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Reputation at Risk: Paralegal Ethics Tips for Avoiding Administrative Pitfalls

  • 08/27/2025
  • 9:00 AM - 11:15 AM
  • Webcast

register: https://ipe-sems.com/products/100646

Overview

Are Your Errors Damaging the Client's Case - and the Firm's Reputation?

Avoid the stress of a malpractice claim or disciplinary action by learning from someone else's mistakes! In this paralegal-focused course, our distinguished faculty outline the ethical risks of making administrative blunders in daily practice. Discover the pitfalls of workflow mismanagement, avert common billing and trust accounting errors, and much more. Register today!

  • Unearth the consequences of inadequate client screens and conflict checks.
  • Avoid miscommunication by managing client expectations from the get-go.
  • Tamp down data security risks in the law firm with tried-and-true strategies.
  • Find out the top social media mistakes that paralegals are making right now.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Inadequate Client Screening and Documentation of Conflict Checks
  2. Preventing Miscommunication: How to Manage Client Expectations
  3. Sidestepping Data Security and File Management Landmines
  4. Failure to Manage Workflow Efficiently: Traps Supervising Paralegals Set for Junior Paralegals
  5. The High Cost of Trust Account Errors, Billing Mistakes, and Misstatements
  6. Social Media Missteps: What Paralegals Need to Watch Out For

Washington State Paralegal Association
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Ste. F104/PMB133
Auburn, WA. 98092

206.653.7259

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