Illinois Professional Responsibility MCLE Marathon 2019

Front Matter
Faculty Bios
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct of 2010, available at http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/supremecourt/rules/Art_VIII/default_NEW.asp
Chapter 2. Update on Ethical Issues: Recent Trends
Chapter 3. Edward C. Eberspacher and Daniel B. Meyer, Pay It Forward, Legal Malpractice and the Liability of Successor Counsel (May 2009)
Chapter 4. Edward C. Eberspacher and Daniel B. Meyer, My Negligence? What About Yours? Examining the Availability of Contributory and Comparative Fault Defenses to a Client’s Legal Malpractice Claim (October 2007)
Chapter 5. Top 10 Mistakes That Lead to Malpractice Claims
Chapter 6. Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, Diversity & Inclusion, Select Posts, 2Civility Blog, available at https://www.2civility.org/category/blog/diversity/
Chapter 7. The Basic Steps to Ethically Closing a Law Practice
Chapter 8. Leaving a Law Firm: A Guide to the Ethical Obligations in Law Firm Departure
Chapter 9. Jefferey Ogden Katz and Alexander I. Passo, Attorneys, the Internet, and Hate Speech: An Argument for an Amended Model Rule 8.4, Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Vol. 13, Issue 1, Article 4 (2014), available at http://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sjsj/vol13/iss1/4
Chapter 10. Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct, Preamble: A Lawyer’s Responsibilities
Chapter 11. Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.1: Competence
Chapter 12. Trisha M. Rich and Lisa M. Kpor, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Concerns in the Profession: Shattering the Silence, Overcoming the Stigma, CBA Record (October 2017)
Chapter 13. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Suicide Rates by Major Occupational Group—17 States, 2012 and 2015, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 67, No. 45 (November 16, 2018)
Chapter 14. In re Himmel, 125 Ill.2d 531 (1988)
Chapter 15. In the Matter of Benjamin Mclean Arnold, Commission No. 93 SH 436 (July 11, 1994)
Chapter 16. Supplemental Reading: Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
Chapter 17. Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession (PowerPoint slides)
Index