DePaul Offers Great Symposium May 1 on the Ethics of the BUSINESS of Law

Posted by Alan Childress

The DePaul Business and Commercial Law Journal, with the Commercial Law League of America (site is here), has announced its sixth annual symposium: Lawyers, Law Firms, & the Legal Profession: An Ethical View of the Business of Law. It is upcoming on May 1, 2008, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  “Leading experts, timely issues, and CLE credit are just a few of the reasons to come.”  Topics include Lawyers in a Fee Quandary: Must the Billable Hour Die?, the Roberts Court, Ghosts from old law firms haunting a new firm, and lawyer discipline and professionalism.  It will be held at the Westin on Michigan Ave., Chicago.  Here is the program announcement: Download symp_article.doc.