- Faculty:
- Roy Ginsburg
- Duration:
- 0:59
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- The practice of law is based on relationships – with clients, potential clients and referral sources. Personal networking is the best way to create and sustain those relationships. Unfortunately, many lawyers will do anything to avoid networking. The key to successful networking is to find the networking method that matches your personality – the one that makes you feel the most...
- Faculty:
- Cynthia Sharp, Esq.
- Duration:
- 1:01
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- Many lawyers have not mastered effective delegation techniques probably because nobody ever taught them the basic skills. This program addresses delegation techniques compliant with MRPC 5.1 and 5.3's supervisory requirements. They are missing the opportunity to leverage their own talents by delegating projects and tasks to other lawyers, legal professionals and strong support staff.
- Faculty:
- Graham Thatcher | Brian T. Guthrie, Esq. | Anna Marie Thatcher | Alicia Garcia, Esq. | John M. Stuart, Esq. | Barry R. Vickrey, Esq.
- Duration:
- 2:19
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- In 1535 one lawyer chose personal conscience over public loyalty and so threatened those in power that they killed him! Some have called Sir Thomas More the first "modern man." He was certainly the quintessential Renaissance man ... lawyer, statesman, philosopher, linguist, raconteur, Chancellor of England ... and author of one of the great books of western civilization, Utopia. Despite all of that, Sir Thomas More was beheaded by King Henry VIII in 1535 for high treason.
- Faculty:
- Daniel J. Siegel, Esq.
- Duration:
- 1:03
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- The adage that all publicity is good is not always true. The press is filled with stories about how lawyers end up in hot water by filing improperly-redacted documents, disclosing confidential information to family and friends, and allowing technological ignorance to prejudice clients.
- Faculty:
- Cynthia Sharp, Esq.
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 2 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- Would you like to increase your client base but don’t know where to begin? Do you want to actively market your practice on a restricted budget – but don’t want to run afoul of the Ethics Rules? If so, you won’t want to miss Cynthia Sharp’s energetic and informative presentation. Attendees will be provided with tools and motivation to create and implement an individual
- Faculty:
- Philip Bogdanoff, Esq.
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 4 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- Rule 8.3 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct indicates that “a lawyer who knows that that a judge has committed a violation of applicable rules of judicial conduct that raises a substantial question as to the judge's fitness for office shall inform the appropriate authority.” Rule 8.4 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct explains that it is professional misconduct for
- Faculty:
- Carole Levitt | Mark Rosch
- Duration:
- 1:00
- Short Description:
- As early as 1996, many state bar associations began issuing formal (or advisory) ethics opinions on the ethical uses of Internet technology. Many of those opinions relating to Web sites and online communications apply the advertising rules that already exist for print advertising. In the late Summer of 2010, the American Bar Association issued its Formal Opinion 10-457 discussing ethical concerns
- Faculty:
- Roy Ginsburg
- Duration:
- 1:00
- Short Description:
- Everyone knows that, much like diet and exercise, networking is good for you and that, similarly, there are lots of excuses for avoiding it. When coaching lawyers or conducting CLEs on business development, the author hears a lot of resistance to incorporating networking as a means of building a book of business. Here are the most common excuses: I don't have the time.
- Faculty:
- Roy Ginsburg
- Duration:
- 1:00
- Short Description:
- If you ask most attorneys whether their clients are satisfied, the vast majority would, of course, say "yes." If you then ask them "what makes you so sure?" the responses would typically range from "They don’t complain" and "They’re nice to me" to "They pay their bills" or "They continue to do business with us." A closer exami
- Faculty:
- Mark Rosch | Carole Levitt
- Duration:
- 1:00
- Short Description:
- More and more attorneys and judges are using social media, either for its intended purpose of social networking (and, for the lesser intended purpose of marketing) or for its unintended purpose of investigative research. There has been much discussion online amongst legal experts about what sorts of investigative activity is ethical for lawyers to engage in. Most Bar Associations however, have not yet addressed this topic. Two exceptions are the Philadelphia Bar and the New York State Bar.
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