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First Friday Ethics: February 2026

Contains material from Jan 2025 to Dec 2025
First Friday Ethics: February 2026
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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)
Avoiding Ethical and Sanctions Risks using AI-Based Legal Research (Replay) 
Hundreds of lawyers and law firms around the country face sanctions or grievance problems resulting from the use of AI-based legal research. Learn how you can avoid the traps that snared your unfortunate colleagues.
Scott Rothenberg, Law Offices of Scott Rothenberg - Bellaire, TX

(0.50 hr ethics)
Fifth Amendment: The Right Way and The Wrong Way (Replay) 
This presentation focuses on the application of the Fifth Amendment in a discovery context.
Anjali Nigam [Accepted] The Nigam Law Firm, PLLC - Houston, TX

(0.50 hr ethics)
Don’t Forget to Check Your Boxes Before You Close (Replay)
This presentation covers a few commonly overlooked items in the lender’s closing checklists that can have a detrimental impact on closing and closing timelines.
Clinton J. Kuykendall [Accepted] Jackson Walker LLP - Houston, TX

(1.00 hr ethics)
Closing the Case and the File: How to Ethically Terminate a Representation When Completed (Replay) 
Explore the recommended procedures you should have in place to ethically handle both the intake side of client matters, but also what is involved in “closing” files.
Claude E. Ducloux [Accepted] Attorney at Law - Austin, TX

Includes: Video Captions Audio Transcript Paper Slides

  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 3.00 | 3.00 ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 1/31/2027
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Sessions

Credit
1. Avoiding Ethical and Sanctions Risks using AI-based Legal Research (Dec 2025)

Scott Rothenberg

1.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 | 1.00 ethics
Session Materials
Video
(mp4)
57 mins
Audio
(mp3)
57 mins
Transcript
(txt)
Paper
(pdf)
31 pgs
Slides
(pdf)
22 pgs

Session 1 —57 mins 1.00 | 1.00 ethics

Avoiding Ethical and Sanctions Risks using AI-based Legal Research (Dec 2025)

Hundreds of lawyers and law firms around the country face sanctions or grievance problems resulting from the use of AI-based legal research. Learn how you can avoid the traps that snared your unfortunate colleagues.

Originally presented: Oct 2025 Gas and Power Institute

Scott Rothenberg, Law Offices of Scott Rothenberg - Bellaire, TX

2. Fifth Amendment: The Right Way and The Wrong Way (Oct 2025)

Anjali Nigam

0.50 0.50 0.00 0.50 | 0.50 ethics
Session Materials
Video
(mp4)
25 mins
Audio
(mp3)
24 mins
Transcript
(txt)
Slides
(pdf)
10 pgs

Session 2 —25 mins 0.50 | 0.50 ethics

Fifth Amendment: The Right Way and The Wrong Way (Oct 2025)

This presentation focuses on the application of the Fifth Amendment in a discovery context. 

Originally presented: Aug 2025 The Car Crash Seminar

Anjali Nigam, The Nigam Law Firm, PLLC - Houston, TX

3. Don’t Forget to Check Your Boxes Before You Close (Oct 2025)

Clinton J. Kuykendall

0.50 0.50 0.00 0.50 | 0.50 ethics
Session Materials
Video
(mp4)
28 mins
Audio
(mp3)
28 mins
Slides
(pdf)
5 pgs

Session 3 —28 mins 0.50 | 0.50 ethics

Don’t Forget to Check Your Boxes Before You Close (Oct 2025)

This presentation covers a few commonly overlooked items in the lender’s closing checklists that can have a detrimental impact on closing and closing timelines.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 Mortgage Lending Institute

Clinton J. Kuykendall, Jackson Walker LLP - Houston, TX

4. Closing the Case and the File: How to Ethically Terminate a Representation When Completed (Jan 2025)

Claude E. Ducloux

1.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 | 1.00 ethics
Session Materials
Video
(mp4)
58 mins
Audio
(mp3)
58 mins
Slides
(pdf)
25 pgs

Session 4 —58 mins 1.00 | 1.00 ethics

Closing the Case and the File: How to Ethically Terminate a Representation When Completed (Jan 2025)

Explore the recommended procedures you should have in place to ethically handle both the intake side of client matters, but also what is involved in “closing” files.

Originally presented: Nov 2024 Entertainment Law Institute

Claude E. Ducloux, Attorney at Law - Austin, TX