2021

First Friday Ethics (December 2021)

STUDIO WEBCAST Dec 3, 2021
Conference Concluded

Now available in eCourse format

Answer Bar: LLCs and Partnerships Formation
7.75 hrs | 2.25 hrs ethics
(Contains material from Aug 2021 to Sep 2024)

Overview

9:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. (3.00 hr | 3.00 hr ethics)

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!

This month includes:

9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. (1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics)
Effective Engagement Letters and Other Simple Risk-Management Tools
This ethics CLE presentation will look at engagement letters and how they can be used as a risk management tool. Along they way, the presentation will provide practical tips to help lawyers avoid conflict of interest pitfalls and to assist in controlling client expectations about the scope of the representation.

A.J. Singleton, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Lexington, KY

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics)
Cybersecurity and Remote Lawyering – Ethical Duty of Technology Competence
Join Elizabeth Rogers as she explores the implications of the ethical duty of technology competence in the context of remote lawyering and overcoming privacy and confidentiality challenges for attorneys. What is happening now, lessons learned, how to remotely work in a secure way using hybrid transitions and protocols with network security going forward.

Elizabeth Rogers, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Austin, TX

11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. (1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics)
Ethics: The True Cost of Representation (REPLAY)
When a client discloses a terrible truth or reveals an unspeakable purpose, what obligations do the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Conduct place on an attorney? What happens when it’s time for an attorney to move on? Explore the unexpected answers given by the Rules using both recent and historic real world cases.

Jason Boulette, Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P., Austin, TX

If you cannot watch the entire webcast at its scheduled time, register now and view the recording and eCourse when it is available in “Your Briefcase” after the webcast. Earn CLE credit (in TX and CA) on your time!

Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Friday Morning, Dec. 3, 2021
9:15 am

1.00 hr ethics

Effective Engagement Letters and Other Simple Risk-Management Tools

This ethics CLE presentation will look at engagement letters and how they can be used as a risk management tool. Along they way, the presentation will provide practical tips to help lawyers avoid conflict of interest pitfalls and to assist in controlling client expectations about the scope of the representation.

A.J. Singleton, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC - Lexington, KY

A.J. Singleton, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC - Lexington, KY
10:15 am

15-Minute Break
10:30 am

1.00 hr ethics

Cybersecurity and Remote Lawyering – Ethical Duty of Technology Competence

Join Elizabeth Rogers as she explores the implications of the ethical duty of technology competence in the context of remote lawyering and overcoming privacy and confidentiality challenges for attorneys. What is happening now, lessons learned, how to remotely work in a secure way using hybrid transitions and protocols with network security going forward.

Elizabeth Rogers, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP - Austin, TX

Elizabeth Rogers, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP - Austin, TX
11:30 am

15-Minute Break
11:45 am

1.00 hr ethics

Ethics: The True Cost of Representation (REPLAY)

When a client discloses a terrible truth or reveals an unspeakable purpose, what obligations do the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Conduct place on an attorney? What happens when it’s time for an attorney to move on? Explore the unexpected answers given by the Rules using both recent and historic real world cases.

Jason Boulette, Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P. - Austin, TX

Jason Boulette, Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P. - Austin, TX
12:45 pm

Adjourn

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Conference Faculty

Jason Boulette

Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Elizabeth Rogers

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Austin, TX

A.J. Singleton

Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Lexington, KY

Credit Info

STUDIO WEBCAST

MCLE Credit

Texas – 3.00 hrs | 3.00 hrs Ethics

You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you upon claiming credit. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number provided on your certificate of attendance.

California – 3.00 hrs | 3.00 hrs Ethics

To claim California MCLE credit, California credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.
You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Other States – 3.00 hrs | 3.00 hrs Ethics

Note on Self-Reporting Your Credits in Another State

If you wish to satisfy MCLE or other professional education requirements in another state for a program offered by the University of Texas School of Law, please check with the state bar or other licensing authority in that state to ensure it will qualify for self-reporting your credits.

To claim Other States MCLE credit, Other States credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records and to provide to other licensing authorities as needed.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Key Dates

STUDIO WEBCAST – Dec 3, 2021

Conference Concluded

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