How the Internet Is Making Lawyering Worse and How to Stay Good in Spite of It (Including 1 hour of Ethics)

Dan Schiavetta | Russo & Gould LLP

Dan Schiavetta, of counsel to Russo & Gould LLP in New York City, has been a litigator for 30 years and is admitted in all New York and New Jersey state and federal courts and the Second and Third Circuit Courts of Appeals. For 20 years he defended the Catholic Church in sexual abuse cases and other matters. He also has wide experience in insurance coverage litigation, nursing home defense, and appellate practice. He is a 1992 graduate of the University of California, Davis School of Law where he was a law review editor and moot court judge. In his previous career as a social worker he was the director of a crisis center and 24-hour hotline. He is also the author of “The Supreme Court for Short Attention Spans: 2000 Tiny Case Summaries Too Short to Bore You”, available on Amazon.

Cari Sheehan | IU Kelley School of Business

Cari Sheehan is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Business Law & Ethics at the IU Kelley School of Business – Indianapolis where she currently teaches Commercial Law and Business Ethics. Additionally, Ms. Sheehan is an Adjunct Professor at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law where she has taught courses in Appellate Practice and Procedure, Torts, and Professional Responsibility. In practice, Ms. Sheehan is a conflict ethics attorney at Scopelitis Garvin Light Hanson & Feary advising on ethical issues. Ms. Sheehan is a well-respected seminar and continuing legal education speaker covering a range of ethical issues across various platforms both locally and on a national level. Similarly, Ms. Sheehan authors a business ethics column in conjunction with the Hamilton County Business Journal about the benefits and pitfalls of business ethics.

Contact Info:
Email: [email protected]; or [email protected]

Tel: (812) 239-4187

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cari-sheehan-esq-7583ba3b

Session I – How the Internet Is Making Lawyering Worse and How to Stay Good in Spite of It | 11:00am – 12:00pm

• How digital technology affects a lawyer’s activities and thought processes in subtle and unsubtle ways | 11:00am – 11:15am
• Deficiencies in litigation and document management that did not exist in the hard copy days | 11:15am – 11:30am
• Common mistakes that were not made before | 11:30am – 11:45am
• Strategies a lawyer can use to contain a file’s universe | 11:45am – 12:00pm

Break | 12:00pm – 12:10pm

Session II – Ethical Concerns: Social Media, advertising, and civility | 12:10pm – 1:10pm

• Discussion of Rule 1.6 (confidentiality) in relation to social media | 12:10pm – 12:22pm
• Discussion of Rule 8.4 (prejudicial to the administration of justice/bias) in relation to social media | 12:22pm – 12:34pm
• Discussion of Rules 7.1 to 7.5 regarding attorney advertising and their application to social media platforms | 12:34pm – 12:46pm
• Discussion of the ethical implications in using artificial intelligence to assist in advertising and marketing online | 12:46pm – 12:58pm
• Discussion of civility while on social media – the dos and do nots | 12:58pm – 1:10pm