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SUMMARY:Cybersecurity and Ethics for Civil Legal Services 
 and Public Interest Attorneys 2026 (Virtual Event)
LOCATION:
DESCRIPTION:The Practising Law Institute is offering a web
 cast of a live presentation from New York entitled
   Cybersecurity and Ethics for Civil Legal Service
 s and Public Interest Attorneys 2026  (https://www
 .pli.edu/programs/cybersecurity-and-ethics-for-the
 -civil-legal-services-and-public-interest-attorney
 /442947)  on June 4, 2026 from 2:00 pm-4:50 PM Eas
 tern.   

Registration: $99.00     

Full scho
 larships 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 cle
 rks; law professors and law students; senior attor
 neys (age 65 and over); law librarians and paraleg
 als who work for nonprofit/legal services organiza
 tions; unemployed attorneys; and others with finan
 cial hardships.   

All eligible attendees are u
 rged to complete and submit a PLI Scholarship Appl
 ication. 
  https://www.pli.edu/probono/pbscholar
 ship  (https://www.pli.edu/probono/pbscholarship) 
     

This program will explore cybersecurity an
 d ethical issues that can arise for legal services
  and public interest attorneys. Faculty will revie
 w key ethical duties including the duty of supervi
 sion, competence, and client confidentiality and h
 ow those obligations impact the attorney’s respons
 ibility to safeguard against both external and int
 ernal cybersecurity threats.   

Faculty will al
 so provide tips in navigating common issues in tec
 hnology as a lawyer, including email, communicatio
 ns, the use of AI, and handling remote work given 
 attorneys’ ethical obligations. Faculty will also 
 discuss ways in which attorneys should counsel cli
 ents to safeguard their own information. Faculty w
 ill also discuss best practices for handling techn
 ology-facilitated abuse in intimate partner violen
 ce contexts as identifying these types of scenario
 s can illustrate some of the newest technology use
 d for cyber and privacy invasion.   

Faculty wi
 ll not recommend specific products or tools but ra
 ther will provide the framework for practitioners 
 to assess whether the tools they adopt meet their 
 ethical standards in an ever-evolving environment 
 of risk and technological advancement.   What You 
 Will Learn   

After completing this program, pa
 rticipants will be able to:   
    
>  Identify 
 key ethical obligations for attorneys including co
 mpetence, supervision, and client confidentiality 
   
>  Strategize to safeguard against external an
 d internal threats given attorneys’ ethical obliga
 tions   
>  Understand best practices for counsel
 ing clients to secure their own data     Who Shoul
 d Attend   

This program is designed for attorn
 eys and allied professionals who work for public i
 nterest and legal services organizations and also 
 private sector attorneys who work with pro bono cl
 ients. The program will benefit both new and exper
 ienced practitioners and will enhance their abilit
 y to understand the attorney’s role and ethical ob
 ligations in protecting against cybersecurity thre
 ats and using new technologies generally.
PRIORITY:1
TRANSP:OPAQUE
CLASS:PUBLIC
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