Texas Ethics CLE Courses

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

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 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 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.

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.

Explore the effects of hyperconnectivity on the legal profession, focusing on mental health, ethical implications, and the role of Lawyers Assistance Programs.

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.

Join us as we explore Model Rule 1.6 regarding attorney confidentiality and how attorneys must make reasonable efforts to prevent the disclosure of confidential client information.

Explore key ethics rules concerning cybersecurity, including the impact of generative AI and common cyber threats facing law firms today.

Explore the complexities of conflicts of interest in legal practice, including current and former client conflicts, consent requirements, and the concept of imputation.

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

Imposter syndrome, also called perceived fraudulence, involves persistent feelings of self-doubt and personal incompetence. This program will discuss how imposter system impacts legal professionals and what lawyers can do to overcome it.

This seminar will utilize litigation examples to discuss various Rules of Professional Conduct, including but not limited to Rule 1.1 (competence), Rule 1.3 (diligence), Rule 1.2 (attorney/client relationship), Rule 1.4 (communication), Rule 8.3 (regulation), Rule 8.4 (misconduct), and so much more!

This seminar will take a deep dive into the conflicts of interest rules 1.7-1.10 and the nuances of each rule.