Litigation Ethics - August 17, 2022

Litigation Ethics: Rules, Real Stories, and Regrets

Sponsored by LawPay

The trial experience is much more comprehensive than those “Perry Mason” moments you see on TV. True signs of professionalism include properly preparing your client including the advisability of pursuing claims, communicating all events honestly, and observing all the rules of law and ethics. This course is based upon true stories of lessons learned by lawyers in the course of litigation that are cautionary, practical, and sometimes entertaining. These lessons include:

• Addressing conflicts which suddenly arise
• Clients whose expectations exceed reason
• Relationships with opposing counsel
• Conduct during settlement discussions
• The dangers of interacting with pro se parties
• Clients who lie
• Lack of candor with a judge which morphs into misrepresentation
• Spoliation of documents – intentional and accidental; and
• Improper disclosures of confidential information.

There are interesting analyses, practical answers, and as always, great ethical guidance in this course.

Speaker:

Claude Ducloux -  LawPay director of education, ethics and compliance

FREE!

Online

Total Credits:  1.00 unit

Wednesday, August 17, 2022, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT

For registration go to:

https://www.lawpay.com/solutions/education/legal-ethics-in-litigation-cle/

Prepare Briefs Efficiently and Accurately - August 23, 2022

Leveraging Technology to Prepare Briefs with Greater Efficiency and Accuracy 

Sponsored by LexisNexis

This course focuses on the importance of accuracy and efficiency in the review and preparation of briefs and motions. In particular, it stresses an attorney’s duty of competence, which includes an obligation to accurately cite and quote legal authorities in the briefs presented to the courts, as well as the duty to cite only valid legal authorities and to disclose adverse authorities. Additionally, it addresses the duty lawyers owe to their clients to work as efficiently as possible in the preparation of briefs and motions, which includes a concomitant obligation to leverage available technologies to assist in performing these tasks. Ultimately, the course illuminates the legal technologies currently available to assist lawyers with reviewing and preparing briefs accurately and efficiently.

Topics of Discussion: 

I. Explanation of the relevant ABA model rules requiring attorneys to keep abreast of legal technology to assist in servicing clients
II. Retrieving and reviewing cited authorities more efficiently with legal technology, e.g., LMO’s “get cited docs”
III. Validating citations more accurately and efficiently with legal technology, e.g, LMO’s “check cite format”
IV. Preparing and updating tables of authorities more efficiently with legal technology, e.g., LMO’s “prepare TOA”
V. Validating quotes more accurately and efficiently with legal technology, e.g, LMO’s “check quotes”
VI. Researching concepts from an opponent’s brief more efficiently with legal technology, e.g., LMO’s “find precedent”
VII. Gathering intelligence efficiently regarding companies, law firms, judges and other entities in an opposing brief using legal technology, e.g., LMO’s “find” tool

Speakers:

Jacquelyn LaCorte - Training Consultant and Client Relations Manager at LexisNexis

FREE!

                                                              

Online

Total Credits:  1.00 unit

Tuesday, August 23, 2022,  12:00 pm  to 1:00 pm PT

For further information see:

https://www.lexisnexis.com/university/course.aspx?classInfo=Crs~686~53369

Ethical Billing Practices - August 24, 2022

Walking the Line: Keeping Billing Practices Ethical

Sponsored by Attorney Protective

One of the many challenges in law firm management is legal billing. Clients can avoid or delay paying legal bills for a number of reasons. Clients may disagree with the amount charged or may be confused about the billing agreement or the work performed. That is why it is important to implement client-centric billing processes, which can also help avoid potential fee disputes down the road. Join speakers Erin McCartney, J.D. and Erik Crep J.D. while they discuss legal billing tips that can help your firm establish more efficient and client centric billing processes, which can help avoid potential fee disputes down the road.

Speakers:

Erin McCartney, J.D.

Erik Crep J.D.

FREE!

Online

Total Credits:  1.00 unit

Wednesday,  August 24, 2022, 110:00 AM-11:00 Pacific Time

For further information see:

https://goto.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1524039&tp_key=3e80d4d97f

A Lawyer's Guide to Improving Well-being - August 30, 2022

Emotional Intelligence: A Lawyer's Guide to Improving Well-being in the Workplace and Beyond

Sponsored by Smokeball

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) - the ability to understand and manage your own and others' emotions - plays a significant role in the success and satisfaction of individuals. Yet within the legal professions, EQ skills are not often discussed or learned. Due to the high-stress, relationship-based nature of legal work though, it's extremely important that legal professionals take the time to develop high EQ.  

Join this free webinar with lawyer-turned-psychotherapist Chelsy Castro and learn how to increase your EQ. With her help, you'll cultivate skills that improve your communication, enhance your relationships and equip you to be more effective, compassionate leader at your law firm.

In this free CLE webinar, you’ll learn: 

• What Emotional Intelligence is and why it matters
• The role of Emotional Intelligence in the context of the legal profession
• How to identify opportunities for practicing skills that increase Emotional Intelligence
• Tools and techniques to increase your Emotional Intelligence

Moderator:

Chelsy Castro, JD, MA, MSW, LCSW

​​FREE!

Online

Total Credits:  1.00 unit

Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

For further information see:

https://go.smokeball.com/improving-well-being-in-the-workplace-and-beyondRegistration is a little tricky.

Building a Virtual Law Firm - July 12, 2022

How to Build the Best Virtual Law Firm

Sponsored by Clio

Join industry experts to discover how to run a successful virtual law firm. In this CLE-eligible* webinar, you’ll learn about the:

Benefits of building a virtual law firm

Ethical and regulatory requirements to follow

Technologies to help you work efficiently and elevate the client experience (along with resources to guide you)

Speaker:

Anne-Marie Rábago - Founder & Principal, Modern Juris LLC

FREE!

Online

Total Credits:  1.00 unit

Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 11 a.m. PT

For registration go to:

https://tinyurl.com/y6j27hm4

or

https://www.clio.com/events/webinar-best-virtual-law-firm/?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cle-webinar-cultural-competence-for-law-firms-attendees-nam-prospects&utm_content=body3&mkt_tok=MDQ4LUFDUi05MzAAAAGE41ahdRiv92m2t73E4M9ErdPcM5BF9xnsFlJF8v-ziv0b6zpCCnHXwyUlBgp5xYl_NWms_W-jbwMZrjUSHB-OKtGGWyQt0C2Mn8cXu55PM3ClVw

Declarations in Immigration Court - July 13, 2022

Using Universal Expert Declarations in Immigration Court

Sponsored by the Center for Gender Refugee Studies

This webinar discusses filing universal expert declarations in immigration court as evidence in asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (CAT) claims. During this one-hour training we will familiarize advocates with universal expert declarations and their uses. We will also provide an overview of the evidentiary framework and provide litigation strategies and arguments advocates can use to push back against common admission and weight challenges to universal expert declarations in immigration court.

Speakers:

Anne Peterson, Senior Staff Attorney - CGRS

Julie Bourdoiseau, Staff Attorney - CGRSFREE!

Online

Total Credits:  1.00 unit

Wednesday, July 13, 2022, 10:00 AM Pacific Time

For registration go to:

https://uchastings.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zNTwm6FuSt2Y2QLDVfVdeQ

Privacy By Design - July 19 2022

Privacy By Design: Considerations for Products, Transactions, and Vendor Management

Sponsored by Bloomberg Law

Learning objectives include:

Gain practitioner insights on applying privacy by design principles early on in a manner that allows for scaling and modification of organizational privacy programs against a backdrop of evolving laws and regulations

Study practitioner techniques for identifying and managing privacy and cybersecurity risks in commercial contracts through pre-transaction risk assessments

Obtain insights on the negotiation of enterprise cloud arrangements from the perspective of a service provider

Learn about key components of vendor management programs to help ensure the consistent application of privacy and data security controls across outsourced services

Speakers:

Nishant Bhajaria - Director of Privacy Engineering, Architecture and Analytics, Uber

Eugenia Birman - Senior Product Counsel, Google

Razvan E. Miutescu - Partner, Whiteford Taylor Preston LLP

FREE!

Online

Total Credits:  1.00 unit

Tuesday, July 19 2022, 10:00 AM PDT

For registration go to:

https://learning.bloomberglaw.com/catalog/product.xhtml?eid=39706