Virginia MCLE - Ethics and Specialty Courses
This is a listing of Ethics and Specialty CLE Courses for Virginia. Please make your selection below of Virginia CLE courses. Click "Add To Cart" to purchase Individual CLE Courses. For more information about a particular CLE course, click on the "More Info" link. Click the "Preview" button to view a short preview of the course.
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Live WebinarFriday, September 25, 202612:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time (EDT)
Live Webinar: Representing Clients with Mental Illness: Practical Strategies for Attorneys
Attorneys regularly encounter clients whose mental health conditions may affect communication, decision-making, responsiveness, expectations, and the attorney-client relationship. A client who sends multiple messages overnight, suddenly stops responding, disputes prior conversations, or shifts rapidly from expressing confidence in counsel to dissatisfaction may be experiencing an underlying mental health issue that requires a different approach. This CLE program will help attorneys reco... More Info
$501Well-Being -
Live WebinarThursday, October 8, 202612:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time (EDT)
Live Webinar: Disorder in the Court: The Crossroads of Incivility and Wellness in the Legal Profession
Abrasive or burned out? Overworked or uncivil? Zealous advocate or bully? For attorneys, the line between vigorous advocacy and inappropriate conduct can become blurred—particularly in a profession where high-pressure environments, demanding clients, adversarial proceedings, and constant deadlines are part of daily practice. This CLE program examines the intersection of incivility and attorney well-being, exploring how workplace and professional conduct—including bullying, unreasonable... More Info
$501Well-Being -
Live WebinarWednesday, October 14, 202612:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time (EDT)
Live Webinar: The Lawyer Mind: Understanding and Overcoming the Mental Habits That Fuel Stress and Burnout
This CLE course explores the hidden mental habits that contribute to stress, anxiety, and burnout in the legal profession. Participants will examine how cognitive patterns—often reinforced through legal training and professional culture—can shape day-to-day experience in ways that undermine well-being and performance. The course emphasizes practical, evidence-informed tools for recognizing and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns in order to build a more sustainable and fulfilling legal career... More Info
$501Well-Being -
Live WebinarWednesday, October 21, 202611:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern Time (EDT)
Live Webinar: Agency Law: The DNA of Legal Ethics
All attorneys are agents of the clients who engage them, but as licensed professionals, attorneys have specialized ethical responsibilities. These ethical responsibilities encompass the standard duties of ordinary agents under Agency Law. Additionally, the principles embodied in Agency Law are a major source from which ethics have been developed, if not the major source. Consequently, familiarity with and understanding of Agency Law offers attorneys an advantage in recognizing situations in wh... More Info
$501Ethics Credit -
On-DemandOnline & iOS/Android App
Who’s Really in Charge in Mediation? ABA Formal Opinion 518 and the Shifting Boundaries for Advocates and Neutrals
This CLE program examines ABA Formal Opinion 518 and its implications for lawyers serving as third-party neutral mediators, as well as attorneys representing clients during mediation. While directed primarily at lawyer mediators, the Opinion also provides important guidance for non-lawyer neutrals who may be subject to comparable ethical standards from courts, professional organizations, or state regulatory frameworks. The course explores key ethical obligations under the ABA Model Rule... More Info
$501Ethics Credit -
On-DemandOnline & iOS/Android App
Legal Ethics in the Digital Age: Competence, AI, and Professional Responsibility
This CLE course will look at the evolution of legal ethics in the era of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and increasing public scrutiny. It will identify the challenges Lawyers must face in their practice in order to provide competent legal representation while maintain strict adherence to the rules regarding confidentiality, duties of supervision, candor with the court and communication with the client. This program will specifically look at continued reliance on the Model Rul... More Info
$751.5Ethics Credits -
On-DemandOnline & iOS/Android App
When Lawyers Become Caregivers: Protecting Clients, Preserving Capacity and Managing Professional Risk in Legal Practice
The legal profession is demanding – and so is the life of a family caregiver. This CLE program will explore the growing reality where the expectations of law practice, family caregiving responsibilities, lawyer well-being, and professional responsibility not only intersect but vigorously compete for priority. Utilizing ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, relevant research, and real-world scenarios, attendees will explore how family caregiving affects professional performance, ethical dec... More Info
$501Well-Being -
On-DemandOnline & iOS/Android App
Avoiding Conflicts of Interest in Transactional Practice
Conflicts of interest are not a problem faced only by litigators. Transactional lawyers have to address conflicts as well, and in many ways the problems they face are more subtle and difficult to resolve. This CLE will focus on the sorts of conflicts issues that transactional lawyers face, and will address such forefront issues as accommodation clients, advance conflict waivers, representation of corporate affiliates, corporate family conflicts, and joint representations of potentially adver... More Info
$751.5Ethics Credits -
On-DemandOnline & iOS/Android App
Navigating Trauma with Clients: Safeguarding Lawyer Wellness
In representing clients facing crisis, loss, and adversity, attorneys are routinely exposed to secondary trauma—often without recognizing its effects. This CLE explores how such exposure arises in legal practice, the risk factors unique to attorneys across practice areas, and the ways secondary trauma can influence professional judgment, client relationships, and ethical decision-making. Participants will gain practical strategies to identify early warning signs in themselves and collea... More Info
$501Well-Being -
On-DemandOnline & iOS/Android App
From Payroll to Pleadings: The Ethics Zone Framework for Deploying AI Across Every Layer of Law Firm Practice
Every law firm is using AI. Very few can explain why the way they're using it is ethically defensible. The problem isn't recklessness. It's that existing guidance treats AI as a single category of risk, offering the same vague caution whether you're automating payroll or drafting a motion for summary judgment. These are not the same activity, they do not carry the same ethical obligations, and they should not be governed by the same policy. This CLE introduces the Ethics Zone Framework,... More Info
$501Ethics Credit