 Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:00 pm–1:00 pm, Castles Center at the Univ. of Montana School of Law Reception to follow
“Ethics for American Lawyers in the Age of Twitter and the Cloud”
University of Montana
School of Law
Roberta Cooper Ramo is a partner at Modrall Sperling in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Elected President of the American Bar Association in 1995-96, Ms. Ramo was the first woman to head the world's largest organization of attorneys. Ms. Ramo became the first female President of The American Law Institute in May 2008. In addition to her presidency, Ms. Ramo currently serves as a member of the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20.
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MISSOULA –
A nationally renowned speaker will offer insights on ethics for lawyers practicing in today’s changing world of social media and other electronic technology during a lecture this month at The University of Montana.
Roberta Cooper Ramo, the first woman elected president of the American Bar Association, will present this year’s James R. Browning Distinguished Lecture in Law. The event is hosted by the Montana Law Review.
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Her lecture, “Ethics for American Lawyers in the Age of Twitter and the Cloud,” will be held at noon, Thursday, April 28, in the Castles Center in the UM School of Law building. One free ethics Continuing Legal Education credit will be offered.
With Twitter, Facebook and online storage such as the Cloud, lawyers are entering a new era in law-practice management and attorney-client interaction. These technologies raise a host of ethical issues not previously encountered by practitioners, such as how attorney/client privilege is affected by Facebook and Twitter.
Ramo was president of the ABA in 1995-96. She also was the first woman president of the American Law Institute, a position she currently holds. She is a member of the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20, which is charged with recommending changes to the Rules of Professional Responsibility, especially those necessitated by emerging electronic and computer issues.
The Browning Lecture honors Judge Browning, who graduated from the UM law school in 1941. In September 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed him to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and he remains a sitting judge. The building that houses the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco was named in his honor. While at UM he was editor-in-chief of the Montana Law Review. Ramo will continue the Law Review’s tradition of inviting the greatest legal minds to Montana to present this lecture. |
