First Friday Ethics: July 2026

Need ethics credit? We’ve got you covered! UT Law CLE’s First Friday Ethics streams live every first Friday of the month, and features some of our best ethics speakers and presentations for a total of 3.00 hrs ethics credit. Fulfill your entire annual ethics requirement in Texas in one day! Maintaining Your Ethics in Trying Times: One Lawyer’s Tale (0.75 hr ethics)Lawyers know that hard cases make bad law. Likewise, maintaining your professional ethics in a difficult situation is very different than day-to-day practice. Hear ethical perspectives and lessons learned from serving as a local elected official and a defendant in lengthy litigation while still practicing as a lawyer.Leah Stewart, Reed, Claymon, Meeker, Krienke & Spurck, PLLC - Austin, TX Ethics: My Opinion, My License – Is It a Business Decision? (0.75 hr ethics)This session reviews the ethical rules and principles that lawyers must consider when advising clients on land development issues, with a hard look at situations where a client’s mileage may vary from the legal advice given, and the outcomes to the lawyer—is the matter ultimately a risk-taking analysis, where all a lawyer can do is advise the client, leaving them the business decision to make in following (or not) the lawyer’s advice.Alan J. Bojorquez, Bojorquez Law Firm, PC - Austin, TX Kimberley Mickelson, Downtown Houston+ - Houston, TX Generative AI in Litigation: Practical Uses, Pitfalls, and Guardrails (1.00 hr ethics)Generative AI is rapidly reshaping litigation for attorneys and experts—from discovery and expert analysis to drafting and research. This session explores current AI trends, provides concrete real-world use cases, and discusses the legal, ethical, and evidentiary risks that need to be managed.Kristofer Buchan, StoneTurn Group, LLP - Houston, TX Legal Privilege: Understanding Who You Represent and Avoiding Other Ethical Pitfalls (0.50 hr ethics)This topic focuses on the perennially-important ethical issues concerning how to create privilege; how to maintain it; and how, as in-house counsel, to instruct the business to maintain it. Examine (in)famous examples of where things went wrong, and advise on how to avoid similar situations.Allison Standish Miller, Steptoe LLP - Houston, TX

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 3.00 hrs | 3.00 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 6/30/2027
  • First Friday Ethics: July 2026
    4.38 out of 5 stars
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AI Governance and Training Best Practices

This session examines emerging AI governance frameworks for in-house legal departments, including the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA) and its implications for corporate compliance programs. The presentation explores practical approaches to AI training and acceptable use policies, evaluating the pros and cons of different governance models and equipping corporate counsel with actionable strategies for responsible AI adoption.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 0.75 hr | 0.75 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 6/30/2027
  • AI Governance and Training Best Practices
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Ethics by Design: Responsible AI Use in Health Law

AI can enhance research, drafting, and strategy across legal practice, but core ethical duties still govern how lawyers use AI tools. This session highlights responsible, ethics aligned approaches to AI, focusing on safe prompting, confidentiality and privilege considerations, and the importance of verification and sound judgment.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 1.00 hr | 1.00 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 6/30/2027
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Ethics Involved in Using a Landman

What ethics rules govern a lawyer’s use of landmen? What can landmen do, and what does the law prohibit landmen from doing?

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 1.00 hr | 1.00 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 6/30/2027
  • Ethics Involved in Using a Landman
    3 out of 5 stars
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Federal and State Healthcare Enforcement Trends in 2026

Session 1: Enforcement Trends Across the Healthcare Industry - The federal government and various states continue to investigate and litigate healthcare fraud cases across all sectors of the industry. Hear an overview of the latest trends in enforcement, including insight from a former government attorney, and learn what the new theories and trends mean for 2026 and beyond.  Session 2: States’ Rights: Health Care Enforcement in the Second Trump Administration - With federal agencies shifting their remaining resources to new objectives, States Attorneys General across the country are rushing to fill the gap. In particular, State Attorneys General are showing the willingness to flex their enforcement muscles even without federal support in antitrust, privacy (including AI uses of patient data), and consumer protection. This presentation provides an in-depth analysis of emerging legal theories from defense counsel and current Assistant Attorneys General, exploring the potential impact of state enforcement on the healthcare landscape in 2026 and beyond.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 1.75 hrs | 0.50 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 6/30/2027
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Generative AI in Litigation: Practical Uses, Pitfalls, and Guardrails

Generative AI is rapidly reshaping litigation for attorneys and experts—from discovery and expert analysis to drafting and research. This session explores current AI trends, provides concrete real-world use cases, and discusses the legal, ethical, and evidentiary risks that need to be managed.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 1.00 hr | 1.00 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 6/30/2027
  • Generative AI in Litigation: Practical Uses, Pitfalls, and Guardrails
    3 out of 5 stars
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Legal Privilege: Understanding Who You Represent and Avoiding Other Ethical Pitfalls

This topic focuses on the perennially-important ethical issues concerning how to create privilege; how to maintain it; and how, as in-house counsel, to instruct the business to maintain it. Examine (in)famous examples of where things went wrong, and advise on how to avoid similar situations.

Includes: Video Captions Audio Transcript Paper Slides

  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 0.50 hr | 0.50 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 6/30/2027
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Lessons Learned from GCs Behaving Badly (Allegedly): A New Chapter

It is always better to learn from someone else’s mistakes. In this session, examine examples of in-house counsel allegedly (or admittedly) behaving badly—from alleged assaults and slurs to embezzlement—and what in-house counsel can learn from those situations. Also, discuss examples of in-house counsel allegedly being punished for doing the right thing.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 0.75 hr | 0.75 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 6/30/2027
  • Lessons Learned from GCs Behaving Badly (Allegedly): A New Chapter
    4.27 out of 5 stars
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First Friday Ethics: June 2026

Need ethics credit? We’ve got you covered! UT Law CLE’s First Friday Ethics features some of our best ethics speakers and presentations for a total of 3.00 hrs ethics credit. Fulfill your entire annual ethics requirement in Texas in one day! (1.00 hr ethics)Ethics Lessons from the Hit TV Show “Suits” The hit series "Suits" follows new associate Mike Ross in his adventures in big law working under partner Harvey Specter. In aggressively advocating for their clients, this duo uses tactics most attorneys wouldn't normally see in a merger or a hearing before a judge. In this presentation, Texas litigator Brent Turman tracks these fictional attorneys' cases as well as the power struggles within this firm of diverse and interesting characters, explaining whether their on-screen actions comply with specific ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (spoiler alert: most of the time they don't.). Through the lens of this captivating series, Turman provides an entertaining way for attorneys to obtain ethics credit. Brent A. Turman, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. - Dallas, TX (1.00 hr ethics)Burnout is Real and so is BlissYou’ve heard of burnout, but this session goes deeper into the real data, the neuroscience behind overwhelm, and why burnout is especially pervasive in law and on the rise. We’ll define both burnout and bliss in clear, grounded terms—no fluff, just facts—while introducing a practical spectrum to help you recognize where you truly are. If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at the idea of “self-care” yet still feel the weight of your profession, this hour is your invitation to recalibrate—without losing your edge. Marla Mattenson, Mattenson Coaching & Consulting, Inc - Santa Barbara, CA (1.00 hr ethics)Ethical Obligations for Lawyers Using AIIn 2026 all lawyers rely on some form of AI while working trials and transactions so it is imperative that all lawyers understand their ethical obligations using AI. Actually AI has been in use for more than 50 years, but not all lawyers realized that they were using Machine Learning with search engines.Peter S. Vogel, Vogel IT Law - Dallas, TX

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 3.00 hrs | 3.00 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, OK, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 5/31/2027
  • First Friday Ethics: June 2026
    4.25 out of 5 stars
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    Outstanding presentation-

    Especially the Suits course with highly entertaining and informative at the same time. As for the burn-out course: I understand this is the first part of a longer course: I would be interested to hear the rest of the course too.

    I thoroughly enjoyed the "Suits" presentation, as it was one of the most engaging ethics presentations I've seen to date. The AI presentation was also very well done, and I hope that the UT LAW CLEs continues to provide AI specific CLEs as the law continues to develop rapidly.

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AI Without the OMG! A Guide to Ethical and Responsible AI Use

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies can bring efficiency, insight, and the occasional existential crisis—but they also introduce ethical risks for lawyers. Explore how the legal profession can shape ethical frameworks that keep us out of trouble (and out of the headlines). Through emerging trends, professional responsibility rules, and real-world “please-don’t-let-this-happen-to-you” scenarios, look at emerging technologies and how to use them as well as break down the legal and ethical obligations surrounding AI and offer practical tools for staying compliant, accountable, and somehow still fully human.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 0.75 hr | 0.50 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
  • AI Without the OMG! A Guide to Ethical and Responsible AI Use
    4.81 out of 5 stars
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Back to the Basics: Examining Our Biases and Building Better Connections

All professionals working with people with disabilities may carry unrealized assumptions, fears, and biases. This session invites participants to pause and reflect on how those hidden beliefs can shape interactions and the support we provide. Through personal stories, interactive discussion, and honest self-reflection, explore how our experiences and expectations may unintentionally influence the people we serve. By returning to the basics of human connection (curiosity, empathy, and awareness), we can strengthen our ability to see each client as an individual, building a more authentic, person-centered support structure.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 0.50 hr | 0.50 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
  • Back to the Basics: Examining Our Biases and Building Better Connections
    5 out of 5 stars
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    Very informative and valuable!

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Ethical Obligations for Lawyers Using AI

In 2026 all lawyers rely on some form of AI while working trials and transactions so it is imperative that all lawyers understand their ethical obligations using AI. Actually AI has been in use for more than 50 years, but not all lawyers realized that they were using Machine Learning with search engines.

Includes: Video Captions Audio Transcript Paper Slides

  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 1.00 hr | 1.00 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
  • Ethical Obligations for Lawyers Using AI
    4.3 out of 5 stars
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Ethics: My Opinion, My License; Is it a Business Decision?

This session reviews the ethical rules and principles that lawyers must consider when advising clients on land development issues, with a hard look at situations where a client’s mileage may vary from the legal advice given, and the outcomes to the lawyer—is the matter ultimately a risk-taking analysis, where all a lawyer can do is advise the client, leaving them the business decision to make in following (or not) the lawyer’s advice. 

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 0.75 hr | 0.75 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
  • Ethics: My Opinion, My License; Is it a Business Decision?
    5 out of 5 stars
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Forgetting Who Your Client Is

The cooperation between trustees, beneficiaries, and other interested parties often seen in Special Needs Trusts may create a trap for the unwary practitioner. This presentation provides practical guidance and ethical requirements for maintaining appropriate attorney/client relationships, not accidentally forming attorney/client relationships, and keeping in mind the client’s needs and duties in forwarding the progress of a SNT.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 0.50 hr | 0.50 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
  • Forgetting Who Your Client Is
    5 out of 5 stars
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Maintaining Your Ethics in Trying Times: One Lawyer’s Tale

Lawyers know that hard cases make bad law. Likewise, maintaining your professional ethics in a difficult situation is very different than day-to-day practice. Hear ethical perspectives and lessons learned from serving as a local elected official and a defendant in lengthy litigation while still practicing as a lawyer.

Includes: Video Captions Audio Transcript Slides

  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 0.75 hr | 0.75 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
  • Maintaining Your Ethics in Trying Times: One Lawyer’s Tale
    5 out of 5 stars
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Navigating Employee Free Speech in Today’s Schools: Legal and Ethical Challenges

Advising on employee free speech in schools has never been more complex. Discuss practical strategies and ethical considerations for navigating today’s polarized environment.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 0.75 hr | 0.25 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
  • Navigating Employee Free Speech in Today’s Schools: Legal and Ethical Challenges
    5 out of 5 stars
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    So good to hear "free speech" in CLE

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Practical Legal and Ethical Advice about using AI

In 2026 all lawyers and clients are relying on AI whether they plan it or not, and because of the legal duties that lawyers have to their clients, it is essential that lawyers learn more. Also AI depends on Cloud Computing and related online terms and privacy policies, as a result lawyers need to understand Cloud Computing. Cybercriminals are using AI in 2026 so it is imperative that lawyers better understand Cybersecurity threats. Also, AI is in widespread use in eCommerce so lawyers need to understand how to help clients deal with AI in eCommerce.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 0.75 hr | 0.50 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
  • Practical Legal and Ethical Advice about using AI
    4.75 out of 5 stars
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Reporting Trusts to Medicaid and Social Security

You just established a new trust for a disabled beneficiary. Does it need to be reported to Social Security and Medicaid? Most likely the answer is “Yes!” This presentation discusses how, when, and where to report. 

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 0.50 hr | 0.50 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
  • Reporting Trusts to Medicaid and Social Security
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First Friday Ethics: May 2026

Need ethics credit? We’ve got you covered! UT Law CLE’s First Friday Ethics streams live every first Friday of the month, and features some of our best ethics speakers and presentations for a total of 3.00 hrs ethics credit. Fulfill your entire annual ethics requirement in Texas in one day! Session 1: Ethics Game Show - Watch shameless appellate practitioners try to outgame each other as they answer ethics questions savvy practitioners need to know. Session 2: What is a Lawyer’s Responsibility in a Democracy Under Duress? - How should lawyers respond to actions that threaten democracy and the rule of law?  Session 3: Forgetting Who Your Client Is - The cooperation between trustees, beneficiaries, and other interested parties often seen in Special Needs Trusts may create a trap for the unwary practitioner. This presentation provides practical guidance and ethical requirements for maintaining appropriate attorney/client relationships, not accidentally forming attorney/client relationships, and keeping in mind the client’s needs and duties in forwarding the progress of a SNT. Session 4: Negotiating Tactics in Energy Disputes: From Good to Ugly - Break down negotiation approaches commonly used in energy disputes—the “good” (effective and ethical), the “bad” (ineffective), and the “ugly” (counterproductive and potentially unethical). Using real-world hypotheticals, discuss actionable strategies to avoid wasted leverage, spot ethical pitfalls, and recognize when aggressive negotiation tactics cross the line into ethical violations.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 3.00 hrs | 3.00 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, OK, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
  • First Friday Ethics: May 2026
    4.07 out of 5 stars
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    presentation on identifying client was quite good.

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First Friday Ethics: April 2026

Need ethics credit? We’ve got you covered! UT Law CLE’s First Friday Ethics streams live every first Friday of the month, and features some of our best ethics speakers and presentations for a total of 3.00 hrs ethics credit. Fulfill your entire annual ethics requirement in Texas in one day! Session 1: Deal Ethics - In the high-stakes world of M&A, deal lawyers must balance the interests of their clients with the demands of professional conduct, navigating the maze that is confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and the ever-present temptation to push boundaries. Explore more real-world ethical challenges that can make or break a deal—all while keeping you from being the target of a disciplinary investigation. Session 2: Ethical Obligations for Lawyers Using AI - AI has been in use for more than 50 years, but not everyone realized they were using Machine Learning with search engines. In 2026, all lawyers will rely on some form of AI while working trials and transactions, so it imperative that all lawyers understand their ethical obligations using AI.   Session 3: What You Need to Know About the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility and Circular 230 - Join Sharyn Fisk, the former Director of the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility, for an insider’s view of OPR, including a discussion of recent developments, current trends, and how these changes will affect your practice.

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  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 3.00 hrs | 3.00 Ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, OK, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 3/31/2027
  • First Friday Ethics: April 2026
    4.1 out of 5 stars
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    No comments, The presentations were excellent and the format and session processes worked well.

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