$79 IN MCLE - 18 Credits

ABA Ethics Rule 3.3 and Electronic Data Discovery

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Ethics

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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

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Distance Education

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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

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Distance Education

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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

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Distance Education

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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

Anxiety and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Distance Education

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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

Client Confidentiality and Ethical Electronic Data Discovery

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Ethics

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This course, "Client Confidentiality and Ethical Electronic Data Discovery," provides a comprehensive exploration of ABA Model Rule 1.6 and its implications for legal professionals handling electronically stored information (ESI). It emphasizes the duty of attorneys to protect client confidences, highlighting key ethical challenges posed by emerging technologies, data discovery, and e-discovery processes. Participants are introduced to strategies for safeguarding sensitive information, such as metadata management, secure cloud storage, encryption, and the use of ethical screening software. The course also addresses practical measures for managing confidentiality in situations involving litigation holds, third-party vendors, social media data, and privilege logs, offering actionable solutions for reducing risks. By underscoring the importance of technological competence, the curriculum equips attorneys to navigate complex legal landscapes while upholding their ethical obligations. From proactive planning to disaster recovery, this course fosters a thorough understanding of how to balance transparency with confidentiality and prevent inadvertent disclosures. Through this knowledge, attorneys can enhance their professional integrity, client trust, and compliance with ABA ethical standards in an increasingly digital legal environment.

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford

Demystifying Computers for Attorneys

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Distance Education

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This basic lecture helps attorneys understand the components and roles of the different types of technology available or present in the law office, what to look for as far as stats and performance is concern

Faculty:

• Russell Jackman, Esq.

Reducing Substance Abuse with Mindfulness for Attorneys

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Distance Education

IN MCLE Course Details: This course about Reducing Substance Abuse with Mindfulness for Attorneys will explore ten topics that are relevant to attorneys. First, the course will explore mindfulness meditation to reduce stress and substance abuse among U.S. attorneys. Next, the course will investigate incorporating mindfulness techniques in legal practice to combat substance dependency. The course will then explore mindful breathing exercises to alleviate substance cravings for lawyers. After this, the course will investigate ethics and responsibilities: attorneys practicing mindfulness to prevent substance abuse. Next, the material will cover mindfulness-based stress reduction for attorneys battling substance dependence. The course will then turn towards law firm culture: encouraging mindfulness to mitigate substance abuse risks. Next, the course will investigate mindfulness training for lawyers on sustainable recovery from substance abuse. The course will then explore jury trials: using mindfulness to manage anxiety and reduce substance dependency. The course will next investigate integrating mindfulness into continuing legal education for substance abuse prevention. Lastly, the material will cover attorney wellness programs: mindfulness as a tool to combat substance abuse.

Faculty:

• Berry Crawford

Rule 1.1 Competence - A Case Law Exploration

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Ethics

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The American Bar Association (ABA) Model Rules of Professional Conduct, first adopted in 1983, represent a comprehensive framework for ethical legal practice in the United States. ABA Rule 1.1: Competence is a fundamental ethical requirement in the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct that mandates lawyers to provide competent representation to their clients. Competence means having the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness, and preparation reasonably necessary for the representation. This rule underscores the importance of lawyers maintaining their legal skills through continuous study and education. It ensures that clients receive professional and adequate legal services, protecting their legal rights and interests. Violations of this rule can lead to disciplinary actions against lawyers, emphasizing the rule's critical role in maintaining the integrity and quality of the legal profession. This course will explore different facets of this rule by examining important cases such as Strickland v. Washington (1984), Nix v. Whiteside (1986), and Roe v. Flores-Ortega (2000).

Faculty:

• Victor Perri, Esq

Security and Confidentiality for Providing Legal Services Remotely

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Distance Education

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For lawyers, securing client information is of paramount importance and there can be severe risks that come from not doing so. However, most law firms are not adequately prepared in terms of cybersecurity because they do not invest in the tools necessary to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of, or unauthorized access to, client data. Failure to do so can be devastating for any law firm and the shift to working remotely due to COVID-19 has exacerbated the probability of these problems occurring. This program aims to elucidate the importance of cybersecurity for attorneys who are providing legal services from home and how to protect that legal data from potential cyberattacks.

Faculty:

• Joshua Lenon

Storytelling in the Courtroom

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Distance Education

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As a trial lawyer, what do you really need in order to win your case? Attention ? the jury's attention. I don't mean that in the narcissistic "everyone look at me" sense. When I say every trial lawyer wants more attention, what I mean is that before you can build a rapport with the jury and earn their trust, you have to fight a war ? the war for the jury's attention. "Attention" and "connection" are the key elements needed to win the minds and hearts of the jury.

Faculty:

• Michael J. DeBlis III, Esq.

Storytelling in the Courtroom: Volume 1 - Part II

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Distance Education

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Like it or not, we are in the midst of an attention war. We need to confront the reality that the jury's attention can no longer be taken for granted. We have to change our way of thinking to focus on gaining attention before we can leave lasting impressions. The jury's attention must be the currency that every trial lawyer trades in. In this presentation, I will talk about how storytelling can help lawyers to cut through all of the noise and distractions of everyday life in order to connect to the jury on a human level.

Faculty:

• Michael J. DeBlis III, Esq.

Storytelling in the Courtroom: Volume 1 - Part III

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Distance Education

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Stories are told in two basic modes: (1) narrative summary and (2) scenes. Narrative summary is an overview. It?s an expository way of moving the audience along in the story. It?s very much ?telling.? Most Nineteenth Century novels begin with narrative summary. For example, ?It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.? It?s more conceptual than cinematic.

Faculty:

• Michael J. DeBlis III, Esq.

Storytelling in the Courtroom: Volume 1 - Part IV

IN MCLE Requirements Credit Type: Distance Education

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Kristin Linklater, one of the great voice instructors, puts it like this:?There?s a desire to speak?an impulse. It runs down the spinal column and through the central nervous system galvanizing simultaneously the breathing mechanism and the laryngeal mechanism into an activity that creates a vibration which is immediately amplified by surrounding resonating surfaces into voice. At the same time the impulse activates movements of lips and tongue that deliver words."

Faculty:

• Michael J. DeBlis III, Esq.