Ethical Issues in Withdrawing from a Representation

This program covers a lawyer’s ethical duties under ABA Model Rules 1.16 in withdrawing from the representation of a client and the confidentiality duties of a lawyer when moving for leave to withdraw when a matter is in litigation. The course will use two video vignettes that are part of a set produced by George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School and GMU-TV. The first video illustrates the hazards of a lawyer taking a matter to trial after having failed to withdraw prior thereto and the other depicts a court hearing on a motion to withdraw, which is opposed by…