Thomas Wilkinson will be presenting a webinar for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
This webinar will discuss the following topics:
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Issues involving civility between lawyers, both in practice and during trial
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Issues raised by Proposed Disciplinary Rule 8.4
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Problems (and solutions to the problems) that lawyers encounter with judges, both during motions practice and during trial
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Problems (and solutions to the problems) that judges encounter with lawyers, including their duty to recuse and duty to disclose
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Issues involving specialty appointments both of judges and lawyers (e.g., is there a code of conduct for mediators, special masters)
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Common inquiries by and about judges
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Optics that cause the most concern to lawyers and judges