Contacts with Represented and Unrepresented Persons (On-Demand) (RETIRED)

Course Description

This course will cover the rules governing contacts with represented and unrepresented persons. We will first review the basic no-contact rule and then explore how that rule applies in various contexts, including for represented organizations, non-lawyer government officials, and client-to-client communications. Throughout, we will review hypothetical scenarios to illustrate how the rules apply in practice.

Principles

• Choice of law issues
• The basic no-contact rule
• Represented organizations
• Contacts with government officials
• Client-to-client discussions
• Contacts with third parties

Syllabus

1. Choice of law issues
2. The basic no-contact rule
3. Represented organizations
4. Contacts with government officials
5. Client-to-client discussions
6. Hypotheticals
7. Contacts with third parties
8. Respect for rights of third persons
9. Use of “testers”
10. Additional hypotheticals

Instructors

Amy Richardson, Esq. & Deepika Ravi, Esq.