Dive into the intricate dance of law, policy, and politics with our exclusive webinar. Master the art of balancing government expectations, defining in-house counsel roles, and navigating legal privilege and conflicts of interest. Discover how to juggle professional boundaries and political pressures while protecting your role. Register today.
Chair:
Sonja Gasser, Principal Solicitor, ACT Government Solicitor; ACT Public Service Award for Excellence in Leadership
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
1.00pm to 2.00pm Balancing Government Expectations with Law Plus Working with Political Advisors and Ministerial Offices
Balancing Government Expectations with Law
- Boundaries of the in-house government lawyer’s responsibilities
- The line between law and policy
- The lawyer’s obligations
- Identify the client
- Employee v professional
- Legal professional privilege scope and protection
- Public interest immunity: scope
- Conflicts of interest: personal and professional
Working with Political Advisors and Ministerial Offices
- Role scope definition
- Drawing the lines of responsibility
- Protecting the in-house counsel
- Juggling: law, policy, politics, probity
- Managing legal professional privilege in oral and written contexts
Presented by Greg D Ross, Principal, Greg D Ross - Lawyer Ltd; Accredited Specialist in Government and Administrative Law, NSW Law Society
Presenters
Greg D Ross, Principal, Greg D Ross - Lawyer Ltd
Gregory has a unique and broad experience of legal practice, particularly Government and Government commercial operations such as procurement and the probity issues relating to Procurement and intellectual property law. Gregory Ross was for many years a partner of Eakin McCaffery Cox’s Commercial Government team. He has many years legal services experience spanning litigious and non-litigious, civil and criminal contexts. He is an accredited specialist in Government and Administrative Law under the NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation.
Sonja Gasser, Principal Solicitor, ACT Government Solicitor
Sonja works as a Principal Solicitor for the ACT Government Solicitor, which involves supervising advice and litigation in regulatory matters. She has worked in-house for several government clients, including the Australian Electoral Commission and the ACT Revenue Office. Sonja won the ACT Public Service Award for Excellence in the Leadership category.
This seminar is part of a series
Upskill through Ethical Lessons: Lunchtime Series for Government Lawyers
Meet your obligations under the recommendation from the Robodebt Royal Commission that government lawyers undertake regular training on ethics issues by attending these 3 ethics sessions designed specifically for government lawyers.
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
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