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Current Programs
Musical CLE programs available from ProEthics include:
Some of the programs currently available from ProEthics include:
- Hypothetically
Speaking I and II
- The Virtuous
Lawyer Series
- The
Klutz Interactive Legal Epics
- Programs
Specifically for Law Firms
- Government
and Agency Lawyers
- Scary
Boundaries of Legal Ethics
- Programs
for Corporate and Non-Profit Counsel
- Ethical
Perils of Pauline McQueen
- Timely
and Issue Specific Programs
Musical CLE Programs
The
Sound of Ethics
The
Sound of Ethics traces the career of an ethically sensitive junior partner,
Maria Nonplust, at the law firm Snapp, Clapp, and Von Trapp. There she
encounters ethical dilemmas that span the fields of wills and estates,
real estate transactions, negotiation, corporate representation and litigation,
often in opposition to her hard driving senior partner, Otto Von Trapp.
The show's seven songs, all parodies of familiar Rodgers and Hammerstein
tunes, include the poignant duet "People Will Say We Screwed Up",
the stirring Enron-inspired dance number "Shall We Squeal?,"
the hymn to fee-padding, "My Big Bill", and the sing-along finale
"Legal Vice". Read more about this innovative
and unique program.
Ethics
Rock!
New in 2004,
Ethics Rock! will give its participants useful tools for anticipating,
recognizing, and dealing with ethical problems, alert them to trends and
new developments, and hone their ethics problem-solving skills, with lively
debate and discussion. But first, seminar attendees will have to resist
the overwhelming impulse to "twist and shout" as the ethics
problems are described to some of the most beloved tunes of all time,
unforgettable hits by Cat Stevens, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly,
Steve Goodman, The Who, Simon & Garfunkel, B.J. Thomas, Janis Joplin
and The Beatles. Read
more about ProEthics' newest musical CLE program.
Hypothetically Speaking I and
II
Hypothetically
Speaking
Topics include
pre-trial publicity, reporting misconduct, negotiation, tape-recording,
sexual harassment, substance abuse, inadvertent disclosure and more.
Hypothetically
Speaking II
Topics include
settlement, gifts, unrepresented parties, the imprudent client, conflict
of issues, escrow agent conflicts, professionalism, coercive tactics and
more.
Ethics,
Malpractice, and the Virtuous Lawyer
An interactive
exploration of the perplexing relastionship between the rules of ethics
and malpractice standards featuring an examination of duties under Common
Law and the Rules, how to avoid breaches of these duties, useful tools
of analysis and prevention and common pitfalls. With 8-10 interactive
hypotheticals.
The
Return of the Virtuous Lawyer
Topics include
billing practices, negotiation, confidentiality, client communication,
conflict of interest, fairness to the court and counsel, litigation "extortion,"
the disabled client and more.
The
Virtuous Lawyer Rides Again (Advanced)
Topics include
Internet issues, misrepresentation, evidence destruction, "dirty
tactics", billing controls, multi-client conflicts, personal conflicts
of interest, lobbying and corporate conflicts and more.
The Curse of the Virtuous
Lawyer (Advanced)
What are the situations
that can lead ethical attorneys into ethical conflicts? This course focuses
on the most perplexing of ethical gray areas, including negotiation, unconscionable
contracts, frivolous litigation, privilege and taint shopping.
Ethical
Dilemmas and the Virtuous Lawyer
Concentrating
on litigation, commercial law, domestic law and firm practice, this installment
of The Virtuous Lawyer series explores common nuts-and-bolts ethical dilemmas.
F ollow the travails of attorney Roy Hobbs as he tries to avoid the ethical dilemmas brought to him by nightmare client, Mr. Klutz. Participants determine the course of the story at key junctures, resulting in one of twenty-eight possible combinations. Topics include selections from Hypothetically Speaking I and II, and The Return of the Virtuous Lawyer and more.
Son
of Klutz
Sequel to the popular
seminar "The Ballad of Halibut Klutz", this interactive episodic
story (in which attendees vote to determine the course of the plot at
key junctures) covers the most current and controversial legal ethics
issues, including discovered conflicts, imputed conflicts, internet practice,
fraud on the court, and more.
Programs Specifically for
Law Firms
Ethical
Dilemmas and the Virtuous Law Firm
An interactive seminar
that examines many of the most challenging ethical issues in real world
practice, as well as the multiple ethical systems that influence how attorneys
respond to them. Challenging and often humorous hypotheticals will present
scenarios involving such issues as conflicts, confidentiality, billing
issues, client management, technology, negotiation practices and more.
Ethics
and the Environment of Law Practice
The Rules
place a heavy burden on non-legal assistants and this course helps make
certain they can are equipped to carry it. With entertaining and challenging
hypotheticals, this two or three hour course explores the assistant's
obligation to the firm, the attorney, the clients and the profession of
law. It covers such issues as client confidentiality, conflicts, attorney
misconduct, professional demeanor, unauthorized practice and more.
Just or Zealous: Core
Ethical Tensions for the Government Lawyer
Examines the special
ethical problems facing government attorneys. How does one balance the
requirement to "do justice" with zealous representation of an
agency, an official, or a department? What part can political considerations
play? When is independent judgment compromised? Is it reality that counts,
appearance, or both?
Duties
to Spare: Ethical Overload and Agency Practice
Government attorneys
have ethical conflicts like no other. When must a government attorney
preclude zealous representation to "do justice"? What other
laws and regulations create ethical obligations? What is the impact of
the DC Rules? Who is the client, and what special conflicts lurk? These
and other issues are explored in lively and challenging hypotheticals.
Scary Boundaries of Legal
Ethics
The
Outer Limits: Scary Boundaries of Legal Ethics
Selected legal ethics
hypotheticals from the above seminars are brought to life by the Ethical
Arts Players, whose portrayal is "frozen", run backward, or
restaged by seminar participants who, in the words of the famous intro
to the old science fiction show, "have taken control of the television
set".
The
Ethics Zone: More Scary Boundaries of Legal Ethics
The Ethical
Arts Players bring more hypotheticals to life, hosted by a Rod Serling-like
figure as the interactive seminar parodies the classic fantasy television
series.
Corporate and Non-Profit Counsel
Good
Counsel: Legal Ethics Conflicts in the Corporate Setting
When is
a general counsel a member of the management team, an advisor, or an advocate?
This acclaimed course, developed for the legal staff of a Fortune 500
company, focuses on the unique ethical pitfalls of in-house counsel.
Too
Many Hats: Conflict of Roles and Ethical Consequences for the Non-Profit
General Counsel
The general
counsel must navigate the difficult journey between law and business,
and this is especially difficult in the non-profit organization, when
the mission sometimes trumps other considerations. Nepotism, board misconduct,
dishonest public statements, donations with strings attached and handling
publicity nightmares are a few of the difficult issues covered in this
popular three hour seminar.
The
Ethical Perils of Pauline McQueen
Disreputable
and deceased attorney Pauline McQueen is given one chance to avoid eternal
damnation if she can practice law ethically for one year. But it's not
going to be easy, as her ethical angel inquisitors throw every conceivable
dilemma in her path. Participants rate Pauline's choices at key points
in the story to determine where she ends up. Topics include selections
from all the Virtuous Lawyer series, and more.
Timely and Issue Specific
Programs
Conflicted!
No ethical issue
is the topic of more concern than conflicts of interest, and this three-hour
course is a conflicts feast, including the complexities of lobbying vs.
litigation conflicts, payment in client stock, personal relationships,
and more. The proposed changes in Ethics 2000 are also discussed.
Breaking the Code: The
Pitfalls, Traps and Conundrums of the New Ethics Rules
This program is
specially designed for jurisdictions moving from Code-based rules to the
ABA's model rules. Using expanded hypotheticals that highlight the areas
of change, this seminar and its materials cover new conflict of interest
considerations, confidentiality exceptions, fees, the multiple roles of
attorneys, professionalism, communication, waiver, incompetent clients,
false evidence, corporate representation and more.
Front
Page Ethics
A special legal ethics seminar focusing on the myriad legal
ethics issues raised in the O. J. Simpson trial and the Starr-Clinton
inquiry.