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# Lundberg Legal Ethics

Navigating the Legal Ethics Landscape

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## Posts

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- [‘Dear Ethics Lawyer’ — A Resource for Ethics Training](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2026/06/dear-ethics-lawyer-a-resource-for-ethics-training/) - In this month’s column we interview Mark Hinderks of Stinson, author of the “Dear Ethics Lawyer” column, an extraordinarily well-constructed law firm teaching aid that has now been incorporated into a new blog. Read the article
- [The Hypothetical Exception to Client Confidentiality](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2022/10/the-hypothetical-exception-to-client-confidentiality/) - Chuck's article in Minnesota Lawyer provides excellent insights into "The Hypothetical Exception to Client Confidentiality". Read the article
- [Meet the Minnesota Firm Counsel Group](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2025/09/meet-the-minnesota-firm-counsel-group/) - Chuck's new column does a deep dive into the Minnesota Firm Counsel Group, where large firm general counsel and ethics partners meet to discuss breaking issues of legal ethics and risk management. Read more in Chuck Lundberg's latest article: Read the article
- [The Art of the Client Email: Tips for New Lawyers](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2025/04/the-art-of-the-client-email-tips-for-new-lawyers/) - One of the most important skills a young attorney can cultivate is communicating clearly and ethically with clients. Often, client communications will be conducted through email. Although it has become ubiquitous, the implications of using email are relatively new in the realm of legal ethics. It wasn’t until 1999 that the ABA first acknowledged that
- [The new Client Relations Deskbook](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2025/01/the-new-client-relations-deskbook/) - The crucial role of supervisory practices in law firms to prevent ethics complaints and malpractice claims
- [Hot Issues in Risk Management, Ethics as of September 2024](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2024/09/hot-issues-in-risk-management-ethics-as-of-september-2024/) - The crucial role of supervisory practices in law firms to prevent ethics complaints and malpractice claims
- [Navigating the Ethical Landscape: Supervisory Practices in Law Firms](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2024/04/navigating-the-ethical-landscape-supervisory-practices-in-law-firms/) - The crucial role of supervisory practices in law firms to prevent ethics complaints and malpractice claims
- [When Not to Use Email](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2023/10/when-not-to-use-email/) - Chuck's most recent Minnesota Lawyer article, "When Not to Use Email," highlights several situations where a lawyer should not use email. Read the article
- [Ethical Emergencies When a Lawyer Makes a Mistake](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2023/04/ethical-emergencies-when-a-lawyer-makes-a-mistake/) - Chuck's most recent Minnesota Lawyer article, "Ethical Emergencies When a Lawyer Makes a Mistake," addresses the fact that mistakes will happen; we’re all human. But if the firm does not learn of the mistake immediately, the chances of dealing with it correctly are greatly diminished. Read the article
- [Expanded Coverage of Legal Ethics & Risk Management during a Pandemic](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2020/05/expanded-coverage-of-legal-ethics-risk-management-during-a-pandemic/) - Chuck's new article in Bench & Bar of Minnesota provides expanded coverage of "Legal Ethics and Risk Management in the Time of Pandemic". Read the article.
- [Benchslaps for insufficiently civil or reasonable attorneys during the pandemic](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2020/04/benchslaps-for-insufficiently-civil-or-reasonable-attorneys-during-the-pandemic/) - We are posting Chuck's 2016 "Benchslaps" column here in connection with a rash of recent judicial orders and opinions lambasting litigation attorneys for not being sufficiently civil or reasonable in the current time of pandemic. Read the column here.
- [Lawyer Ethics and Risk Management in the Pandemic](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2020/04/lawyer-ethics-and-risk-management-in-the-pandemic/) - Chuck's new column in Minnesota Lawyer on lawyer ethics and risk management in the pandemic has sparked substantial discussion in the legal ethics community over the past week. Read the column here. Minnesota Lawyer
- [How to Leave Your Law Firm and Live to  Tell the Tale](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2015/09/how-to-leave-your-law-firm-and-live-to-tell-the-tale/) - Chuck's article discusses best practices on how to leave a law firm. Read more...
- [New Insurance for Judicial Disciplinary Expenses](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2019/11/new-insurance-for-judicial-disciplinary-expenses/) - Chuck's most recent article discusses a new insurance policy covering judicial disciplinary expense and why a judge would need counsel for disciplinary investigations. Read more...
- [Trending: Legal Ethics and Risk Management](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2019/07/trending-legal-ethics-and-risk-management/) - Chuck's newest Minnesota Lawyer column discusses trending legal ethics and risk management issues raised by two recent blockbuster news stories. Read on... [with linked footnotes] or Newspaper Version.
- [#MeToo in the Law Firm Program at Vancouver  Conference](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2019/06/metoo-in-the-law-firm-program-at-vancouver-conference/) - On May 30, 2019, Chuck moderated a major program on #MeToo in the Law Firm for the American Bar Association's National Conference on Professional Responsibility in Vancouver, British Columbia. A panel of national experts discussed a number of cutting-edge issues. A report on the program, recently featured in Law360, is here.
- [#MeToo in the law firm: Lessons for lawyers from post-Weinstein reckoning](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2019/01/metoo-in-the-law-firm-lessons-for-lawyers-from-post-weinstein-reckoning/) - In December 2018, Westlaw Journal republished Chuck's March 2018 #MeToo in the Law Firm article to a national audience, with some new comments about recent developments. Read the article here. 26 No. 08 WJHTH 09 (December 11, 2018) Westlaw Journal Health Law, Expert Analysis
- [Standard of Care vs. Risk Management](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2019/03/standard-of-care-vs-risk-management/) - Chuck's newest Minnesota Lawyer column explores the relationship between the legal malpractice standard of care and risk management strategies law firms can and should adopt. Read the article.
- [#MeToo in the law firm:  emerging issues for 2019](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2018/12/metoo-in-the-law-firm-emerging-issues-for-2019/) - Chuck's newest article for Minnesota Lawyer explores recent developments indicating that the #MeToo Movement has rocked the legal profession like nothing else in recent memory. Read the article.
- [Why Your Firm Needs an Ethics Partner. Now.](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2016/12/why-your-firm-needs-an-ethics-partner-now/) - Recent changes in law make having an Ethics Partner a top priority. Read Chuck's latest article to find out why.
- [#MeToo in the Law Firm: Lessons for Lawyers](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2018/03/metoo-in-the-law-firm-lessons-for-lawyers/) - Chuck's newest article was just published as the cover article in the March 2018 Issue of Bench & Bar of Minnesota: #MeToo in the Law Firm: Lessons for Lawyers from the Post-Weinstein Reckoning. Read the article.
- [The Rat Rule](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2019/03/the-rat-rule/) - The January 2019 issue of Westlaw Journal-Professional Liability republished Chuck's July 2018 "Rat Rule" article [Rule 8.3: Reporting other lawyers] to a national audience. Read the article.
- [ABA's New Ethics Rules For Lawyer Advertising](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2018/09/abas-new-ethics-rules-for-lawyer-advertising/) - Chuck's most recent column in Minnesota Lawyer discusses the ABA's new ethics rules for lawyer advertising. Read his article here.
- [Chuck discusses Rule 8.3, the "Rat Rule"](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2018/07/chuck-discusses-rule-8-3-the-rat-rule/) - Chuck's new column for Minnesota Lawyer discusses a lawyer's ethical duty to report another lawyer's misconduct under Rule 8.3, sometimes known as "the Rat Rule." Read the article now.
- [A Spring Potpourri of Legal Ethics News](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2018/05/a-spring-potpourri-of-legal-ethics-news/) - Read Chuck's newest column for the Minnesota Lawyer (April 2018) - "A Spring Potpourri of Legal Ethics News".
- [Quandaries and Quagmires - January 2018](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2018/01/quandaries-and-quagmires-january-2018/) - Chuck's latest column for Minnesota Lawyer addresses a number of breaking ethics and risk issues for lawyers as of January 2018. Read on...
- [Perspectives Magazine Profiles Chuck](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2017/12/perspectives-magazine-profiles-chuck/) - The Fall 2017 Perspectives magazine by University of Minnesota Law School features an alumni profile of Chuck. See page 44 in the pdf version of Perspectives.
- [Recognition for Outstanding Service](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2016/02/recognition-for-outstanding-service/) - Minnesota Lawyer recently named Chuck the Attorney of the Year for Outstanding Service to the Profession.
- [Giving Good Remorse](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2017/11/giving-good-remorse/) - In November, Chuck will be speaking on several topics, including the topic "Remorse". Read Chuck's 2015 article on the subject of remorse here.
- [Conflicts of Interest Program At Boston Conference](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2017/05/conflicts-of-interest-program-at-boston-conference/) - On April 21, 2017 Chuck moderated a major program on Conflicts of Interest for the ABA Lawyers Professional Liability Committee's Spring Legal Malpractice Conference in Boston. The panel consisted of three of the leading conflicts experts in the country. A full report of the program, recently published in the ABA/BNA Lawyers Manual of Professional
- [Vetting Lateral Partner Candidates](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2017/08/vetting-lateral-partner-candidates/) - Chuck's new column in Minnesota Lawyer addresses the hottest trending topic in legal ethics and risk management: how to vet lateral partner candidates to prevent hiring disasters. Read on...
- [Chuck Lundberg's latest article about ethics complaints filed against White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2017/03/chuck-lundbergs-latest-article-about-ethics-violations-by-white-house-counselor-kellyanne-conway/) - On March 2, 2017, Minnesota Lawyer published Chuck's most recent column discussing an ethics complaint filed by a group of legal ethics professors against White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway. Read the full article here.
- [Quandaries and Quagmires: A year in the life of an ethics column](https://lundberglegalethics.com/2017/01/quandaries-and-quagmires/) - A 12/23/16 column reviewed all the ethics columns Chuck has authored this past year for Minnesota Lawyer : "A year in the life of an ethics column". Read the full article here.

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