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SUMMARY:Serving Clients With Diminished Capacity: Ethics I
 ssues in Legal Services and Pro Bono Practice 2025
LOCATION:Practising Law Institute - San Francisco Office
DESCRIPTION:Why You Should Attend 
 Lawyers in many pract
 ice areas, including pro bono lawyers and nonprofi
 t legal services providers, have clients who may h
 ave diminished capacity. This program will address
  the challenges and ethical issues lawyers face wh
 en representing individuals with diminished capaci
 ty due to conditions such as intellectual and deve
 lopmental disabilities, dementia, and psychiatric 
 disabilities. The panel will explore ethical issue
 s that lawyers must address and offer approaches a
 nd strategies that lawyers may consider in carryin
 g out representation in these circumstances. 
  

 
 What You Will Learn 
 After completing this pro
 gram, participants will be able to: 
  
 - Consi
 der and implement strategies for strengthening the
  capacity of clients with disabilities through rea
 sonable accommodations and effective communication
  
 - Recognize and understand the confidentiality
  concerns that can arise when working with clients
  with diminished capacity 
 - Manage complex conf
 licts and communications issues 
 - Navigate the 
 duty of loyalty 
 - Assist clients with diminishe
 d capacity in a variety of contexts 
 - Apply and
  practice these newly developed concepts and skill
 s through hypothetical fact patterns to illustrate
  how these ethical questions arise in legal servic
 es and pro bono practice settings 
  
 Who Shoul
 d Attend 
 Pro bono volunteers at law firms and c
 orporate law departments, legal aid and nonprofit 
 attorneys, law students, solo and small firm pract
 itioners, social service providers working with le
 gal services, along with attorneys in any practice
  setting who work with clients who may have dimini
 shed capacity, would benefit from attending. 
  

 
 Special Feature(s): Scholarships are available t
 o participate in this program. For more informatio
 n and to apply please visit: https://learning.pli.
 edu/scholarship. 
  
 Program Level: Update 
  
 
 Prerequisites: An interest in learning about di
 minished capacity and applying ethical rules to re
 al-world scenarios. 
  
 Advanced Preparation: N
 one 
  
 If you work for an IRC Section 501c3 or
 ganizations dedicated to providing direct pro bono
  representation, your organization may be eligible
  to receive a PLI Pro Bono Membership which provid
 es free access to PLI programs. For more informati
 on please go to the following link: https://www.pl
 i.edu/globalassets/pro-bono/pro-bono-application-m
 arch-2022.pdf
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