet.org/webupload/commupload/EP024500/relatedresources/best_practice_guidelines.pdf Online referral services Mass e-mail
Technologies Electronic data storage E-mail Metadata Web sites Online directories and referral services Real time online communication
http://www.gabar.org/ethics
E-Lawyering Task Force Law Practice Management Section of the ABA -- http://www.elawyering.org Description of e-Lawyering Best practice guidelines – legal information web sites Resources for practicing law online
eLawyering Blog http://www.elawyeringredux.com/ Section on ethical issues Focused heavily on virtual law practice “eLawyering” - all the ways in which lawyers can do their work using the Web and associated technologies
American Legal Ethics Library http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics Rules of professional conduct Narrative account by expert (22 states)
Center for Professional Responsibility http://www.abanet.org/cpr Model Rules of Professional Responsibility Summaries – ABA formal ethics opinions
LegalEthics.com http://www.legalethics.com Mercer professor Summaries ethics opinions Links states
Legal Ethics Forum http://legalethicsforum.typepad.com/ Commentary from law professors Links
SunEthics http://www.sunethics.com Summaries, Florida ethics decisions
Texas Center for Legal Ethics & Professionalism http://txethics.org Publications of the Center Links Texas rules and ethics opinions Bibliography
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