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Article
Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Complaints: Ethics Audits as a Risk-Management Tool
Business Law Today
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2015
ISSN
1059-9436
Abstract
This column examines the value of firm lawyers conducting and supporting ethics audits as an integral feature of a comprehensive risk-management program. For decades, legal malpractice experts have urged lawyers to implement systems, policies, and procedures related to the delivery of legal services. Once a firm adopts systems, policies, and procedures, a meaningful risk-management system requires a periodic examination to monitor lawyers’ compliance. Rather than waiting for a professional liability insurer to recommend or require such a systematic examination, proactive firm leaders and lawyers should seriously consider devoting time and resources to periodic ethics audits.
Num Pages
2
Publisher
American Bar Association
Disciplines
File Type
PDF
Citation Information
Susan Saab Fortney. "Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Complaints: Ethics Audits as a Risk-Management Tool" Business Law Today Vol. 2015 Iss. March (2015) p. 1 - 2 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/susan_fortney/44/