Texas CLE Courses On-Demand

This program explores how chronic stress, sleep deprivation, and substance use systematically impair the legal professional's brain's prefrontal cortex—the hub of ethical reasoning, memory, and judgment.

This session explores the science and psychology of emotional labor, stress accumulation, and trauma exposure in legal settings.

This course will examine how advanced forensic science was used in the Golden State Killer case.

This course will present a broad overview of what scientific research has discovered about eyewitness identification, and the resulting best practices recommendations for police.

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 dive into the dichotomy of state and federal laws regarding the cannabis industry.

This presentation will delve into the rules of US Tax Court.

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.

This program will cover the various first day motions that are filed in chapter 11 individual and business 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 course will examine copyright infringement risks and legal challenges arising from generative AI systems.

This CLE course provides attorneys with essential insights into the specialized role of a credentialed forensic genealogist in legal proceedings involving probate, real estate, and mineral rights.

This program will guide viewers through the past, present, and future of NIL deals.

This course will cover safeguarding mental health, managing workload effectively, and remaining fully present for clients through boundary setting.

This CLE course offers an overview of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, focusing on the rules governing secured transactions.

This program provides a comprehensive overview of the SEC’s whistleblower program and the Tips, Complaints, and Referrals (TCR) system.

United States v. Tweel is the most famous example of a motion to suppress in a tax case. In Tweel, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that it constitutes trickery, fraud, and deceit for the IRS to conduct a criminal investigation under the guise of a civil examination. Join me as I deconstruct this holding and discuss the nuances of this sweeping case.

There is a certain rhythm to the audit process, and it’s a very scary beat. In this presentation, I'll discuss the steps that most examinations begin and end with. We'll discuss eggshell audits, those audits where unbeknownst to the IRS at the start of the examination, the taxpayer has major criminal problems and what you can do to help shepherd your client through the pending storm. We'll also discuss the attorney-client privilege in the tax realm as well as the necessity to retain a Kovel accountant when there are underlying criminal tax issues that are lurking. Finally, we'll take a short digression into IRS Appeals.

This comprehensive overview provides essential legal insights for attorneys representing both buyers and sellers in business transactions.

This course will guide you through the dynamic ways AI can be leveraged ethically to create compelling marketing materials such as blogs, video content, print advertisements, and other marketing materials, and will go over the Rules of Professional Conduct that you should be aware of and how to avoid missteps.