Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Understanding what neurodiversity means for individuals, their colleagues, and working environments assists when developing recruitment, retention, and intake policies that welcome all clients and ensure attorneys and support staff contribute to the firm’s success.

Sabrina Bier Director of Digital Media and Education at Proper Title, Jayne Corcoran, Marketing Director at Proper Title, and Michael J. Rooney, Attorney at Law discuss how to market yourself and your practice, while staying within the guidelines of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Topics covered include fees, marketing and advertising guidelines, soliciting clients, working with unrepresented persons, and misconduct issues.

This course discusses the process of building up your book of business in your trusts & estates legal practice. Topics include: Moving into your own practice, business infrastructure, issues once you have started, staffing, use of Artificial Intelligence, and adding partners. Originally presented as part of the Estate Planning for the 99%.

In this presentation based on his award-winning book, Before Bostock: The Accidental LGBTQ Precedent of Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, Dr. Jason Pierceson, University of Illinois Springfield, examines the history of the inclusion of "sex" in Title VII and how that set the foundation for cases being brought on behalf of trans and queer individuals under Title IX.

Real estate continues to be a top target for cybercrime. Over the past five years, business email compromise (BEC) has impacted real estate transactions to the tune of $1.6B in wire fraud losses, according to the recent FBI IC3 I-060923-PSA.

Learn about risk factors for elder abuse of older African-American adults, including resources for legal professionals interested in learning more about culturally appropriate approaches to justice for this community.

Get up to speed quickly with generative AI, current AI regulations worldwide, and the professional conduct implications of AI in the practice of law.

Join attorneys Becky Howlett and Cindy Sharp as they present strategies designed to help attorneys manage and even unplug from the digital world — ethically and mindfully — with special emphasis on MRPC 1.1, comment 8 (“benefits and risks associated with relevant technology”); MRPC 1.6, confidentiality; MRPC 1.3, diligence; and MRPC 8.4, professional misconduct.

Unpack age bias in the legal field — what it is, why it matters, and ways to enhance collaboration across all age levels.

This program explores best practices to curb the negative effects of trauma within the legal profession. Examine how unresolved primary trauma, as well as vicarious trauma, can hinder an attorney’s ability to effectively manage and cope with stress, which can have dire impacts on professional responsibilities and health. Learn to detect trauma so that you can strengthen connections with your clients, while also creating environments that support your mental health and overall well-being.

While well represented in the legal community, American Jews still may face antisemitic bias and misunderstandings of their diverse identities. Dr. Laura Shaw Frank utilizes her background as both a scholar of Jewish history and a legal scholar to provide strategies for fostering welcoming environments for colleagues, staff, and clients.

Every day, the law is evolving related to the rights of transgender individuals. This session will discuss the terminology, state and federal laws related to accommodation of transgender populations.