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SUMMARY:Live Program: Assisting Self-Represented Litigants by Drafting Doc
 uments: Expanding Your Business by "Ghostwriting" -- Value and Practicali
 ties 
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\n\n\nAssisting Self-Represented Litigants by Drafting Documents: Expa
 nding Your Business by "Ghostwriting" -- Value and Practicalities \n\nDat
 e: 05/22/2012 1:00 PM EDT\nDuration: 1 Hour \n\nDescription: \nThe word "
 ghostwriting" is used to describe the process by which an attorney prepar
 es a pleading or other document for a litigant, without otherwise appeari
 ng in the case.  While controversial in the past, it is becoming much mor
 e widely accepted, and provides a valuable way for attorneys to expand th
 eir business while helping expand access to justice.  This session will d
 iscuss the importance of the technique, explore the varying ethical and r
 egulatory environments, and give practical tips for adding the service to
  your practice. Richard Zorza, Esq.  is coordinator of the Self-Represent
 ed Litigation Network, and a widely published expert in access to justice
 . Jona Goldschmidt, J.D., Ph.D. , is an associate professor in the Depart
 ment of Criminal Justice at Loyola University Chicago. He has written ext
 ensively about issues relating to self-represented litigants. Program Out
 line : I. Introduction and Caution on No Legal Advice Given Here  (Richar
 d Zorza presenting) II. The Context for Ghostwriting (Richard Zorza prese
 nting) The access crisis and its numbers The Bar?s position within the cr
 isis and the market The contribution to the solution in limited scope The
  frequency and breadth of limited scope The special role of the ghost-wri
 ting issue III. The Ethics of Ghostwriting (Jona Goldschmidt presenting) 
  Limited representation agreements permitted  Addressing ethics-based obj
 ections to ghostwriting Duty of candor to the tribunal Fraud, dishonesty,
  or misrepresentation Use of a third party to violate ethics rules  Evolu
 tion of ABA position on the ethics of ghostwriting  Addressing rule-based
  objections: Rule 11 Withdrawal rules  Addressing the undue advantage arg
 ument  Ghostwriting permitted under judicial ethics codes  Federal decisi
 ons in conflict with ABA and recent state ethics opinions IV.  Empirical 
 analysis of ghostwriting decisions (Jona Goldschmidt presenting) Sanction
 s for ghostwriting usually accompanied by other ethics violations  In whi
 ch courts and in what types of cases does ghostwriting occur? Who complai
 ns about ghostwriting? Who are the ghostwriters, and whom do they serve? 
 What forms of ghostwriting services are provided? What harm results from 
 ghostwriting? What sanctions are imposed for ghostwriting? V.  Practical 
 Issues and Tips (Richard Zorza presenting) The diagnostic process Retaine
 r agreement Insurance Issues Marketing Issues Withdrawal Issues Political
  momentum Conclusion Resources Books: Stephanie Kimbro ,  Virtual Law Pra
 ctice: How to Deliver Legal Services Online ,  http://apps.americanbar.or
 g/abastore/index.cfm?section=main&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=5110707 . Lewi
 s Kinard ,  START AND GROW YOUR LIMITED SCOPE PRACTICE : How to Make Mone
 y Serving the ?Do It Yourself? Client ,  http://www.amazon.com/Start-Limi
 ted-Scope-Practice-ebook/dp/B007FLLB5K . Jona Goldschmidt ,  In Defense o
 f Ghostwriting ,  XXIX FORD. URB. L. J. 1145-1212 (2002) Jona Goldschmidt
  ,  An Analysis of Ghostwriting Decisions: Still Searching for the Elusiv
 e Harm ,  95 JUDICATURE (No. 2) 78-88 (2011) Blogs: Lewis Kinard Unbundli
 ng Blog:   http://limitedscopepractice.wordpress.com/ Richard Zorza Acces
 s to Justice Blog:    http://www.accesstojustice.net \n\n\n\nQuestions? C
 all 24-hour Tech Support at 1-800-495-9378.
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