Co-produced with the State Bar Professional Ethics Committee
Untangling the knots
What can you say when you need to withdraw from a case? When does your duty to a former client actually end?
Recent ethics guidance has tackled some of the questions Wisconsin lawyers confront most often—and some of the easiest to get wrong.
At Legal Ethics 2026, Wisconsin ethics practitioners examine major developments affecting attorney conduct, including ABA guidance on confidentiality during withdrawal from representation and continuing duties to former clients and successor counsel. You'll also get up to speed on recent Wisconsin ethics opinions, including EF-26-01 addressing a lawyer's reporting obligations under SCR 20:8.3.
Co-produced with the State Bar Professional Ethics Committee
Untangling the knots
What can you say when you need to withdraw from a case? When does your duty to a former client actually end?
Recent ethics guidance has tackled some of the questions Wisconsin lawyers confront most often—and some of the easiest to get wrong.
At Legal Ethics 2026, Wisconsin ethics practitioners examine major developments affecting attorney conduct, including ABA guidance on confidentiality during withdrawal from representation and continuing duties to former clients and successor counsel. You'll also get up to speed on recent Wisconsin ethics opinions, including EF-26-01 addressing a lawyer's reporting obligations under SCR 20:8.3.
Whether you're facing an ethics question right now or simply want to avoid becoming the subject of one later, this annual update will help you understand what has changed, what remains unsettled, and what Wisconsin lawyers need to know moving forward.
