There's still time to register for tomorrow's teleconference on Ethics for Municipal Attorneys: Reconciling the Rules of Professional Conduct with Government Ethics Law (a live webinar and teleconference which starts at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time). More information, including registration, here. This program is sponsored by the ABA Continuing Legal Education Center and the Section of State and Local Government Law.
We'll be focusing on more than just ethics for government attorneys, and we've built the program around our thoughts on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan, where the Court concluded that a city council member's vote was not first amendment "speech," and he was therefore subject to a Nevada statute thave prohibits elected officials from voting when they may appear to have conflicts of interest.
Joining me in the discussion will be Yvonne M. Nevarez-Goodson (Commission Counsel and one of the lawyers for the Nevada Commission on Ethics in the Supreme Court), J. Scott Rhodes (an expert in ethics and professional responsibility issues), and Professor Keith Swisher (Phoenix School of Law - his scholarship includes ethics and he produces the Judicial Ethics Forum blog). Michael Donaldson will moderate the discussion.
Here's a summary of the Carrigan case from the Fall 2011 edition of State & Local Law News. Please join us - we will follow the presentation with questions from the audience.
