- Faculty:
- Becky Howlett, Esq | Cynthia Sharp, Esq.
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 4 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- The ABA and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s (ABA/HBFF) groundbreaking 2016 study confirmed devastatingly high rates of both mental health concerns and substance abuse amongst lawyers. For example, between 21-36% of attorneys qualify as problem drinkers—3-5x higher than the general population. Moreover, 25-30% of attorney disciplinary matters, 60% of all malpractice claims, and 85% of
- Faculty:
- Philip Bogdanoff, Esq.
- Duration:
- 59 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- When the late Justice Ginsburg was asked when will we have enough woman on the United State Supreme Court, she famously said, “When there are nine.” In 1981, when I started practicing law as an Assistant Summit County prosecutor in Akron, Ohio every one of our seven Common Pleas judges was male. In 2020, every one of these judges is female. Because of this change, does this...
- Faculty:
- Daniel J. Siegel, Esq.
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 3 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- IOLTA account mismanagement is one of the most common reasons attorneys find themselves in disciplinary hot water. In most cases, the attorney has never been trained how to handle a trust account, or what the best practices are for handling one. In this program, attendees will learn about the relevant Rules of Professional Conduct, and how they can use best practices to account for all client and
- Faculty:
- Sharon D. Nelson, Esq. | John W. Simek
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 3 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- Deepfakes can impact our relationship to information and the tools we use to work with it. How will this new horizon impact the trustworthiness of evidence and will the legal profession have the tools needed to test what they see or hear? What are the implications for the Rule of Law and our democracy? Topics our presenters will cover include:
- Faculty:
- Graham Thatcher | Anna Marie Thatcher | Brian T. Guthrie, Esq. | Charles Abourezk, Esq. | Alicia Garcia, Esq. | John M. Stuart, Esq. | Barry R. Vickrey, Esq.
- Duration:
- 3:03
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- When Justice William O. Douglas retired from the United States Supreme Court in 1975, he had served for thirty-six years, longer than any other justice its history, and had helped to decide some of the most important cases in the nation’s history. He was an inveterate traveler, prolific writer, and popular speaker, who used his position to espouse his ideas on environmentalism and the Bill
- Faculty:
- Brian T. Guthrie, Esq. | Anna Marie Thatcher | T. Mychael Rambo | Marie A. Failinger, Esq. | Donald M. Lewis, Esq. | John M. Stuart, Esq.
- Duration:
- 2:38
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- May 17, 2019 marked the 65th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which legally ended racial segregation in the schools of the United States. The lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the cases that, together, are now known as “Brown,” was Thurgood Marshall, a passionate and embattled civil rights lawyer. Thurgood Marshall is o
- Faculty:
- Daniel J. Siegel, Esq.
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 2 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the practice of law from the physical office to the remote office, with attorneys working in basements, at their kitchen tables and other non-traditional remote locations. The sudden need to work remotely raises technological and ethical concerns for attorneys and their staff. To assist attorneys deal with their newly imposed reliance on remote technology ...
- Faculty:
- Carol Schiro Greenwald, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:02
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- Networking is the modern way to develop the trust-based relationships lawyers need to create their reputation, develop referral relationships, attract clients, build the career they want and access knowledge and resources. Strategic networking marries intention to networking in order to produce a targeted, cumulative, effective networking program focused on achieving a person’s goals. In this program ...
- Faculty:
- Mickey Valdez, CA
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 2 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- Sexual assault cases can be some of the most difficult to prosecute. Even when the evidence is there, juries often make decisions based on stereotypes and implicit biases that have plagued our society for decades. This training focuses on Start by Believing, a public awareness campaign started by EVAWI, designed to improve the public response to sexual assault. The goal is to ...
- Faculty:
- Joel Oster, Esq.
- Duration:
- 1:04
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- From My Cousin Vinny to Lincoln Lawyer, from Atticus Finch to Lt. Kaffee, Hollywood lawyers have a lot to teach us about the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Using the Hollywood storylines as a starting point, we dissect the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, and then apply them to real-life cases. As they would never disclaim in the movies, “all characters appearing in this class...
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