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ACEs and Alcohol Use Disorder in Custody Cases: Practical Tools and Strategies for Family Law Practitioners
This CLE course is designed for family law attorneys handling custody disputes involving parental substance use. It provides an evidence-based overview of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and explains how these issues intersect with best-interest standards in custody litigation. Participants will gain practical insight into how AUD affects parenting capacity, how ACEs impact child development, and how to evaluate and present related evidence in contest... More Info
$501General Credit -
Four + Ethics Challenges for Civil Litigators
This CLE course examines four of the most pressing and evolving ethical challenges confronting civil litigators today. Drawing on decades of trial experience, the faculty will analyze core ethical principles and apply them to high-risk situations that routinely arise in civil practice. The program will address ethical boundaries in preparing clients for testimony, including where effective advocacy ends and improper coaching begins. It will explore emerging professional responsibility i... More Info
$751.5Ethics Credits -
Preparing Vulnerable Witnesses for Testimony
This client-focused CLE course equips attorneys with the essential skills to confidently prepare survivors of domestic violence—and other vulnerable or anxious witnesses—for high-stakes testimony. You’ll learn how to build trust, shape persuasive narratives, and ready clients for the intensity of cross-examination, all while enhancing your own courtroom strategy and presence. For attorneys seeking to become more effective, compassionate, and trial-ready advocates, this course is an ind... More Info
$501General Credit -
Oregon Abuse & Mandatory Reporting: A Practical Guide for Lawyers
Oregon law requires attorneys to report suspected abuse of certain protected persons, yet the scope of these obligations is often misunderstood. This CLE program provides a practical overview of Oregon’s mandatory abuse reporting statutes as they apply to lawyers, including reporting duties involving children, elders, individuals with disabilities, and long-term care residents. Participants will learn when the duty to report is triggered, what constitutes “contact” and “reasonable cause... More Info
$501Abuse Reporting -
Your Client’s Story: Connecting with the Jury from Opening to Closing
This CLE program explores the strategic and persuasive craft of opening statements and closing arguments in jury trials. These critical advocacy moments provide counsel with the opportunity to introduce the client as a person, establish credibility, and frame the narrative that will guide the jury’s understanding of the evidence and the law. Effective openings and closings require more than polished rhetoric; they demand thoughtful alignment with trial strategy, case themes, and juror expectat... More Info
$501General Credit -
Legal Ethics Update: Trends and Challenges for Today’s Lawyers
This CLE program provides an in-depth review of the most significant ethics opinions issued over the past year by the ABA and various state bar authorities. The session will not only outline the governing rules but also explore their practical impact on day-to-day legal practice. The program will then examine several notable ethics challenges that surfaced during the year, including the pressures placed on attorneys by external forces such as political efforts that tested the independen... More Info
$501Ethics Credit -
Return of the MSO: Compliance, Control & Avoiding the Accidental Practice of Medicine
This advanced CLE session synthesizes the use of the MSO structure beyond simple administrative outsourcing to achieve complex objectives in succession planning, strategic financing, brand centralization, and cross-industry adaptation, all while strictly adhering to the bright-line rules of the Corporate Practice Doctrine and Fair Market Value. The program will explore contractual discipline, governance structures, and proprietary frameworks necessary to unlock these "off-label" econom... More Info
$501General Credit -
Drafting Stronger Patents: A Practical Project Management-Based Framework for Surviving Alice
In this CLE program, a patent attorney and former USPTO examiner from the Business Methods Technology Center 3600 introduces a project management–inspired framework for drafting patent applications that satisfy 35 U.S.C. § 101. Attendees will learn practical, prosecution-ready strategies informed by the latest USPTO developments, including the August 2025 memo to the examining corps, Director Squires’ precedential decision in Ex parte Desjardins, and recent USPTO hour updates. In a lan... More Info
$501General Credit -
Employment Eligibility Verification: Form I-9 Compliance and Workplace Enforcement Actions
This CLE program provides a clear and practical examination of the employment eligibility verification system with a focus on the real-world demands placed on employers. The session begins with an analysis of Form I-9 requirements, the statutory framework that governs them, and the procedural rules that create strict liability for seemingly small errors. Participants will learn how verification obligations arise, how timing rules operate, and how common mistakes continue to expose employers to... More Info
$501General Credit -
Injustice on Trial: The Scottsboro Boys and the Struggle Against Jim Crow
In 1931, in the depths of the Great Depression, when thousands of Americans “hopped boxcars,” and rode the freight rails around the county in search of work, camping in “hobo jungles” that grew up around railroad yards, nine black teenagers, mostly in their late teens, one only thirteen years old, found themselves accused of a crime that later trials would show beyond a shadow of a doubt had never occurred. The case was no doubt similar to many others that took place in the Jim Crow South, som... More Info
$751.5Access Justice