ANALYSIS: What Are Lawyers Thinking About? (Ethically Speaking)

May 24, 2024, 9:00 AM UTC

Cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, billable hours, well-being... Legal professionals have a lot on their minds all the time. But they need to balance these concerns with practicing ethically.

So what ethics topics are foremost in their minds? More than two-thirds (68%) of legal professionals recently surveyed by Bloomberg Law said they encountered “conflicts of interest” in the past year, either due to concern over an actual ethics violation or simply to stay abreast of current legal ethics developments.

The ethics topic “withdrawal from representation” came in a distant second with legal professionals, with 29% of respondents saying that they encountered it ...

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