Individual CLE Courses
MCLEZ online continuing legal education courses are for Tennessee attorneys who want to make the most of their time and money. For as little as $19.99 per course, easily earn Tennessee Online CLE credit through courses which have been produced in a variety of legal subjects that matter to you.
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MCLEZ provides online continuing legal education programs which have been pre-approved by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization.
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Tennessee CLE Courses
ABA Ethics Rule 3.3 and Electronic Data Discovery
Price: $19.99
The course provides an in-depth exploration of ABA Model Rule 3.3 and its critical application to electronic discovery, emphasizing the attorney?s duty of candor toward the tribunal. It examines ethical obligations to disclose adverse legal authority and correct misrepresentations in both traditional and digitally stored evidence, addressing challenges such as metadata integrity, preservation of electronic evidence, and the complexities introduced by advanced technologies like AI, blockchain, and predictive coding. Additionally, the course discusses practical issues including client fraud, improper handling of encrypted or cloud-based data, and the ethical pitfalls of automated document review, ensuring that legal professionals are well-equipped to maintain the accuracy, transparency, and integrity of digital evidence in modern litigation.
Credits:
AK - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, AL - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, AZ - Professional Responsibility: 1.0 Credits, CA - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, CT - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, GA - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, IL - Professional Responsibility: 1.0 Credits, IN - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, KY - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, NH - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, NJ - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, NV - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, NY - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, OK - Legal Ethics: 1.0 Credits, PA - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, TN - Dual: 1.0 Credits, TX - Ethics: 1.0 Credits, VA - Ethics: 1.0 CreditsCourse Agenda:
- Ethical obligations under Rule 3.3 in electronic discovery
- Duty to disclose adverse legal authority in e-discovery cases
- Consequences of failing to correct false statements in digital evidence
- The impact of metadata on candor toward the tribunal
- Attorney responsibilities in preserving electronic evidence
- Long term storage of data in tape format and Rule 3.3 compliance
- The duty to correct misrepresentations in electronically filed pleadings
- Ethical challenges in redacting electronic evidence
- The intersection of artificial intelligence and candor in e-discovery
- The role of predictive coding and transparency under Rule 3.3
- The duty to report client fraud involving electronic data
- The implications of deepfake evidence in legal proceedings
- Bias in Machine Learning Models
- The role of blockchain technology in ensuring truthfulness in e-discovery
- How privilege reviews impact attorney candor obligations
- The ethical implications of automated document review tools
- Duty to disclose changes in electronically stored information
- Challenges of maintaining integrity in cloud-based evidence
- The influence of social media evidence on candor obligations
- Forensic analysis and its role in ensuring honest e-discovery practices
- The use of email threading and its impact on candor obligations
- The responsibility of attorneys in handling encrypted evidence
- The duty to correct client misrepresentations about digital records
- How Rule 3.3 applies to data breaches and disclosures
- The ethical concerns of using ephemeral messaging in litigation
- The implications of self-collection of ESI on candor obligations
- The role of expert witnesses in ensuring truthfulness in e-discovery
- Duty to address inadvertent disclosure of privileged electronic documents
- The ethical concerns of automated contract analysis and Rule 3.3
- The impact of emerging technologies on the duty of candor in legal proceedings
Course Presenter(s):
- Berry Crawford
Reinvigorating the Lawsuit
Price: $19.99
Thomas Moukawsher, an experienced federal litigator and retired Connecticut complex litigation judge, shares lessons from his 40 years of trying cases in courts across the country. The lessons are based on Judge Moukawsher's 2023 book, The Common Flaw, Needless Complexity in the Courts and 50 Ways to Reduce It. The course confronts litigation flaws with practical solutions, beginning with the filing of the complaint and running through appeals court strategies and briefing.
Credits:
AZ - General: 1.0 Credits, CA - General: 1.0 Credits, CT - General: 1.0 Credits, IN - Distance Education: 1.0 Credits, MO - Self Study: 1.0 Credits, MT - Self Study: 1.0 Credits, NJ - General: 1.5 Credits, NV - General: 1.0 Credits, NY - General: 1.0 Credits, TN - General: 1.22 CreditsCourse Agenda:
- The best complaints are comprehensible rather than needlessly comprehensive.
- Why summary judgment is the best pre-trial motion.
- Prepare to present your case, not needless motions in limine.
- Use trial admissions to focus the trial on the dispute, not the undisputed.
- Eliminate needless exhibits. They smother the important ones.
- Don't waste money on needless expert testimony.
- Propose a time clock.
- Make a point, not a muddle with prior testimony.
- Cross examine crisply, crushingly or not at all.
- Humanize overstuffed, bewildering jury charges and interrogatories.
- Substitute longer closing arguments for post-trial briefs.
- Make your brief writing literary, not technical.
- Choose appellate issues on quality rather than quantity.
- Rethink the billable hour.
Course Presenter(s):
- Thomas G. Moukawsher