Vermont 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 go through the numerous provisions of Rule 1.8 with cases, examples, and details so that you do not get caught in its crosshairs or disciplined under Rule 1.8!

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.

In this timely and eye-opening program, executive coach and former entertainment lawyer Marlo Lyons, J.D., explores the neurobiology of loneliness, the hidden toll it takes on junior and senior attorneys alike, and how it contributes to burnout, substance misuse, and even suicidal ideation.

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 course will go into detail and review conflicts Rules 1.18 (prospective client conflicts), 1.9 (former client conflicts), Rule 1.10 (imputed conflicts) and Rule 1.11 (government conflicts).

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.

This seminar will go through the practical and ethical aspects attorney advertising in relation to print ads, television, and social media.

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 program will discuss current conflict, former client conflicts, attorney-client privilege, waiver, and much more.

Conducting an effective client intake process isn’t just good practice—it’s an ethical obligation. This course will help attorneys sharpen their client intake skills and help avoid a disciplinary action, malpractice claim, or both.

This seminar provides guidance on how to acquire medical records from these diverse sources and the best practices for managing them upon receipt in your office.

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 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.