$109 Alabama CLE - 12 Credits

ABA Ethics Rule 3.3 and Electronic Data Discovery

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type: Ethics

Alabama CLE Course Details:

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.

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford

AI Deep Dive for Attorneys: AI Taxonomy and Terminology

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type: On-Demand

Alabama CLE Course Details:

This course, "AI Deep Dive for Attorneys: AI Taxonomy and Terminology," provides an in-depth exploration of artificial intelligence (AI), emphasizing its relevance to the legal profession. It defines AI broadly, covering various subsets such as machine learning, generative text, image, and video AI, as well as supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised, reinforcement, and self-supervised learning. The course discusses practical applications in legal contexts, from enhancing document analysis and evidence management to predictive legal analytics. It also addresses potential legal issues related to privacy, intellectual property, liability, algorithmic bias, and compliance. By examining specific AI technologies including facial recognition, object detection, self-driving cars, drones, robotic assistants, virtual assistants, and AI-powered recruitment and trading agents, the course underscores both the transformative potential and the legal challenges associated with AI integration into law practice.

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford

AI Deep Dive for Attorneys: Computer Vision

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type: On-Demand

Alabama CLE Course Details:

This course, An AI Deep Dive for Attorneys: Computer Vision, provides legal professionals with a comprehensive understanding of how computer vision, a branch of artificial intelligence, intersects with legal practice. It begins by introducing the fundamentals of computer vision and its growing relevance in law, especially in areas such as surveillance, intellectual property, discovery, and digital evidence. The course explores technical concepts including neural networks and deep learning while addressing legal challenges related to evidence admissibility, privacy, algorithmic bias, and ethical concerns. It also covers practical applications in forensic investigations, litigation, document verification, and regulatory compliance, equipping attorneys with the knowledge to navigate and leverage these technologies effectively in their legal work.

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford

AI Deep Dive for Attorneys: Large Language Models

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type: On-Demand

Alabama CLE Course Details:

This course, "AI Deep Dive for Attorneys: Large Language Models," provides attorneys with a comprehensive understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), covering their definition, training processes, and implications for legal practice. Participants learn how LLMs use neural networks trained on vast text datasets to perform versatile language-based tasks, such as drafting legal documents, conducting research, and automating routine tasks, thereby significantly impacting fields like customer service, education, journalism, and especially law. The course emphasizes critical ethical considerations, including attorney-client confidentiality, data privacy (GDPR compliance), bias and fairness in outputs, and intellectual property rights. Additionally, it explores practical strategies for attorneys to integrate LLMs responsibly into their workflows, addressing challenges such as hallucinations (misinformation), admissibility of AI-generated evidence, malpractice risks, cybersecurity concerns, and compliance with evolving regulatory frameworks. Ultimately, the course equips attorneys with essential AI literacy skills, enabling them to balance innovation with professional ethics and competence as AI technologies continue to transform the legal landscape.

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford
• Dr. Russ Biagio Altman

An Introduction to E-discovery and AI - Live Webcast

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type: Live-interactive

Alabama CLE Course Details:

This course gives attorneys a practical, court-aware foundation in the electronic discovery process and how modern artificial intelligence tools, including Technology-Assisted Review, change preservation, review, and production decisions. It defines electronic discovery and the lifecycle of identifying, preserving, collecting, processing, reviewing, and producing electronically stored information, then walks through the Electronic Discovery Reference Model as a framework for managing that work efficiently. The course also explains where machine learning and natural language processing fit into discovery workflows, including how Technology-Assisted Review learns iteratively from human-coded examples and what that means for defensibility and transparency. Finally, it covers key Federal Rules of Civil Procedure concepts that drive day-to-day discovery practice, along with the duty to preserve, litigation holds, and proportionality so attorneys can better manage risk, cost, and vendor oversight in both litigation and firm operation

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford

Anxiety and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession - Live Webcast

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type: Live-interactive

Alabama CLE Course Details:

The course explores the significant issue of anxiety-driven substance abuse among legal professionals, highlighting factors such as chronic workplace stress, demanding billable-hour systems, cultural stigma surrounding mental health, and competitive legal environments. It examines commonly abused substances, including alcohol, prescription medications, and illegal drugs, as coping mechanisms for unmanaged anxiety. Additionally, the course delves into the severe consequences of substance abuse, including ethical violations, disciplinary actions, compromised client outcomes, and impaired decision-making. It emphasizes the critical role of supportive workplace policies, specialized treatment programs, lawyer assistance programs, mindfulness and resilience strategies, and proactive advocacy and education to address these challenges and promote healthier practices within the legal community?

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford

Civility in the Legal Profession

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type: On-Demand

Alabama CLE Course Details:

Thomas G. Moukawsher, a former complex litigation judge with 40 years’ experience in courts across the country, tackles the question of civility in the legal profession and shares his personal experience and views on the decline of civility. He then turns to the problem with civility in court pleadings, motion practice, briefing, and trial work. The goal is to allow you to see the problem and take away specific proposals on reforms and a review of the recently proposed rule change about civility.

Faculty:

• Thomas G. Moukawsher

Critical Soft Skills for Attorneys

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type: On-Demand

Alabama CLE Course Details:

This comprehensive course is designed to equip legal professionals with the essential interpersonal and self-management abilities necessary to navigate the high-pressure environment of law. The curriculum covers a wide spectrum of communication skills, ranging from maintaining composure and clarity under pressure to active listening and accurate issue-framing. It emphasizes emotional intelligence through modules on regulating emotions during conflict, building rapport through empathy, and delivering bad news with care. Beyond client interactions, the course addresses professional advancement and efficiency by exploring time and project management, collaboration across roles, and the nuances of managing up with senior stakeholders. Ultimately, the training aims to foster a sustainable and successful practice by teaching attorneys how to handle ambiguity, engage in business development, maintain integrity, and mentor junior colleagues.

Faculty:

• Brian Emerson

Diversity Inclusion and Implicit Bias in Attorney Performance Evaluations - Live Webcast

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type: Live-interactive

Alabama CLE Course Details:

This course explores the critical issues of diversity, inclusion, and implicit bias in attorney performance evaluations within legal organizations. It addresses how implicit biases, unconscious attitudes or stereotypes, can significantly affect fairness in performance reviews, particularly regarding gender, race, communication styles, leadership perceptions, and intersectional identities. Throughout, it emphasizes the importance of identifying biases through quantitative and qualitative methods, promoting transparency, and implementing structured evaluation frameworks and regular bias training. Additionally, the course highlights the negative impact biases have on career trajectories, promotions, compensation decisions, and perceptions of competence and credibility. Effective strategies to mitigate bias include employing standardized metrics, diverse evaluation panels, anonymous assessments, and technology-driven solutions like artificial intelligence. Ultimately, the course advocates for accountability and proactive measures to foster equitable evaluations and inclusive organizational cultures.

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford

eDiscovery Project Management and Cost Control - Live Webcast

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type:

Alabama CLE Course Details:

This course provides a comprehensive guide to managing the electronic discovery process with a focus on operational efficiency and financial oversight. It covers essential strategies ranging from initial project scoping, early case assessment (ECA), and legal hold execution to advanced technical topics like data mapping, custodian identification, and the use of analytics for review reduction. You will learn how to navigate complex challenges such as cross-border data transfer, privilege review workflows, and spoliation risk, while also mastering practical skills in budget forecasting, vendor management, and the implementation of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs). By emphasizing the integration of technology?including Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and metrics dashboards?this course equips legal and IT professionals with the tools to streamline workflows, ensure defensibility, and significantly reduce the costs associated with litigation and data production.

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford

eDiscovery with Slack, Teams, and the Cloud - Live Webcast

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type: Live-interactive

Alabama CLE Course Details:

This course provides legal professionals with essential strategies for managing electronic discovery in modern collaboration environments. The course contrasts traditional email-based discovery with the unique challenges of dynamic chat platforms , addressing the complexities introduced by Slack, Microsoft Teams, and cloud storage. Participants will learn to navigate critical issues such as the preservation of ephemeral messages, emojis, and GIFs ; maintaining context in fragmented conversations ; and handling hyperlinks and attachments. The curriculum covers practical applications including updating legal hold notices , implementing preservation in Microsoft 365 , using platform-specific APIs and tools like Microsoft Purview , authenticating chat data for admissibility , and negotiating modern ESI protocols. The program also emphasizes the ethical duty of technological competence while addressing key legal principles like proportionality , privilege , and cross-border data privacy.

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford

Mobile Device Discovery in Litigation - Live Webcast

Alabama CLE Requirements Credit Type: Live-interactive

Alabama CLE Course Details:

This course, "Mobile Device Discovery in Litigation", provides legal professionals with a comprehensive guide to navigating the complexities of Electronic Data Discovery (EDD) involving mobile devices. The curriculum addresses the unique challenges mobile devices pose due to their personal nature, diverse data types, and the proliferation of apps. Key topics include identifying relevant devices and data sources, comparing collection methods, managing company-owned devices versus BYOD policies, and crafting effective legal holds. Participants will explore strategies for preserving and discovering challenging data types, including text messages, disappearing messages, cloud backups, location data, and data from social media and health apps. The course also delves into critical legal issues such as the dangers of client self-collection, spoliation, proportionality arguments, privacy concerns, the Fifth Amendment, authenticating evidence, hearsay objections, and working effectively with digital forensics experts.

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford

12 Credit - Alabama CLE Bundle 2026 - $109

Total Credits: 12.0 hours annually.Ethics: Minimum of 1.0 hour in legal ethics/professional responsibility (included within the 12-hour total).Live vs. On-Demand Limits:Live/Interactive: At least 6.0 hours must be live events (e.g., in-person seminars, live webcasts, or teleconferences).On-Demand/Distance Learning: Maximum of 6.0 hours per year may be completed via pre-recorded/on-demand courses.

Ethics - 1.0 Hour

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6 Credit - Alabama CLE Bundle 2026 - $49

The Alabama bundle will provide all six (6) allowable online CLE hours, including the required hour of ethics.

Attorneys in Alabama may fulfill up to six (6) hours of the 12-hour requirement with online courses that have been pre-approved by the Alabama State Bar CLE Department.

Ethics - 1.0 Hour

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