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.

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.

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.