California MCLE - Ethics and Specialty Courses
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Burnout, Motivation, and Long-Term Sustainability in Legal Practice
The legal profession is demanding, high-stakes, and often defined by long hours, billable targets, and rigorous performance metrics. While these pressures can drive achievement, they can also erode the sense of purpose that initially inspired lawyers to enter the field. This CLE course explores the intersection of burnout, motivation, and professional fulfillment in legal practice, offering participants practical tools to sustain long-term engagement, effectiveness, and personal well-being.... More Info
$501Wellness Competence -
Cybersecurity & Generative AI: Legal Risks and Risk Mitigation
Cybersecurity and artificial intelligence are now among the most significant risk considerations facing modern organizations, and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly transforming legal practice. While these technologies offer substantial efficiencies and strategic advantages, their misuse or unguarded adoption can expose lawyers and their clients to serious reputational, financial, and legal consequences. This CLE program examines the intersection of cybersecurity and... More Info
$501Technology -
Lawyer, Tool, or Machine: Evolving Ethical Responsibility in the AI Age
This CLE program explores how artificial intelligence, both generative and agentic, is reshaping legal practice and triggering new ethical challenges. This session offers practical guidance on using AI in a manner consistent with professional and ethical obligations. Participants will examine ethical issues such as competence, confidentiality, unauthorized practice of law, supervisory responsibilities, and other core ethical duties. The program will provide strategies for integrating A... More Info
$501Ethics Credit -
The PI Lien Playbook: Legal, Ethical, and Practical Strategies
This comprehensive, CLE course will delve into the complex legal frameworks and critical ethical duties surrounding the management of personal injury (PI) liens. Attendees will learn practical, advanced strategies for accurately identifying, effectively negotiating, and properly resolving medical (e.g., hospital, physician), governmental (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, VA), and other third-party liens. The presentation will focus on maximizing client recovery while strictly adhering to prof... More Info
$1002Total Credits1 Ethics -
Reviewing the Attorney Advertising Rules and How They Apply to Changes in Advertising and AI-Powered Content Creation
Do you want to grow your practice without crossing ethical lines in attorney advertising and solicitation? This CLE program focuses on the ethical and regulatory framework governing law firm marketing, helping attorneys understand how to promote their services while complying with applicable advertising rules. The course examines common ethical pitfalls in both traditional and digital marketing and offers practical guidance for building a compliant, strategic marketing plan. Topics in... More Info
$1002Total Credits1 Ethics -
Your AI Use Might Be an Ethics Violation: Evaluating Today’s AI Providers Using the Ethics Zone Framework
Are you using AI to draft briefs, analyze case law, or communicate with clients? Depending on which plan you're on, you may already be in violation of your ethical obligations, and most lawyers have no idea. AI tools have enormous potential to transform legal practice, but they carry drastically different levels of appropriateness depending on the type of work involved. Not all AI subscriptions are created equal: different plans at the same provider can have radically different terms governing... More Info
$501Ethics Credit -
Ethical Responsibilities in Law Office Management and the Supervision of Non-Lawyers
Many lawyers may not fully understand the Bar rules and ethical considerations regarding managing a law office and supervising lawyers and non-lawyer. This CLE course will address important ethical considerations and provide critical information and guidance regarding law office management and supervising non-lawyers, including the ethical requirements of supervising lawyers and non-lawyers, the elements of competence, identifying potential conflicts of interest, client intake, managing client... More Info
$501Ethics Credit -
"So, Do I Have to Go to Jail?” Ethical Considerations for Prosecutors and Defense Counsel at Sentencing
"So, do I have to go to jail?" This is perhaps the most impactful question a criminal defendant asks their defense lawyer, and perhaps the most impactful detail a prosecutor must consider. This course focuses on the ethical considerations and professional responsibilities that arise when addressing questions of incarceration. Asking whether someone would or could go to jail may inadvertently raise ethical challenges for both prosecutors and defense lawyers. In this course, we will review... More Info
$501Ethics Credit -
When Enough Isn’t Enough: Eating, Sex, and Exercise Addictions in the Legal Profession
Food, sex, and exercise are often part of healthy, enjoyable lives. But when any of these behaviors becomes a dominant focus, difficult to control, or harmful to oneself or others, they may signal compulsive, disordered, or addictive patterns. When does healthy engagement cross the line into harmful behavior—and when is enough no longer enough? This CLE program examines how behavioral addictions and compulsive disorders related to eating, sexual behavior, and exercise can develop, how t... More Info
$501Prevention Competence -
High Stakes, High Standards: Tax Ethics for Every Attorney
Lawyers understand that tax is a niche practice area with unique characteristics. Its distinguishing factors include not only the technical complexity of the discipline, but also the heightened ethical standards to which practitioners must adhere. In addition to the ABA Model Rules and the ethics codes of the individual states, tax lawyers are subject to IRS Circular 230 and must understand the various potential penalties set forth in the Internal Revenue Code. For opinion practice, ta... More Info
$751.5Ethics Credits