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Ethical Challenges in Your Early Years of Practice 2025

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  • Start Date:2025-09-24 06:00:00
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  • Level:Basic
  • Topics:Ethics

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This program is eligible for 1 hour of CLE credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 1.2 hours of CLE credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.

Overview

Starting Strong: Navigating Ethics in the Early Years of Practice

Kickstart your legal career with confidence by joining this dynamic session tailored for young lawyers and newly practicing attorneys in Pennsylvania. You'll dive into real-world ethical dilemmas that often arise in the first years of practice—and learn practical, proven strategies to steer clear of common missteps. Whether you're drafting your first client agreement or navigating professional boundaries, this presentation offers the tools and insights you need to build a strong, ethical foundation from day one.

Attend this program to:

  • Identify and understand common ethical pitfalls faced by young lawyers.
  • Develop strategies to navigate ethical dilemmas and maintain professional standards.
  • Enhance your ability to communicate effectively and ethically with clients and colleagues.
  • Gain insights into best practices for billing and managing client relationships.

Co-Sponsored with the PBA Young Lawyers Division.

Recorded in September 2025.

Faculty

Ellen C. Brotman, Esq.

Ellen Brotman is the founder of BrotmanLaw in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., focusing her practice on legal ethics and professional responsibility. Ellen defends lawyers in licensure issues and provides ethics opinions to attorneys in public and private practice on a wide range of ethics issues. From 1995 to 1998, Ellen served as an assistant federal defender with the Defender Association of Philadelphia and is currently a member of the board of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Ellen serves on the ABA’s Standing Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility and the PBA’s Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee. She has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers since 2008; in 2025 and 2026 she was named one of the top 50 Women Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth A. Livingston, Esq.

Ms. Livingston is trial counsel at the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC), District II for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. She brings her extensive litigation and conflict-management experience to bear on investigating and evaluating allegations of attorney misconduct, and she collaborates with auditors, investigators, Counsel-In-Charge, and Deputy Chief and Chief Disciplinary Counsel to prosecute ethics complaints in pursuit of discipline against an attorney’s license to practice law within The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Ms. Livingston regularly coordinates with other jurisdictions governing the practice of law, the judiciary, and federal and state organizations. She also evaluates applications for reinstatement to the practice of law in Pennsylvania. Before joining ODC, Ms. Livingston worked as an associate in private practice for several small and mid-sized Philadelphia-area law firms. Among other accolades, Ms. Livingston was named a 2016 Lawyer on the Fast Track by The Legal Intelligencer, served as a 2016 Fellow to the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), and has published articles on topics such as alternative dispute resolution, employment law, attorney-client privilege, products liability, and data breach. Ms. Livingston earned her B.A. from The College of New Jersey, M.A. from the University of Delaware, and J.D. from Rutgers Law School. Ms. Livingston received post-doctoral training in trial advocacy from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and in appellate advocacy from the National Organization of Bar Counsel (NOBC). Ms. Livingston serves on the NOBC Current Developments Committee.

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