Illinois Professional Responsibility / Ethics Courses

This seminar will discuss Rules of Professional Conduct 1.6 Confidentiality and others associated with attorney presence online. This seminar will also discuss how to ethically respond to negative online reviews from clients and third parties. In addition, this seminar will use real life case scenarios to reinforce the ethical rules that can be violated. If you are often online, this is a seminar you will not want to miss.

This program will address the key ethical issues that commonly arise in adoption cases.

Do you use ChatGPT in your practice? Have you thought about what ethical rules apply? This seminar will explore the ethical risks associated with lawyers using AI, particularly ChatGPT in their practice. You will not want to miss this seminar if you want to stay competent on this new emerging technology.

This seminar is going to explore 5 of the most popular ethical mistakes plaguing attorneys. It will cover topics such and the unauthorized practice of law, conflicts of interest, civility and more.

This program will provide a thorough examination of a lawyer’s ethical and professional duties both in and out of the courtroom as they relate to civility and professionalism.

This program focuses on the rules, statutes, case law, principles, and guidelines that govern a lawyer’s actions during personal time.

This seminar will explore the various dynamics of the attorney-client relationship. It will discuss taking directions from your client (Rule 1.2), keeping your client informed (Rule 1.4), confidentiality (Rule 1.6), setting and collecting fees (Rule 1.5), and firing a client.

Closing case files is not as simple as throwing the file in the trash can. The Rules of Professional Conduct force attorneys to close and dispose of files in an ethical manner taking into consideration client confidentiality (Rule 1.6) and safekeeping of client property (Rule 1.15). This seminar will go through some tips and tricks to properly close files and stay within the Rules of Professional Conduct.

This course is intended to help viewers understand the common elements of legal malpractice claims. It will explore the ethics rules that overlap with each element of malpractice and use real world scenarios to develop best practices and create an action plan to start today.

You may think losing your law license is a hard feat to accomplish, and that it only happens to a careless lawyer, but in reality, it could happen to you! Attend this seminar to discuss ethical situations that could lead to disbarment or other discipline. We will discuss common scenarios, as well as uncommon scenarios.

Times are changing, and TikTok is becoming the mainstream to get messages out to younger generations. However, TikTok does not come without ethical concerns for attorneys, especially if used for attorney advertising. This seminar will discuss the ethical issues associated with TikTok, including attorney advertising, and look at some live attorney influencers to see if their videos truly comport with the Rules of Professional Conduct.

This course will assist lawyers in identify and avoiding ethical risks in our increasingly digital world.

Join Joseph Corsemeier as he dives into common ethical issues arising from the use of technology in law practice.

This program will dive into the evolving rules regarding lawyer professionalism and their interplay with legal ethics and will highlight recent cases that address legal professionalism.

This program will focus exclusively on how the ethical rules governing conflicts of interest apply to transactional attorneys.

This program will confront a number of ethical issues faced in everyday practice and will provide tips and best practices on how to avoid violating your ethical duties.

This program covers the key ethical issues faced by lawyers who work with expert witnesses.

This program will help lawyers understand the similarities and differences between attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, and the duty of confidentiality so that they can provide better counsel to their clients and avoid possible ethical traps.