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Practicing law in technology examined April 24
Friday, April 4, 2008
The potential pitfalls of technology in the legal profession will be examined during Valparaiso University School of Law’s 12th annual Tabor Institute in Legal Ethics on April 24.
Theresa Gabaldon, an author and professor of law at George Washington University School of Law, will present “Virtual Virtuous Living: How Can the iGeneration of Lawyers Best Love and Serve Its Neighbors?” at 4 p.m. in a talk that is free and open to the public.
Gabaldon will discuss challenges presented by e-lawyering - such as dealing with misdirected electronic communications and preserving confidentiality while using mobile devices - and how they raise larger questions about professional responsibility. Her talk will seek to answer questions including whether the legal representation suffers as a result of physical distance from clients.
She also will present the lecture “Gatekeepers: The Role of the Law School and the Bar in Regulating Access to the Profession (A Reflection on Traffic Tickets, Microwaving Cats and Spanking)” at 2:30 p.m. The growing debate about the relative roles of law schools and the bar in screening prospective lawyers will be examined in Galabon’s lecture, with perspective on how past virtuous living relates to one’s fitness to practice law, how to establish virtue or its absence, and whether there is reason to apply stricter standards to those seeking to enter the profession than to those the bar may want to expel.
Indiana attorneys who attend both lectures can receive continuing legal education credit. Lawyers who wish to do so should RSVP by April 22 to (219) 465-7893 or Lisa.Todd@valpo.edu.
Gabaldon was a partner at the Arizona firm Snell & Wilmer before joining the law faculty at the University of Arizona. She currently teaches professional responsibility, corporations and securities regulation at George Washington and is the author of three books and numerous scholarly articles on those subjects. Gabaldon also moderates a series of online broadcasts sponsored by the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society.
Both lectures will take place at Wesemann Hall (656 Greenwich St.) and a reception will follow the lectures.
The annual Institute is endowed by Glenn Tabor, a graduate of the VU School of Law and a founder of the Valparaiso law firm of Blachly, Tabor, Bozik and Hartman. The purpose of the Tabor Institute is to enrich Valparaiso’s legal curriculum through reflection on the vocation and responsibilities of lawyers to their clients and society as a whole.
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