The Practising Law Institute is offering a webcast of a live presentation from New York entitled Cybersecurity and Ethics for Civil Legal Services and Public Interest Attorneys 2025 on June 11, 2025 from 2:00 PM-4:15 PM Eastern.

Registration: $99.00

Full scholarships and discounts to attend PLI programs are widely available to attorneys working in nonprofit/legal services organizations; pro bono attorneys; government attorneys; judges and judicial law clerks; law professors and law students; senior attorneys (age 65 and over); law librarians and paralegals who work for nonprofit/legal services organizations; unemployed attorneys; and others with financial hardships.

All eligible attendees are urged to complete and submit a PLI Scholarship Application.
https://www.pli.edu/probono/pbscholarship

This program will explore cybersecurity and ethical issues that can arise for legal services and public interest attorneys. Faculty will review key ethical duties including the duty of supervision, competence, and client confidentiality and how those obligations impact the attorney’s responsibility to safeguard against both external and internal cybersecurity threats.

Faculty will also provide tips in navigating common issues in technology as a lawyer, including email, communications, the use of Generative AI, and handling remote work given attorneys’ ethical obligations. Faculty will also discuss ways in which attorneys should counsel clients to safeguard their own information. Finally, faculty will also discuss best practices for handling technology-facilitated abuse in intimate partner violence contexts.

What You Will Learn

After completing this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify key ethical obligations for attorneys including competence, supervision, and client confidentiality
• Strategize to safeguard against external and internal threats given attorneys’ ethical obligations
• Understand best practices for counseling clients to secure their own data

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys and allied professionals who work for public interest and legal services organizations and also private sector attorneys who work with pro bono clients. The program will benefit both new and experienced practitioners and will enhance their ability to understand the attorney’s role and ethical obligations in protecting against cybersecurity threats.