Legal Ethics Lab

Spring CLEs: 12 MCLE April-June, 2021

12 MCLE Ethics (8.5 MCLE) Law Practice Management (1 MCLE) Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (1 MCLE) Area of Practice (1.5 MCLE)

Current & Recurring Ethical Issues and How to Avoid Them.

*Conflict of Interest--Business, Personal, & Joint representation *Litigation Tactics to Nowhere *Technology Risk, Strategy, and Compliance *When the Personal Disrupts the Professional 7 Deadly Sins of Legal Ethics (Approved for 5 CLE).

Starting & Growing Your Law Practice: Best Practices and Pitfalls to Avoid

*Advertising & Digital Marketing *Ethics of Law Firm Collaboration *IOLA Dos & Don'ts *Accept. Reject. Collect. Implementing effective systems *Lessons form Noteworthy Legal Malpractice Suits. (Approved for 5 MCLE)

April Ethics CLEs Day 1 & 2 (April 14 & 18th)

1. Escrow Accounts 2. The Ethics of Law Firm Collaboration 3. Advertising and Digital Marketing 4. Conflicts (Approved for 4 MCLE)

Lessons from some Noteworthy Legal Malpractice Suits. The Claims that Survived and Those That Didn’t

Daily attorneys operate their practice in fear of not only a disciplinary complaint being filed against them, but a legal malpractice suit being brought by a client. Unfortunately, for one attorney or another, these fears are realized daily.

Words matter—Biases, Racial Fury, and The Belittling of Female Attorneys

Words matter and the language we choose can sometimes fuel underlining biases and racial divide. Repeatedly, we have been seeing racial rants showing up inside and outside the courtrooms. Female attorneys are being belittled and disrespected before..