72: Legal Ethics & Professional Conduct (Brooke MacKenzie)

<p>On this episode, we chat with civil/regulatory lawyer Brooke MacKenzie about the tricky issues of legal ethics and professional conduct.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Topics: duty of technological competence; conflict issues in multi-national law firms; lawyers' duty of confidentiality re their spouses; and our Ask-Me-Anything Segment.</p> <p>⚫ What is the practical effect of a lawyer's duty of technological competence? (5:46)<br /> ⚫ How have courts addressed whether branches of large law firms are "part" of the same firm? (25:56)<br /> ⚫ Are lawyers required to keep their client's information from their own spouses? (15:14)<br /> ⚫ Our Ask-Me-Anything segment, featuring questions submitted by patrons of the Lawyered community (39:09)<br /> 🔵What do you think of the Law Society's recent motion to implement a mandatory minimum wage for articling students? (39:30)<br /> 🔵How can lawyers ethically defend their clients in cases where they know that their client is "guilty" / liable for the thing that they are charged with? (42:56)<br /> 🔵Are there best “billing” practices to ensure that the client is being fairly charged while also ensuring that the lawyer’s actual work is reflected? (46:59)<br /> 🔵 What are some resources that lawyers (particularly lawyers in solo or boutique practices) can employ when faced with ethical dilemmas? (50:57)</p> <p>✨ Read the full Episode Transcript <a href= "http://lawyeredpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/LawyeredEp72-Podcast-Transcript.pdf"><strong>HERE</strong></a><br /> ✨  Learn more about the cases/topics on the <a href= "http://www.lawyeredpodcast.com/">Lawyered website</a><br /> ✨ Help to declutter the law on the <a href= "http://www.lawyeredpodcast.com/patron">Lawyered crowdfunding page</a></p>