Cost: Free

Provided by: Thomson Reuters and The Centre for Legal Leadership

In-house lawyers are subject to the ethical requirements of their professional bodies and their roles will often take them into areas that cover legal compliance and also, increasingly, business ethics. This can highlight important issues relating to the purpose and independence of the in-house lawyer.

In this discussion, we expect to explore a range of practical issues relevant to this important topic, including: -

• What are legal ethics?
• What do they mean in the context advising in-house clients, for example, where they don’t seek or accept your legal advice?
• Isn’t ethics just about compliance?
• What’s the lawyer’s role in relation to upholding the organisation’s ethical standards and policies?
• What is independence and does it matter?
• How to deal with ethical dilemmas.